Sale reports / Kentucky / Harned Livestock Auction / 2020-05-04

Harned Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, May 4
● Final75 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207
Feeder Cattle receipts
482 head
66 vs last sale 416 482 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
90 head
28 vs last sale 62 90 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
12 head
9 vs last sale 3 12 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 steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $123.93/cwt on 186 head.
Average price
$123.93
186 head · 491 lb average
Value per head Derived
$608
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$2
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$14.62/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.36
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2476127.24606144
Medium and Large 2-3540112.6160842
One grade step is worth $14.62/cwt here — about −$2 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 sale186 hd
123.93
KY average28 barns · 5,095 hd
119.58
+4.36
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
BullsAverage1,54783.211,28818
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,31457.297536thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18454.8965042
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,00743.834417thin

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 2-3523110.11/cwt102.00–114.005764
HeifersMedium and Large 2-376891.00/cwt91.00–91.006992
HeifersMedium and Large 2-372888.45/cwt84.00–93.006442
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3378125.49/cwt125.00–126.004742
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3333131.04/cwt130.00–132.004362
HeifersMedium and Large 2-390081.00/cwt81.00–81.007291
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2418133.67/cwt124.00–138.5055936
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2528121.58/cwt112.00–127.0064234
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2474132.30/cwt127.00–135.0062728
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2368133.49/cwt130.00–138.0049114
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2569115.33/cwt114.00–117.0065612
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2611111.00/cwt111.00–111.006787
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2759100.00/cwt100.00–100.007594
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2276144.00/cwt144.00–144.003974
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2315136.00/cwt130.00–142.004282
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2715102.00/cwt102.00–102.007291
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy278146.00/cwt146.00–146.004062
BullsMedium and Large 2-3530121.19/cwt116.00–125.006426
BullsMedium and Large 2-3472137.98/cwt129.00–141.006516
BullsMedium and Large 2-3393153.00/cwt153.00–153.006015
BullsMedium and Large 2-392086.00/cwt86.00–86.007912
BullsMedium and Large 2-3682106.00/cwt106.00–106.007232
BullsMedium and Large 2-3568124.51/cwt123.00–126.007072
BullsMedium and Large 2-3413134.00/cwt134.00–134.005532
BullsMedium and Large 2-3303152.52/cwt150.00–155.004622
BullsMedium and Large 2-3225150.31/cwt142.00–159.003382
BullsMedium and Large 2-3270155.00/cwt155.00–155.004191
BullsMedium and Large 1-2475139.46/cwt128.00–150.0066217
BullsMedium and Large 1-2415149.84/cwt145.50–156.0062213
BullsMedium and Large 1-2613122.78/cwt119.00–125.0075310
BullsMedium and Large 1-2700104.50/cwt104.50–104.507328
BullsMedium and Large 1-2513135.56/cwt133.00–139.006957
BullsMedium and Large 1-2585121.80/cwt120.00–126.007135
BullsMedium and Large 1-2332163.87/cwt160.00–165.005444
BullsMedium and Large 1-2678120.35/cwt117.00–122.008163
BullsMedium and Large 1-2385166.00/cwt166.00–166.006391
BullsMedium and Large 1-2250174.00/cwt174.00–174.004351
CowsLean 85-90%99441.86/cwt35.00–46.004165
CowsLean 85-90%1,03848.77/cwt47.50–50.005062
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,31457.29/cwt56.50–58.507536
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18554.95/cwt49.00–59.0065132
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27161.97/cwt60.50–65.007886
CowsBoner 80-85%1,04143.79/cwt40.50–46.004564
Bulls1,63385.02/cwt80.00–90.001,38813
Bulls1,20373.14/cwt70.00–75.008804
Bulls1,810100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,8101
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-291865.99/cwt65.00–67.006062
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,110750.00/cwt750.00–750.008,3251
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,230810.05/cwt730.00–980.009,9645
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,330730.00/cwt730.00–730.009,7091
Bred CowsMedium 1-2988651.59/cwt560.00–740.006,4382
Bred CowsMedium 1-21,215685.00/cwt685.00–685.008,3231
SteersMedium and Large 2-3476138.61/cwt137.00–141.006606
SteersMedium and Large 2-3634124.61/cwt109.00–129.507904
SteersMedium and Large 2-3423139.49/cwt137.00–141.005904
SteersMedium and Large 2-3715115.50/cwt112.00–119.008262
SteersMedium and Large 2-3590127.00/cwt120.00–134.007492
SteersMedium and Large 2-3695112.00/cwt112.00–112.007781
SteersMedium and Large 2-3508128.00/cwt128.00–128.006501
SteersMedium and Large 2-3335139.00/cwt139.00–139.004661
SteersMedium and Large 2-3280139.00/cwt139.00–139.003891
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added571141.50/cwt141.50–141.508089
SteersMedium and Large 1-2632133.56/cwt127.00–135.5084422
SteersMedium and Large 1-2721122.59/cwt115.00–124.5088420
SteersMedium and Large 1-2580130.20/cwt128.00–134.0075519
SteersMedium and Large 1-2506137.82/cwt133.00–142.0069712
SteersMedium and Large 1-2431146.36/cwt141.00–150.006318
SteersMedium and Large 1-2686127.50/cwt127.50–127.508756
SteersMedium and Large 1-2474142.49/cwt132.00–147.006756
SteersMedium and Large 1-2375164.37/cwt163.00–165.006163
SteersMedium and Large 1-2315169.00/cwt169.00–169.005322
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3476119.01/cwt109.00–127.0056610
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3627108.20/cwt105.00–111.006788
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3571108.80/cwt103.00–114.006216
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3411125.57/cwt120.00–127.005165

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.