Sale reports / Kentucky / Harned Livestock Auction / 2020-03-09

Harned Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, Mar 9
● Final75 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207
Feeder Cattle receipts
451 head
96 vs last sale 355 451 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
72 head
2 vs last sale 70 72 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
1 vs last sale 11 10 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 sold mostly steady. Demand was good with grass driven buyer participation, even with volatile CME futures and a sharply lower Stock Market . Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $147.16/cwt on 159 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits 63.51 against this barn's trailing median of $210.67.
Average price
$147.16
159 head · 480 lb average
Value per head Derived
$707
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$45
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$19.10/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.77
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2472151.72716121
Medium and Large 2-3506132.6367138
One grade step is worth $19.10/cwt here — about $45 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.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

15 sales
236213190168median 210.6701/0502/2304/1306/0108/10
Bulls 0–100 lb: high $221.57, low $181.71, median $210.67 across 15 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale159 hd
147.16
KY average27 barns · 1,901 hd
136.39
+10.77
This barn, trailing median15 sales
210.67
−63.51
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
BullsAverage1,73084.491,46115
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,44860.318733thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,21156.7868747
CowsLean 85-90%Average96740.913965thin

Every lot, as filed

75 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 1-2474134.20/cwt130.00–141.0063616
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2324136.66/cwt131.00–140.0044316
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2380136.14/cwt134.00–141.005179
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2287141.08/cwt137.00–142.004055
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2223130.44/cwt125.00–136.002912
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2720106.00/cwt106.00–106.007631
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2605115.00/cwt115.00–115.006961
CowsLean 85-90%95940.89/cwt34.00–47.503924
CowsLean 85-90%1,00041.00/cwt41.00–41.004101
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,44860.31/cwt59.00–61.508733
Bulls1,76986.97/cwt80.00–90.501,53812
Bulls1,40062.13/cwt60.00–65.008702
Bulls1,91599.50/cwt99.50–99.501,9051
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20856.64/cwt50.00–60.5068433
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30162.15/cwt61.00–64.0080910
CowsBoner 80-85%1,00744.46/cwt40.00–48.504484
BullsMedium and Large 2-3527136.53/cwt125.00–138.0072013
BullsMedium and Large 2-3316146.34/cwt140.00–154.004628
BullsMedium and Large 2-3604112.75/cwt112.00–115.006814
BullsMedium and Large 2-3583114.08/cwt110.00–116.006653
BullsMedium and Large 2-3443142.66/cwt142.00–144.006323
BullsMedium and Large 2-3770105.00/cwt105.00–105.008092
BullsMedium and Large 2-3483143.98/cwt140.00–148.006952
BullsMedium and Large 2-3805107.00/cwt107.00–107.008611
BullsMedium and Large 2-3660118.00/cwt118.00–118.007791
BullsMedium and Large 2-3390150.00/cwt150.00–150.005851
BullsMedium and Large 1-2433159.00/cwt155.00–168.0068831
BullsMedium and Large 1-2510149.56/cwt140.00–153.0076324
BullsMedium and Large 1-2370168.94/cwt158.00–174.0062518
BullsMedium and Large 1-2462151.81/cwt143.00–158.0070115
BullsMedium and Large 1-2324166.96/cwt159.00–180.0054110
BullsMedium and Large 1-2667117.94/cwt113.00–120.007878
BullsMedium and Large 1-2633122.68/cwt118.00–126.007776
BullsMedium and Large 1-2701115.25/cwt115.00–116.008084
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550150.00/cwt150.00–150.008253
BullsMedium and Large 1-2765106.00/cwt106.00–106.008111
BullsMedium and Large 1-2275156.00/cwt156.00–156.004291
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-299368.35/cwt54.00–80.006798
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-285372.53/cwt60.00–84.006192
SteersMedium and Large 2-3579130.22/cwt124.00–140.007548
SteersMedium and Large 2-3357131.99/cwt120.00–150.004715
SteersMedium and Large 2-3513133.91/cwt130.00–137.006873
SteersMedium and Large 2-3675125.99/cwt125.00–127.008502
SteersMedium and Large 2-3810116.00/cwt116.00–116.009401
SteersMedium and Large 2-3775117.00/cwt117.00–117.009071
SteersMedium and Large 2-3715120.00/cwt120.00–120.008581
SteersMedium and Large 2-3415140.00/cwt140.00–140.005811
SteersMedium and Large 2-3285152.00/cwt152.00–152.004331
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added600140.50/cwt140.50–140.508434
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added360180.00/cwt180.00–180.006484
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added498170.00/cwt170.00–170.008472
SteersMedium and Large 1-2671130.19/cwt127.00–131.5087411
SteersMedium and Large 1-2474158.84/cwt156.00–165.0075311
SteersMedium and Large 1-2616132.58/cwt130.00–136.008178
SteersMedium and Large 1-2583155.00/cwt155.00–155.009045
SteersMedium and Large 1-2383171.24/cwt169.00–172.006564
SteersMedium and Large 1-2300160.00/cwt160.00–160.004803
SteersMedium and Large 1-2862107.00/cwt107.00–107.009222
SteersMedium and Large 1-2730121.00/cwt121.00–121.008832
SteersMedium and Large 1-2523151.48/cwt151.00–152.007922
SteersMedium and Large 1-2423164.40/cwt159.00–170.006952
SteersMedium and Large 1-2949107.50/cwt107.50–107.501,0201
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3723102.11/cwt100.00–105.007386
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3470122.97/cwt116.00–130.005786
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3522132.94/cwt126.00–139.006945
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3441125.11/cwt120.00–134.005525
HeifersMedium and Large 2-381884.00/cwt84.00–84.006873
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3563113.00/cwt113.00–113.006363
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3375127.48/cwt120.00–134.004783
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3338128.65/cwt127.00–131.004353
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3278126.49/cwt125.00–128.003522
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3622107.00/cwt107.00–107.006661
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2580129.76/cwt127.00–134.5075327
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2425138.15/cwt133.00–140.0058724
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2522133.28/cwt124.00–138.0069619

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.