Sale reports / Kentucky / Harned Livestock Auction / 2020-02-03

Harned Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, Feb 3
● Final73 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207
Feeder Cattle receipts
681 head
105 vs last sale 786 681 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
112 head
31 vs last sale 81 112 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
2 vs last sale 3 1 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 500 lbs and under sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder steers and bulls over 500 lbs sold steady. Feeder heifers sold steady. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $126.71/cwt on 210 head.
Average price
$126.71
210 head · 503 lb average
Value per head Derived
$638
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$102
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$1.64/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.75
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2518127.02657170
Medium and Large 2-3443125.3955540
One grade step is worth $1.64/cwt here — about $102 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 sale210 hd
126.71
KY average25 barns · 5,782 hd
127.46
−0.75
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
BullsAverage1,86685.271,5918thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,58457.169054thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,24352.0664744
CowsLean 85-90%Average97436.083525thin

Every lot, as filed

73 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
SteersMedium and Large 1-2339171.65/cwt161.00–179.005826
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2275130.00/cwt130.00–130.003581
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2624123.27/cwt120.00–125.0076923
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2329133.12/cwt130.00–137.0043812
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2573123.51/cwt118.00–126.0070818
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2714119.07/cwt117.25–120.5085016
SteersMedium and Large 1-2850123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,0461
SteersMedium and Large 1-2628138.72/cwt134.00–144.0087126
SteersMedium and Large 1-2658136.46/cwt135.00–138.2589822
SteersMedium and Large 1-2526151.93/cwt146.00–159.0079919
SteersMedium and Large 1-2785125.93/cwt122.00–126.7598911
SteersMedium and Large 1-2425166.37/cwt161.00–170.007077
SteersMedium and Large 2-3438150.12/cwt137.00–159.006585
SteersMedium and Large 2-3313154.99/cwt150.00–158.004855
SteersMedium and Large 1-2742127.50/cwt125.00–129.009464
SteersMedium and Large 1-2480158.70/cwt153.00–163.007625
SteersMedium and Large 1-2285183.00/cwt183.00–183.005222
SteersMedium and Large 1-2358178.28/cwt175.00–180.006383
SteersMedium and Large 2-3255130.00/cwt130.00–130.003321
SteersMedium and Large 2-3235141.00/cwt141.00–141.003311
SteersMedium and Large 2-3655123.02/cwt119.00–125.008063
SteersMedium and Large 1-2575147.00/cwt145.00–149.008452
SteersMedium and Large 2-3584134.46/cwt118.00–136.0078513
SteersMedium and Large 2-3473146.74/cwt138.00–156.006949
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-294075.00/cwt75.00–75.007051
SteersMedium and Large 2-3515134.53/cwt133.00–136.006932
SteersMedium and Large 2-3720110.00/cwt110.00–110.007921
SteersMedium and Large 2-3355140.00/cwt140.00–140.004971
BullsMedium and Large 2-3336140.62/cwt121.00–147.004724
BullsMedium and Large 1-2218172.83/cwt170.00–176.003772
BullsMedium and Large 1-2360173.52/cwt163.00–176.0062525
BullsMedium and Large 1-2575129.74/cwt128.50–132.007468
Bulls1,82684.02/cwt80.00–87.001,5346
Bulls1,98789.03/cwt88.00–90.001,7692
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy325185.00/cwt185.00–185.006012
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy345184.00/cwt184.00–184.006351
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added422140.00/cwt140.00–140.005912
BullsMedium and Large 1-2516145.71/cwt140.00–154.0075217
BullsMedium and Large 1-2758106.91/cwt106.00–110.0081012
BullsMedium and Large 2-3572126.92/cwt122.00–134.0072615
BullsMedium and Large 2-3522131.59/cwt123.00–138.0068713
BullsMedium and Large 2-3432144.63/cwt122.00–152.0062510
BullsMedium and Large 2-3465132.45/cwt120.00–146.006164
BullsMedium and Large 1-2608121.97/cwt120.00–124.007423
BullsMedium and Large 1-2720110.50/cwt110.00–111.007962
BullsMedium and Large 2-3650105.00/cwt105.00–105.006833
BullsMedium and Large 2-389093.00/cwt93.00–93.008281
BullsMedium and Large 2-375591.00/cwt91.00–91.006871
BullsMedium and Large 1-2468152.37/cwt150.00–163.0071323
CowsBoner 80-85%1,46560.46/cwt60.00–61.008862
CowsLean 85-90%95834.85/cwt33.00–38.003344
BullsMedium and Large 1-2415165.89/cwt157.00–171.0068811
BullsMedium and Large 1-2327171.94/cwt161.00–179.0056211
BullsMedium and Large 2-3368154.00/cwt146.00–158.005675
BullsMedium and Large 1-2673117.76/cwt114.00–120.007935
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3558119.50/cwt119.00–120.006672
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3430125.89/cwt116.00–128.0054112
CowsLean 85-90%1,04041.00/cwt41.00–41.004261
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,58457.16/cwt56.00–58.009054
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23952.43/cwt48.00–58.0065039
CowsBoner 80-85%1,14441.65/cwt40.00–43.004763
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2533126.30/cwt123.00–130.0067346
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2367134.37/cwt129.00–144.0049321
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3364131.63/cwt122.00–138.004797
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3526118.00/cwt117.00–119.006216
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3466121.73/cwt120.00–125.005674
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3290140.44/cwt129.00–147.004074
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2483127.67/cwt126.00–133.0061716
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2428131.43/cwt129.00–135.0056313
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3705104.00/cwt104.00–104.007332
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2652120.00/cwt120.00–120.007822
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3330132.32/cwt125.00–139.004372
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3635115.00/cwt115.00–115.007301

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.