Sale reports / Kentucky / Harned Livestock Auction / 2020-02-17

Harned Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, Feb 17
● Final76 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207
Feeder Cattle receipts
699 head
155 vs last sale 544 699 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
57 head
23 vs last sale 34 57 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
4 vs last sale 4 8 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 under 600 lbs sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder steers 600 lbs and over sold 3.00 to 6.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher and slaughter bull sold 2.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $130.87/cwt on 207 head.
Average price
$130.87
207 head · 515 lb average
Value per head Derived
$674
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$63
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$10.02/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.70
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2517133.87693145
Medium and Large 2-3509123.8663062
One grade step is worth $10.02/cwt here — about $63 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 sale207 hd
130.87
KY average28 barns · 4,678 hd
127.18
+3.70
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
BullsAverage1,62882.051,3369thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,73861.301,0654thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,31855.4073034
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,11039.554396thin

Every lot, as filed

76 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
BullsMedium and Large 2-3650131.00/cwt131.00–131.008521
BullsMedium and Large 2-3646126.00/cwt126.00–126.008141
BullsMedium and Large 2-3365137.00/cwt137.00–137.005001
BullsMedium and Large 2-3345145.00/cwt145.00–145.005001
BullsMedium and Large 1-2612133.44/cwt129.00–137.0081717
BullsMedium and Large 1-2464160.39/cwt149.00–165.0074417
BullsMedium and Large 1-2577139.57/cwt138.00–140.0080514
BullsMedium and Large 1-2418165.33/cwt162.00–172.0069111
BullsMedium and Large 1-2326174.59/cwt166.00–182.005698
BullsMedium and Large 1-2655126.98/cwt123.00–128.008325
BullsMedium and Large 1-2524142.80/cwt142.00–144.007485
BullsMedium and Large 1-2393165.99/cwt165.00–167.006522
BullsMedium and Large 1-2795117.00/cwt117.00–117.009301
BullsMedium and Large 1-2705123.00/cwt123.00–123.008671
SteersMedium and Large 1-2574144.24/cwt142.00–151.008284
SteersMedium and Large 1-2820120.00/cwt120.00–120.009842
SteersMedium and Large 1-2322160.00/cwt160.00–160.005152
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3533123.41/cwt110.00–125.0065820
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3476121.95/cwt116.00–128.005809
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3673116.36/cwt115.00–117.007838
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3320133.64/cwt128.00–137.004287
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3574118.79/cwt115.00–120.006824
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3440133.00/cwt133.00–133.005854
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3705107.00/cwt107.00–107.007543
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3620116.00/cwt116.00–116.007192
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3378137.00/cwt137.00–137.005182
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3292138.00/cwt138.00–138.004032
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3210137.00/cwt137.00–137.002881
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added609129.50/cwt129.50–129.507899
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added500138.00/cwt138.00–138.006907
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added474140.88/cwt140.00–143.006687
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added421147.00/cwt147.00–147.006195
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2569130.25/cwt123.00–133.2574144
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2427136.07/cwt130.00–139.0058118
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2379143.72/cwt138.00–147.0054517
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2514133.17/cwt129.00–136.5068413
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2664123.13/cwt118.00–126.0081810
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2491137.90/cwt135.00–138.506779
CowsBoner 80-85%1,29246.12/cwt41.00–49.005964
Bulls1,55781.06/cwt70.00–89.001,2628
Bulls2,19590.00/cwt90.00–90.001,9761
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,01065.71/cwt57.00–73.006644
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-278064.00/cwt64.00–64.004991
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 1-2900700.00/cwt700.00–700.006,3001
Dairy SteersLarge 345778.00/cwt78.00–78.003563
SteersMedium and Large 2-3632132.75/cwt132.00–135.008398
SteersMedium and Large 2-3540135.25/cwt130.00–148.007308
SteersMedium and Large 2-3429148.94/cwt146.00–150.006397
SteersMedium and Large 2-3465151.30/cwt149.00–157.007044
SteersMedium and Large 2-3392145.00/cwt145.00–145.005682
SteersMedium and Large 2-3770126.00/cwt126.00–126.009701
SteersMedium and Large 2-3595126.00/cwt126.00–126.007501
SteersMedium and Large 2-3340147.00/cwt147.00–147.005001
SteersMedium and Large 2-3260137.00/cwt137.00–137.003561
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added610149.00/cwt148.00–150.0090919
SteersMedium and Large 1-2616144.12/cwt140.00–146.0088824
SteersMedium and Large 1-2423164.36/cwt152.00–166.5069517
SteersMedium and Large 1-2680139.27/cwt139.00–140.5094716
SteersMedium and Large 1-2738126.54/cwt125.00–130.0093413
SteersMedium and Large 1-2525153.20/cwt147.00–158.008048
SteersMedium and Large 1-2477160.63/cwt157.00–164.007668
SteersMedium and Large 1-2364166.02/cwt163.00–170.006048
CowsLean 85-90%1,05334.21/cwt31.00–40.003604
CowsLean 85-90%1,22550.24/cwt50.00–50.506152
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,73861.30/cwt60.00–65.001,0654
CowsBoner 80-85%1,32256.64/cwt50.00–60.5074930
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2628120.00/cwt120.00–120.007543
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2758116.00/cwt116.00–116.008791
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2715111.00/cwt111.00–111.007941
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2345145.00/cwt145.00–145.005001
BullsMedium and Large 2-3729111.85/cwt111.50–114.008157
BullsMedium and Large 2-3419144.23/cwt114.00–154.006045
BullsMedium and Large 2-3559130.31/cwt129.00–134.007284
BullsMedium and Large 2-3475137.14/cwt127.00–141.006514
BullsMedium and Large 2-3270157.81/cwt141.00–163.004264
BullsMedium and Large 2-3508133.49/cwt131.00–136.006782

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.