Sale reports / Kentucky / Harned Livestock Auction / 2020-01-20

Harned Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, Jan 20
● Final90 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207
Feeder Cattle receipts
750 head
135 vs last sale 615 750 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
79 head
38 vs last sale 117 79 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
1 vs last sale 4 5 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder bulls 400 lbs to 500 lbs sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder steers and feeder heifers 600 lbs and over sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower . Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $121.05/cwt on 255 head.
Average price
$121.05
255 head · 491 lb average
Value per head Derived
$594
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$83
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$10.60/cwt at this weight
vs the market
4.81
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2499124.42621174
Medium and Large 2-3473113.8253881
One grade step is worth $10.60/cwt here — about $83 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale255 hd
121.05
KY average28 barns · 7,628 hd
125.86
−4.81
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,74175.161,3097thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,78853.849632thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,21847.2257523
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,05332.2534011

Every lot, as filed

90 lots · USDA AMS · United Producers Inc. - Harned, KY
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2334124.69/cwt123.00–126.0041612
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2581120.15/cwt119.50–123.0069811
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3730102.00/cwt102.00–102.007451
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3690108.00/cwt108.00–108.007451
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2618117.59/cwt115.00–118.2572742
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2702106.00/cwt106.00–106.007442
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2660115.00/cwt115.00–115.007592
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2290123.00/cwt122.00–124.003572
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2421129.42/cwt124.00–133.0054536
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2366125.68/cwt120.00–130.0046025
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2538128.22/cwt128.00–130.0069013
SteersMedium and Large 2-3421132.77/cwt120.00–140.005595
SteersMedium and Large 1-2820120.00/cwt120.00–120.009841
SteersMedium and Large 1-2630131.00/cwt131.00–131.008251
SteersMedium and Large 2-3278128.41/cwt125.00–132.003572
SteersMedium and Large 2-3980105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,0291
SteersMedium and Large 2-3615130.00/cwt130.00–130.008001
SteersMedium and Large 2-3367139.86/cwt133.00–147.005135
SteersMedium and Large 2-3830118.77/cwt115.00–120.009864
SteersMedium and Large 2-3684104.97/cwt102.50–110.007183
SteersMedium and Large 2-3225137.00/cwt137.00–137.003081
SteersMedium and Large 2-3569135.82/cwt134.00–138.007736
SteersMedium and Large 2-3476129.58/cwt125.00–141.006176
SteersMedium and Large 1-2726129.26/cwt122.00–133.009384
SteersMedium and Large 1-2314156.00/cwt156.00–156.004904
SteersMedium and Large 1-2386155.93/cwt150.00–159.006023
SteersMedium and Large 1-2579145.65/cwt141.00–157.0084331
SteersMedium and Large 1-2520145.63/cwt144.00–152.5075719
SteersMedium and Large 1-2683130.99/cwt128.00–135.0089514
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,07559.50/cwt59.50–59.506401
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,23048.89/cwt43.00–60.006013
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,180650.00/cwt650.00–650.007,6701
SteersMedium and Large 1-2415152.01/cwt145.00–157.0063111
SteersMedium and Large 1-2783125.27/cwt123.00–126.509816
SteersMedium and Large 1-2469148.02/cwt145.00–150.506945
BullsMedium and Large 2-3421137.38/cwt125.00–146.0057812
BullsMedium and Large 2-3366137.40/cwt120.00–142.0050310
BullsMedium and Large 1-2527132.80/cwt124.00–137.007003
BullsMedium and Large 1-2675114.00/cwt114.00–114.007702
BullsMedium and Large 1-2335148.00/cwt146.00–150.004962
BullsMedium and Large 1-2290145.00/cwt145.00–145.004211
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy615143.00/cwt143.00–143.008791
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy365172.00/cwt172.00–172.006282
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy363161.00/cwt161.00–161.005843
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy485155.00/cwt155.00–155.007521
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added678139.00/cwt139.00–139.0094212
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added500158.70/cwt156.00–160.2579411
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added420157.00/cwt157.00–157.006593
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added713130.85/cwt129.00–133.2593330
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added463156.42/cwt156.00–157.0072417
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added672120.00/cwt120.00–120.008069
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added516131.78/cwt131.00–133.006805
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added552129.00/cwt129.00–129.007122
BullsMedium and Large 2-3665109.75/cwt109.00–110.007304
Bulls1,65673.23/cwt70.00–78.501,2135
Bulls1,95580.00/cwt80.00–80.001,5642
BullsMedium and Large 2-3592120.00/cwt120.00–120.007104
BullsMedium and Large 2-3530121.29/cwt120.00–125.006434
BullsMedium and Large 2-3317138.72/cwt135.00–140.004404
BullsMedium and Large 2-3273124.96/cwt117.00–130.003414
BullsMedium and Large 2-3475134.79/cwt130.00–140.006402
BullsMedium and Large 2-3232138.00/cwt138.00–138.003202
BullsMedium and Large 2-386591.00/cwt91.00–91.007871
BullsMedium and Large 2-3715106.00/cwt106.00–106.007581
BullsMedium and Large 1-2466148.63/cwt145.00–152.0069320
BullsMedium and Large 1-2382149.41/cwt141.00–158.0057120
BullsMedium and Large 1-2573122.91/cwt120.00–126.0070418
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2471133.83/cwt130.00–135.0063013
HeifersMedium and Large 2-376596.00/cwt96.00–96.007341
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3812100.00/cwt100.00–100.008123
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3228114.00/cwt114.00–114.002604
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3280112.16/cwt110.00–117.003145
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3529111.25/cwt100.00–117.005896
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3473116.06/cwt110.00–125.005497
CowsLean 85-90%1,06634.69/cwt33.00–38.003705
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3645103.42/cwt103.00–106.006677
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3415121.40/cwt110.00–124.005048
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3375119.65/cwt118.00–122.004499
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3329116.82/cwt111.00–121.0038413
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3586114.14/cwt104.00–116.0066916
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27555.00/cwt55.00–55.007012
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21240.50/cwt38.50–43.004913
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21347.48/cwt41.00–53.5057618
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,78853.84/cwt52.50–55.009632
CowsLean 85-90%1,18842.25/cwt42.00–42.505022
CowsLean 85-90%96924.21/cwt20.00–26.002354
BullsMedium and Large 1-2604115.80/cwt115.00–116.006995
BullsMedium and Large 1-2784108.50/cwt108.50–108.508516
BullsMedium and Large 1-2722108.43/cwt108.00–109.007837
BullsMedium and Large 1-2420151.93/cwt148.00–153.0063811

How this sale compares

Kentucky weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Kentucky auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.