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

Harned Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, Mar 2
● Final74 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207
Feeder Cattle receipts
355 head
380 vs last sale 735 355 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
70 head
78 vs last sale 148 70 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
11 head
10 vs last sale 1 11 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 heifers under 500 sold steady to 3.00 lower. Feeder steers and heifers over 500 lbs sold 3.00 to 6.00 lower . Slaughter cows and slaughter bull sold steady.

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Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.14/cwt on 171 head.
Average price
$122.14
171 head · 515 lb average
Value per head Derived
$630
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$94
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$6.57/cwt at this weight
vs the market
5.31
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2531124.18659118
Medium and Large 2-3481117.6056653
One grade step is worth $6.57/cwt here — about $94 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 sale171 hd
122.14
KY average27 barns · 3,645 hd
127.45
−5.31
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
BullsAverage1,83186.501,58411
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,44857.818372thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,18155.8766023
CowsLean 85-90%Average93244.594167thin

Every lot, as filed

74 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 1-2505141.68/cwt135.00–144.007154
BullsMedium and Large 2-3245145.00/cwt145.00–145.003551
BullsMedium and Large 1-2369158.92/cwt151.00–161.0058613
BullsMedium and Large 1-2615126.17/cwt124.00–126.5077612
BullsMedium and Large 1-2415154.47/cwt148.00–159.0064111
BullsMedium and Large 1-2475145.16/cwt137.00–147.006909
BullsMedium and Large 1-2569130.93/cwt127.00–135.007456
BullsMedium and Large 1-2289157.94/cwt155.00–161.004566
BullsMedium and Large 1-2775110.00/cwt110.00–110.008532
BullsMedium and Large 1-2325169.00/cwt169.00–169.005492
BullsMedium and Large 1-2835106.00/cwt106.00–106.008851
BullsMedium and Large 1-2745112.00/cwt112.00–112.008341
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy345174.00/cwt174.00–174.006001
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2418127.00/cwt127.00–127.005312
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2218131.00/cwt131.00–131.002862
BullsMedium and Large 2-3627110.50/cwt110.50–110.506933
CowsBoner 80-85%1,03045.00/cwt45.00–45.004641
Bulls1,79985.11/cwt81.00–90.501,5319
Bulls1,97592.75/cwt92.50–93.001,8322
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,14368.27/cwt53.00–78.007806
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-295476.55/cwt61.00–89.007305
SteersMedium and Large 2-3265133.00/cwt133.00–133.003525
SteersMedium and Large 2-3385150.00/cwt150.00–150.005782
SteersMedium and Large 2-3323131.47/cwt131.00–132.004252
SteersMedium and Large 2-381596.00/cwt96.00–96.007821
SteersMedium and Large 2-3750120.00/cwt120.00–120.009001
SteersMedium and Large 2-3665123.00/cwt123.00–123.008181
SteersMedium and Large 2-3590129.00/cwt129.00–129.007611
SteersMedium and Large 2-3220158.00/cwt158.00–158.003481
SteersMedium and Large 1-2728121.64/cwt120.00–122.508869
SteersMedium and Large 1-2625131.38/cwt130.00–133.008219
SteersMedium and Large 1-2479143.60/cwt142.50–145.506889
SteersMedium and Large 1-2410158.52/cwt147.00–165.006507
SteersMedium and Large 1-2566142.38/cwt140.00–143.008065
SteersMedium and Large 1-2526144.18/cwt143.00–146.007585
SteersMedium and Large 1-2391166.00/cwt164.00–170.006494
SteersMedium and Large 1-2680124.33/cwt124.00–125.008453
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,44857.81/cwt57.00–58.508372
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17856.05/cwt48.00–61.5066021
CowsBoner 80-85%1,40063.00/cwt63.00–63.008821
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3320122.24/cwt112.00–126.003918
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3418116.03/cwt110.00–119.004857
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3519118.39/cwt115.00–128.006146
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3613108.60/cwt107.00–110.006665
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3274126.27/cwt120.00–137.003464
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3730103.68/cwt103.00–105.007573
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3680102.68/cwt102.00–104.006983
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3458121.61/cwt117.00–124.005573
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3385124.66/cwt124.00–125.004803
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3235120.00/cwt120.00–120.002821
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added557127.00/cwt127.00–127.007078
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added522130.00/cwt130.00–130.006796
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2384132.29/cwt126.00–134.0050829
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2826110.50/cwt110.50–110.5091322
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2484126.39/cwt125.00–128.0061213
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2570119.41/cwt117.00–120.0068110
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2663113.72/cwt112.00–114.007547
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2320133.64/cwt130.00–137.004287
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2294134.21/cwt133.00–137.003955
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2635115.00/cwt115.00–115.007304
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2535124.67/cwt124.00–125.006673
CowsLean 85-90%94543.69/cwt36.00–47.004136
CowsLean 85-90%85550.00/cwt50.00–50.004281
SteersMedium and Large 1-2860105.00/cwt105.00–105.009031
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy455157.00/cwt157.00–157.007143
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3573120.66/cwt117.00–124.0069110
BullsMedium and Large 2-3315137.35/cwt131.00–141.004333
BullsMedium and Large 2-3780100.12/cwt94.00–106.007812
BullsMedium and Large 2-3810100.00/cwt100.00–100.008101
BullsMedium and Large 2-3665116.00/cwt116.00–116.007711
BullsMedium and Large 2-3535124.00/cwt124.00–124.006631
BullsMedium and Large 2-3400137.00/cwt137.00–137.005481
BullsMedium and Large 2-3370138.00/cwt138.00–138.005111
BullsMedium and Large 2-3275149.00/cwt149.00–149.004101

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.