Sale reports / Kentucky / Harned Livestock Auction / 2020-05-11

Harned Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, May 11
● Final76 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207
Feeder Cattle receipts
393 head
89 vs last sale 482 393 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
58 head
32 vs last sale 90 58 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
6 vs last sale 12 6 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 2.00 to 4.00 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 $123.42/cwt on 159 head.
Average price
$123.42
159 head · 528 lb average
Value per head Derived
$652
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$48
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$10.86/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.12
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2526126.56666113
Medium and Large 2-3534115.7061846
One grade step is worth $10.86/cwt here — about $48 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 sale159 hd
123.42
KY average27 barns · 4,197 hd
123.29
+0.12
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
BullsAverage1,63085.211,3898thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,40259.768387thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,24156.0569536
CowsLean 85-90%Average99642.274218thin

Every lot, as filed

76 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 1-2523127.12/cwt121.00–136.006657
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2310137.79/cwt135.00–141.004275
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2285145.00/cwt145.00–145.004131
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy458148.00/cwt148.00–148.006782
BullsMedium and Large 2-3524128.54/cwt122.00–133.006746
BullsMedium and Large 2-3414131.63/cwt122.00–136.005456
BullsMedium and Large 2-3388128.08/cwt121.00–143.004973
BullsMedium and Large 2-3575119.41/cwt117.00–122.006872
BullsMedium and Large 2-3458130.97/cwt129.00–133.006002
BullsMedium and Large 2-391597.00/cwt97.00–97.008881
BullsMedium and Large 2-3750108.00/cwt108.00–108.008101
BullsMedium and Large 2-3685112.00/cwt112.00–112.007671
BullsMedium and Large 2-3645116.00/cwt116.00–116.007481
BullsMedium and Large 2-3315152.00/cwt152.00–152.004791
BullsMedium and Large 1-2519136.38/cwt133.00–145.007087
BullsMedium and Large 1-2621121.52/cwt120.00–123.007556
BullsMedium and Large 1-2725113.52/cwt110.00–116.008235
BullsMedium and Large 1-2559129.80/cwt127.00–133.007265
BullsMedium and Large 1-2479150.38/cwt149.00–152.007205
BullsMedium and Large 1-2427149.61/cwt148.00–151.006395
BullsMedium and Large 1-2662117.00/cwt117.00–117.007752
BullsMedium and Large 1-2370151.59/cwt148.00–155.005612
BullsMedium and Large 1-2340160.00/cwt160.00–160.005442
BullsMedium and Large 1-2815107.00/cwt107.00–107.008721
BullsMedium and Large 1-2760108.00/cwt108.00–108.008211
BullsMedium and Large 1-2230179.00/cwt179.00–179.004121
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added522156.00/cwt156.00–156.0081414
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added670130.00/cwt130.00–130.0087112
SteersMedium and Large 1-2689123.92/cwt122.00–127.0085418
SteersMedium and Large 1-2474153.71/cwt149.00–157.0072913
SteersMedium and Large 1-2623128.64/cwt127.00–130.008018
SteersMedium and Large 1-2592132.19/cwt127.00–135.007836
SteersMedium and Large 1-2374163.21/cwt157.00–170.006106
SteersMedium and Large 1-2514147.57/cwt142.00–151.007595
SteersMedium and Large 1-2422154.06/cwt150.00–160.006504
SteersMedium and Large 1-2715122.33/cwt122.00–123.008753
SteersMedium and Large 1-2262168.00/cwt168.00–168.004403
SteersMedium and Large 1-2812110.00/cwt110.00–110.008932
SteersMedium and Large 1-2775116.00/cwt116.00–116.008992
SteersMedium and Large 1-2200184.00/cwt184.00–184.003681
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3670106.21/cwt103.00–109.0071210
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3472121.66/cwt119.00–125.005748
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3428126.50/cwt123.00–134.005415
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3615106.08/cwt95.00–111.006524
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3580111.39/cwt101.00–116.006464
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3525117.28/cwt113.00–119.006164
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3345131.00/cwt131.00–131.004524
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3368124.43/cwt114.00–130.004583
HeifersMedium and Large 2-380093.00/cwt93.00–93.007441
HeifersMedium and Large 2-376594.00/cwt94.00–94.007191
HeifersMedium and Large 2-371597.00/cwt97.00–97.006941
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3295134.00/cwt134.00–134.003951
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added542132.00/cwt132.00–132.007159
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2579119.65/cwt117.00–126.0069323
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2471136.13/cwt130.00–143.0064114
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2422132.87/cwt122.00–139.0056112
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2367138.64/cwt132.00–144.0050912
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2614116.86/cwt114.00–122.0071811
CowsLean 85-90%98241.16/cwt30.00–47.504047
CowsLean 85-90%1,09550.00/cwt50.00–50.005481
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,49060.70/cwt60.00–61.509044
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,28558.51/cwt58.00–59.007523
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23855.85/cwt51.00–59.5069132
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30761.24/cwt60.00–62.008003
CowsBoner 80-85%1,13047.00/cwt47.00–47.005311
Bulls1,55185.20/cwt79.50–90.001,3216
Bulls2,330100.50/cwt100.50–100.502,3421
Bulls1,40570.00/cwt70.00–70.009841
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-296170.53/cwt63.00–74.006786
SteersMedium and Large 2-3550136.50/cwt135.00–138.007512
SteersMedium and Large 2-3463141.84/cwt136.00–148.006572
SteersMedium and Large 2-3432148.00/cwt148.00–148.006392
SteersMedium and Large 2-3355135.50/cwt124.00–147.004812
SteersMedium and Large 2-3545134.00/cwt134.00–134.007301
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2740108.22/cwt106.00–108.508019
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2669114.74/cwt114.00–115.007688

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.