Sale reports / Kentucky / Harned Livestock Auction / 2020-07-20

Harned Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, Jul 20
● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207
Feeder Cattle receipts
330 head
102 vs last sale 432 114 vs year ago 216 · +52.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
44 head
24 vs last sale 68 5 vs year ago 39 · +12.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
4 vs last sale 5 1 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 lower, Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.74/cwt on 90 head.
Average price
$122.74
90 head · 523 lb average
Value per head Derived
$642
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$57
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$7.62/cwt at this weight
vs the market
2.81
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2527124.6865767
Medium and Large 2-3513117.0760023
One grade step is worth $7.62/cwt here — about $57 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 sale90 hd
122.74
KY average27 barns · 4,493 hd
125.55
−2.81
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
BullsAverage1,91295.331,8233thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,62156.839214thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,27056.6872023
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,03050.665223thin

Every lot, as filed

65 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 1-2770109.98/cwt109.00–113.008475
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2386136.26/cwt130.00–138.005268
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3380115.00/cwt115.00–115.004371
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3305120.00/cwt120.00–120.003661
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2527124.21/cwt121.00–128.0065524
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2572121.63/cwt121.00–124.0069611
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2472127.99/cwt126.00–130.0060411
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2657112.00/cwt110.00–115.007363
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2620120.00/cwt120.00–120.007442
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2425131.00/cwt131.00–131.005571
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300135.00/cwt135.00–135.004051
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2295145.00/cwt145.00–145.004281
BullsMedium and Large 2-3518119.33/cwt115.00–122.006189
BullsMedium and Large 2-3615115.50/cwt115.00–116.007105
BullsMedium and Large 2-3570117.67/cwt115.00–123.006714
BullsMedium and Large 2-3214142.00/cwt142.00–142.003044
BullsMedium and Large 2-3672112.60/cwt106.00–116.007573
BullsMedium and Large 2-3477122.96/cwt120.00–128.005873
BullsMedium and Large 2-378594.00/cwt94.00–94.007382
BullsMedium and Large 2-374099.00/cwt99.00–99.007332
BullsMedium and Large 2-3378129.48/cwt129.00–130.004892
BullsMedium and Large 2-3305125.00/cwt120.00–130.003812
BullsMedium and Large 2-3815102.00/cwt102.00–102.008311
BullsMedium and Large 2-3425117.00/cwt117.00–117.004971
BullsMedium and Large 1-2623117.31/cwt110.00–121.0073115
BullsMedium and Large 1-2515124.12/cwt123.00–125.006397
BullsMedium and Large 1-2755107.66/cwt107.00–111.008136
BullsMedium and Large 1-2262161.74/cwt158.00–163.004246
BullsMedium and Large 1-2651121.60/cwt121.00–122.007925
BullsMedium and Large 1-2485125.50/cwt125.50–125.506093
BullsMedium and Large 1-2322153.00/cwt153.00–153.004933
BullsMedium and Large 1-2388139.94/cwt137.00–143.005432
CowsLean 85-90%99848.74/cwt46.00–51.004862
CowsLean 85-90%1,09554.50/cwt54.50–54.505971
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,65555.94/cwt53.00–58.509263
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,52059.50/cwt59.50–59.509041
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24455.85/cwt50.00–59.0069516
CowsBoner 80-85%1,31261.47/cwt60.00–64.008065
CowsBoner 80-85%1,37551.30/cwt50.00–52.007052
Bulls1,91295.33/cwt95.00–96.001,8233
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-299578.00/cwt78.00–78.007761
SteersMedium and Large 2-3682119.00/cwt119.00–119.008123
SteersMedium and Large 2-3572127.00/cwt127.00–127.007262
SteersMedium and Large 2-3525121.14/cwt116.00–126.006362
SteersMedium and Large 2-3730111.00/cwt111.00–111.008101
SteersMedium and Large 2-3630120.00/cwt120.00–120.007561
SteersMedium and Large 2-3480127.00/cwt127.00–127.006101
SteersMedium and Large 2-3400120.00/cwt120.00–120.004801
SteersMedium and Large 2-3385136.00/cwt136.00–136.005241
SteersMedium and Large 1-2478139.49/cwt130.00–143.0066717
SteersMedium and Large 1-2694132.29/cwt132.00–135.0091810
SteersMedium and Large 1-2570134.73/cwt130.00–138.007688
SteersMedium and Large 1-2828122.29/cwt120.00–124.001,0137
SteersMedium and Large 1-2620133.08/cwt130.00–136.008257
SteersMedium and Large 1-2533139.12/cwt134.00–140.007427
SteersMedium and Large 1-2728130.00/cwt130.00–130.009465
SteersMedium and Large 1-2420133.65/cwt131.00–136.005613
SteersMedium and Large 1-2320151.00/cwt151.00–151.004831
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy415152.00/cwt152.00–152.006312
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3480120.95/cwt119.00–124.005817
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3567117.13/cwt113.00–119.006646
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3537115.71/cwt113.00–117.006213
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3601102.00/cwt101.00–103.006132
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3440123.50/cwt120.00–127.005432
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3650110.00/cwt110.00–110.007151

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.