Sale reports / Kentucky / Harned Livestock Auction / 2020-04-20

Harned Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, Apr 20
● Final72 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207
Feeder Cattle receipts
498 head
279 vs last sale 219 498 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
85 head
30 vs last sale 55 85 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
2 vs last sale 9 7 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Feeder steers sold steady to 2.00 higher . Feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher under 600 lbs. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $123.67/cwt on 158 head.
Average price
$123.67
158 head · 514 lb average
Value per head Derived
$636
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$76
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$5.34/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.17
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2525125.16657114
Medium and Large 2-3485119.8258144
One grade step is worth $5.34/cwt here — about $76 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 sale158 hd
123.67
KY average27 barns · 4,699 hd
121.50
+2.17
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
BullsAverage1,57879.761,2599thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,43957.568288thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,24053.6666537
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,10837.2141212

Every lot, as filed

72 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 2-376599.00/cwt99.00–99.007571
BullsMedium and Large 2-3565126.00/cwt126.00–126.007121
BullsMedium and Large 2-3380147.00/cwt147.00–147.005591
BullsMedium and Large 2398147.00/cwt147.00–147.005852
BullsMedium and Large 1-2474152.43/cwt132.00–160.0072332
BullsMedium and Large 1-2508141.30/cwt130.00–147.0071817
BullsMedium and Large 1-2427158.19/cwt154.50–163.0067512
BullsMedium and Large 1-2381162.75/cwt155.00–168.0062012
BullsMedium and Large 1-2613121.77/cwt118.00–127.0074610
BullsMedium and Large 1-2583126.71/cwt124.00–132.007395
BullsMedium and Large 1-2313168.72/cwt165.00–174.005283
BullsMedium and Large 1-2280169.00/cwt169.00–169.004731
SteersMedium and Large 1-2670122.39/cwt120.00–123.008205
SteersMedium and Large 1-2572138.61/cwt137.00–141.007935
SteersMedium and Large 1-2346169.20/cwt168.00–170.005855
SteersMedium and Large 1-2245178.00/cwt178.00–178.004362
SteersMedium and Large 1-289590.00/cwt90.00–90.008061
SteersMedium and Large 1-2815102.00/cwt102.00–102.008311
SteersMedium and Large 1-2265159.00/cwt159.00–159.004211
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy501153.00/cwt153.00–153.007674
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3578111.47/cwt108.00–117.006448
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3437122.58/cwt115.00–129.005366
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3278130.43/cwt114.00–140.003636
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3388135.98/cwt120.00–140.005285
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3321136.13/cwt120.00–141.004375
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3670105.01/cwt104.00–106.007044
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3898103.00/cwt103.00–103.009253
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3522105.22/cwt95.00–119.005493
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3605108.50/cwt107.00–110.006562
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3485120.00/cwt120.00–120.005821
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3235120.00/cwt120.00–120.002821
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2427136.53/cwt132.00–142.0058320
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2472129.41/cwt110.00–135.0061117
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2720107.00/cwt107.00–107.0077015
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2383137.89/cwt131.00–146.0052815
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2681110.00/cwt110.00–110.0074912
CowsLean 85-90%1,10637.60/cwt32.00–46.0041610
CowsLean 85-90%1,14047.50/cwt47.50–47.505421
CowsLean 85-90%1,09023.00/cwt23.00–23.002511
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,41756.75/cwt55.00–59.008046
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,50560.00/cwt60.00–60.009032
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25254.49/cwt48.50–59.0068228
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15142.18/cwt30.00–46.504855
CowsBoner 80-85%1,26862.19/cwt60.50–63.507894
Bulls1,62083.42/cwt79.00–86.001,3515
Bulls1,81891.87/cwt90.00–93.501,6702
Bulls1,25052.00/cwt52.00–52.006501
Bulls1,21565.00/cwt65.00–65.007901
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,03771.60/cwt67.00–79.007423
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-284862.90/cwt50.00–74.005334
SteersMedium and Large 2-3381149.96/cwt140.00–153.0057110
SteersMedium and Large 2-3418137.05/cwt134.00–140.005732
SteersMedium and Large 2-3315145.70/cwt133.00–158.004592
SteersMedium and Large 2-3575134.00/cwt134.00–134.007711
SteersMedium and Large 1-2529146.10/cwt140.00–151.0077316
SteersMedium and Large 1-2477150.17/cwt140.00–163.0071615
SteersMedium and Large 1-2373162.24/cwt155.00–169.0060515
SteersMedium and Large 1-2431159.47/cwt150.00–163.0068713
SteersMedium and Large 1-2722121.00/cwt121.00–121.0087412
SteersMedium and Large 1-2641127.00/cwt127.00–127.008149
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2523128.73/cwt120.00–134.5067312
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2332141.57/cwt135.00–148.0047010
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2618111.10/cwt109.00–115.006877
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2758100.00/cwt100.00–100.007584
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2815103.00/cwt103.00–103.008392
BullsMedium and Large 2-3674110.33/cwt103.00–112.0074418
BullsMedium and Large 2-3543115.02/cwt111.00–116.006255
BullsMedium and Large 2-380494.51/cwt90.00–96.007604
BullsMedium and Large 2-3410133.76/cwt111.00–149.005483
BullsMedium and Large 2-3623110.96/cwt110.00–112.006912
BullsMedium and Large 2-3483135.23/cwt125.00–146.006532
BullsMedium and Large 2-3285134.00/cwt134.00–134.003822

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.