Sale reports / Kentucky / Harned Livestock Auction / 2020-02-24

Harned Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, Feb 24
● Final90 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207
Feeder Cattle receipts
735 head
36 vs last sale 699 735 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
148 head
91 vs last sale 57 148 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
7 vs last sale 8 1 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Last years receipts : 824

Compared to last week : Feeder steers were steady to 3.00 higher with good demand for lighter and heavier weight cattle. Feeder bulls sold steady. Feeder heifers were steady to 5.00 higher with strong demand for heifers under 600 lbs. Slaughter cows sold steady and slaughter bulls sold steady to 5 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $133.75/cwt on 250 head.
Average price
$133.75
250 head · 489 lb average
Value per head Derived
$654
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$40
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1-2
$19.15/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.36
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2496134.90669219
Medium and Large 2-3434127.7655423
Small and Medium 1-2364123.254484thin
Large 1-2544115.756294thin
One grade step is worth $19.15/cwt here — about $40 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 sale250 hd
133.75
KY average28 barns · 6,480 hd
132.39
+1.36
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
BullsAverage1,68686.621,46118
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,40360.4084712
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,13551.0958067
CowsLean 85-90%Low92138.3635322

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 1-2767111.25/cwt104.00–114.0085312
CowsBoner 80-85%1,13551.66/cwt45.00–56.5058631
CowsLean 85-90%85229.09/cwt28.00–30.002483
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19758.58/cwt57.00–62.5070116
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,43755.55/cwt54.50–57.007983
CowsLean 85-90%92534.06/cwt32.00–37.503156
CowsBoner 80-85%1,08744.20/cwt35.50–46.5048020
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,39262.01/cwt59.50–64.508639
CowsLean 85-90%93542.48/cwt39.00–49.5039713
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy592134.00/cwt134.00–134.007932
SteersMedium and Large 1-2271162.51/cwt155.00–169.004405
SteersMedium and Large 1-2379168.58/cwt166.00–175.006399
SteersMedium and Large 1-2429165.79/cwt156.00–168.0071122
BullsMedium and Large 1-2516146.69/cwt138.00–153.0075724
BullsMedium and Large 2-3275137.00/cwt137.00–137.003771
BullsMedium and Large 2-3385147.62/cwt144.00–150.005685
BullsMedium and Large 2-3538130.37/cwt120.00–135.007019
BullsSmall and Medium 1-2300150.00/cwt150.00–150.004502
BullsLarge 1-2590122.00/cwt122.00–122.007201
BullsMedium and Large 1-298584.00/cwt84.00–84.008271
BullsMedium and Large 1-2584131.73/cwt128.00–139.007694
BullsMedium and Large 1-2628127.18/cwt122.00–130.0079915
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2850105.00/cwt105.00–105.008931
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy405120.00/cwt120.00–120.004861
HeifersSmall and Medium 1-2355125.50/cwt121.00–130.004462
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3430128.00/cwt120.00–132.005506
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3289137.32/cwt135.00–138.003974
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3595114.00/cwt114.00–114.006781
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2568130.11/cwt124.00–135.0073922
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2328143.79/cwt140.00–153.0047217
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2268141.74/cwt136.00–149.0038014
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2215135.75/cwt135.00–137.002924
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy455119.00/cwt119.00–119.005411
BullsMedium and Large 1-2327165.86/cwt153.00–171.0054216
BullsMedium and Large 1-2713120.13/cwt117.00–124.008578
BullsMedium and Large 1-2790113.50/cwt113.50–113.508972
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy355150.00/cwt150.00–150.005332
BullsSmall and Medium 2-3510118.00/cwt118.00–118.006021
BullsSmall and Medium 1-2370159.00/cwt159.00–159.005881
BullsMedium and Large 2-3442142.23/cwt137.00–148.006295
BullsMedium and Large 2-3550120.00/cwt120.00–120.006601
BullsMedium and Large 1-2423160.41/cwt155.00–168.0067932
BullsMedium and Large 1-2661123.77/cwt120.00–128.0081816
BullsMedium and Large 1-2277171.11/cwt161.00–176.0047411
BullsMedium and Large 1-2815115.00/cwt115.00–115.009372
SteersMedium and Large 2-3430141.93/cwt140.00–146.006103
SteersMedium and Large 1-2724134.78/cwt134.00–135.5097631
SteersMedium and Large 1-2570145.54/cwt136.00–148.5083025
SteersMedium and Large 1-2513146.56/cwt140.00–152.0075211
SteersMedium and Large 1-2772130.14/cwt127.50–133.001,0055
HeifersSmall and Medium 1-2250123.00/cwt123.00–123.003081
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3376125.98/cwt120.00–129.004744
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3675108.00/cwt108.00–108.007291
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2461145.58/cwt136.00–150.0067135
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,150770.00/cwt770.00–770.008,8551
BullsMedium and Large 1-2175150.00/cwt150.00–150.002631
BullsLarge 1-2530132.00/cwt132.00–132.007001
Bulls1,54682.88/cwt74.50–89.001,2818
Bulls1,49065.99/cwt60.00–70.509832
Bulls1,87695.52/cwt90.00–102.001,7928
BullsSmall and Medium 2-3475116.00/cwt116.00–116.005512
BullsSmall and Medium 1-2430150.00/cwt150.00–150.006451
BullsMedium and Large 2-3479135.68/cwt133.00–142.006505
SteersMedium and Large 1-2337173.01/cwt172.00–175.005833
SteersLarge 1-2765116.00/cwt116.00–116.008871
SteersSmall and Medium 1-2225140.00/cwt140.00–140.003151
SteersMedium and Large 2-3770115.00/cwt115.00–115.008861
BullsMedium and Large 1-2374170.69/cwt155.00–177.0063820
BullsMedium and Large 1-2475152.61/cwt145.00–162.0072541
BullsMedium and Large 2-3328137.69/cwt137.00–139.004523
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2516135.09/cwt127.00–140.0069716
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2626122.43/cwt117.00–129.0076619
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2428144.31/cwt136.00–152.0061836
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3525122.31/cwt121.00–125.006423
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3474132.10/cwt127.00–134.006264
HeifersSmall and Medium 1-2495119.00/cwt119.00–119.005891
HeifersLarge 1-2480118.00/cwt118.00–118.005661
HeifersLarge 1-2565115.00/cwt115.00–115.006503
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy640114.69/cwt112.00–116.007343
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2721110.79/cwt104.00–115.007995
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2381147.30/cwt137.00–151.0056115
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2672119.14/cwt113.00–124.5080118
SteersMedium and Large 1-2686136.63/cwt133.00–138.0093731
SteersMedium and Large 2-3282150.00/cwt150.00–150.004232
SteersSmall and Medium 1-2270140.00/cwt140.00–140.003781
SteersLarge 1-2591120.00/cwt120.00–120.007096
SteersMedium and Large 1-2914109.00/cwt109.00–109.009964
SteersMedium and Large 1-2831126.42/cwt122.00–127.501,0517
SteersMedium and Large 1-2479157.39/cwt155.00–163.0075414
SteersMedium and Large 1-2618143.19/cwt136.00–147.0088530

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.