Sale reports / Kentucky / Harned Livestock Auction / 2020-07-13

Harned Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, Jul 13
● Final75 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207
Feeder Cattle receipts
432 head
187 vs last sale 245 72 vs year ago 504 · 14.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
68 head
47 vs last sale 21 22 vs year ago 46 · +47.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
5 vs last sale 0 3 vs year ago 8 · 37.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold unevenly steady with a weak undertone. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.06/cwt on 139 head.
Average price
$122.06
139 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$671
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$166
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$3.75/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.02
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2600123.6374181
Medium and Large 2-3480119.8857558
One grade step is worth $3.75/cwt here — about $166 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 sale139 hd
122.06
KY average28 barns · 5,398 hd
125.08
−3.02
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
BullsAverage1,48693.511,39014
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,26758.4474134
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,50558.428796thin
CowsLean 85-90%High96546.454487thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,24597.001,2081thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,09592.001,0071thin

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 2-3471121.71/cwt117.00–125.0057319
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3423122.32/cwt120.50–124.005179
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3524118.55/cwt114.00–121.006217
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3610108.47/cwt103.00–115.006626
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3338128.19/cwt126.00–130.004336
BullsMedium and Large 2-3785104.00/cwt104.00–104.008161
BullsMedium and Large 2-3610120.00/cwt120.00–120.007321
BullsMedium and Large 2-3395124.00/cwt124.00–124.004901
BullsMedium and Large 1-2417140.46/cwt131.00–145.0058610
BullsMedium and Large 1-2455136.99/cwt133.00–139.006239
BullsMedium and Large 1-2637125.87/cwt120.00–130.008028
BullsMedium and Large 1-2526133.01/cwt130.00–144.007008
BullsMedium and Large 1-2678116.86/cwt116.00–117.007927
BullsMedium and Large 1-2564128.98/cwt127.00–130.007275
BullsMedium and Large 1-2738118.68/cwt117.00–124.008764
BullsMedium and Large 1-2366145.31/cwt144.50–147.005323
BullsMedium and Large 1-292590.00/cwt90.00–90.008332
BullsMedium and Large 1-2320145.00/cwt145.00–145.004641
CowsLean 85-90%1,01550.48/cwt50.00–51.005122
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,44357.51/cwt55.00–59.008304
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,63060.24/cwt60.00–60.509822
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy495150.00/cwt150.00–150.007431
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3686110.31/cwt107.00–112.007573
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3375123.99/cwt123.00–124.504653
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3578118.45/cwt115.00–122.006852
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3268132.45/cwt127.00–138.003552
HeifersMedium and Large 2-384085.00/cwt85.00–85.007141
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2578123.59/cwt117.00–126.0071421
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2634122.50/cwt120.00–125.0077715
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2509127.32/cwt124.00–130.006488
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2711113.41/cwt110.00–115.008065
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2679113.19/cwt110.00–115.007695
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2473131.38/cwt130.00–135.006215
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2372137.10/cwt134.00–140.005104
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2413133.67/cwt133.00–134.005523
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2770112.00/cwt112.00–112.008621
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2310133.00/cwt133.00–133.004121
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2265138.00/cwt138.00–138.003661
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy789120.00/cwt120.00–120.0094712
BullsMedium and Large 2-3515122.06/cwt120.00–124.0062916
CowsBoner 80-85%1,26657.82/cwt50.00–68.0073231
CowsBoner 80-85%1,28264.86/cwt60.00–69.008323
Bulls1,42693.25/cwt88.00–96.501,33010
Bulls1,73398.86/cwt98.00–100.501,7133
Bulls1,35080.00/cwt80.00–80.001,0801
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,05566.10/cwt58.00–77.006972
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,00984.58/cwt64.00–94.008533
Dairy SteersLarge 335089.00/cwt89.00–89.003122
Dairy SteersLarge 366576.00/cwt76.00–76.005051
SteersMedium and Large 2-3461131.59/cwt131.00–132.006075
SteersMedium and Large 2-3586125.48/cwt122.00–129.007354
SteersMedium and Large 2-3800112.00/cwt112.00–112.008961
SteersMedium and Large 2-3695128.00/cwt128.00–128.008901
SteersMedium and Large 1-2855120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,02615
SteersMedium and Large 1-2758126.56/cwt122.00–128.009599
SteersMedium and Large 1-2586137.00/cwt137.00–137.008037
SteersMedium and Large 1-2619134.42/cwt132.00–136.008325
SteersMedium and Large 1-2416136.07/cwt134.00–140.005665
SteersMedium and Large 1-2715131.50/cwt131.50–131.509404
SteersMedium and Large 1-2657134.66/cwt132.00–136.008853
SteersMedium and Large 1-2535147.00/cwt147.00–147.007861
SteersChoice and Prime1,24597.00/cwt97.00–97.001,2081
SteersChoice1,09592.00/cwt92.00–92.001,0071
CowsLean 85-90%94544.84/cwt40.00–48.004245
SteersMedium and Large 1-2455134.00/cwt134.00–134.006101
SteersMedium and Large 1-2385151.00/cwt151.00–151.005811
SteersMedium and Large 1-2270160.00/cwt160.00–160.004321
BullsMedium and Large 2-3567119.28/cwt114.00–121.0067613
BullsMedium and Large 2-3474123.20/cwt117.00–130.0058410
BullsMedium and Large 2-3657113.83/cwt109.00–115.007488
BullsMedium and Large 2-3430123.01/cwt120.00–125.005295
BullsMedium and Large 2-3709110.25/cwt110.00–111.007824
BullsMedium and Large 2-389086.00/cwt86.00–86.007652
BullsMedium and Large 2-3825106.98/cwt106.00–108.008832
BullsMedium and Large 2-3320135.71/cwt131.00–140.004342

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.