Sale reports / Kentucky / Harned Livestock Auction / 2020-07-27

Harned Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, Jul 27
● Final78 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207
Feeder Cattle receipts
361 head
31 vs last sale 330 56 vs year ago 305 · +18.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
67 head
23 vs last sale 44 18 vs year ago 85 · 21.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
16 head
15 vs last sale 1 14 vs year ago 2 · +700.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold steady to 2.00 higher on quality offerings. Average to plain quality sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold steady to firm.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $123.53/cwt on 149 head.
Average price
$123.53
149 head · 524 lb average
Value per head Derived
$647
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$66
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$5.67/cwt at this weight
vs the market
4.85
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2534125.36669101
Medium and Large 2-3504119.6960348
One grade step is worth $5.67/cwt here — about $66 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 sale149 hd
123.53
KY average28 barns · 5,592 hd
128.38
−4.85
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
BullsHigh1,70395.541,62710
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,15661.5571125
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,00455.395568thin

Every lot, as filed

78 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 2-398587.00/cwt87.00–87.008571
BullsMedium and Large 2-384093.00/cwt93.00–93.007811
BullsMedium and Large 2-3655121.00/cwt121.00–121.007931
BullsMedium and Large 2-3260140.00/cwt140.00–140.003641
BullsMedium and Large 1-2466141.97/cwt141.00–145.006628
BullsMedium and Large 1-2381151.91/cwt148.00–156.005797
BullsMedium and Large 1-2568125.31/cwt123.00–128.007126
BullsMedium and Large 1-2518127.85/cwt125.00–132.006626
BullsMedium and Large 1-2445154.78/cwt151.00–156.006894
BullsMedium and Large 1-2678119.29/cwt116.00–121.008093
BullsMedium and Large 1-287593.00/cwt93.00–93.008142
BullsMedium and Large 1-2613122.00/cwt122.00–122.007482
BullsMedium and Large 1-2725119.00/cwt119.00–119.008631
BullsMedium and Large 1-2325151.00/cwt151.00–151.004911
BullsMedium and Large 1-2255169.00/cwt169.00–169.004311
Bulls1,995102.12/cwt101.00–103.002,0372
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,06060.00/cwt60.00–60.006361
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-279474.86/cwt69.50–86.005947
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3528116.32/cwt113.00–120.0061410
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3476121.46/cwt115.00–126.0057810
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3673113.98/cwt108.00–117.007676
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3371126.91/cwt117.00–132.004716
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3570115.59/cwt114.00–118.006595
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3272131.79/cwt127.00–133.003585
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3645113.50/cwt110.00–117.007322
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3425122.55/cwt121.00–124.005212
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3775109.00/cwt109.00–109.008451
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3745104.00/cwt104.00–104.007751
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added545130.00/cwt130.00–130.007096
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added714120.00/cwt120.00–120.008574
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2529125.51/cwt121.00–130.0066425
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2419130.34/cwt126.00–135.5054622
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2558122.56/cwt120.00–124.0068417
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2456129.41/cwt127.00–130.505908
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2380129.73/cwt127.00–134.004935
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2772116.78/cwt115.00–122.009024
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2620121.49/cwt120.00–123.007534
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2887102.50/cwt102.50–102.509093
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2670124.00/cwt124.00–124.008312
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2745120.00/cwt120.00–120.008941
BullsMedium and Large 2-3475124.71/cwt119.00–134.005926
BullsMedium and Large 2-3374135.51/cwt132.00–147.005074
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2151,025.00/cwt1,025.00–1,025.0012,4541
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 1-2990780.00/cwt780.00–780.007,7222
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 1-21,003821.07/cwt780.00–870.008,2352
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 1-2923727.33/cwt600.00–830.006,7133
SteersMedium and Large 2-3795130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,03411
SteersMedium and Large 2-3710123.00/cwt123.00–123.008732
SteersMedium and Large 2-3470134.09/cwt130.00–138.006302
SteersMedium and Large 2-3395152.00/cwt152.00–152.006002
SteersMedium and Large 2-3970106.00/cwt106.00–106.001,0281
SteersMedium and Large 2-3560117.00/cwt117.00–117.006551
SteersMedium and Large 2-3535150.00/cwt150.00–150.008031
SteersMedium and Large 2-3425129.00/cwt129.00–129.005481
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added565151.50/cwt151.50–151.508565
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added767130.00/cwt130.00–130.009973
SteersMedium and Large 1-2630137.81/cwt133.00–142.0086817
SteersMedium and Large 1-2666138.81/cwt133.00–141.0092412
SteersMedium and Large 1-2437153.65/cwt147.00–154.2567111
SteersMedium and Large 1-2475146.00/cwt146.00–146.006941
SteersMedium and Large 1-2574140.05/cwt135.00–146.008049
SteersMedium and Large 1-2528146.24/cwt141.00–149.007726
SteersMedium and Large 1-2814128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,0424
SteersMedium and Large 1-2770124.27/cwt123.00–125.009574
CowsLean 85-90%96853.65/cwt43.00–59.505196
CowsLean 85-90%1,11360.62/cwt59.00–62.006752
CowsBoner 80-85%1,07158.79/cwt53.00–64.0063013
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25665.58/cwt63.00–67.5082411
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15553.00/cwt53.00–53.006121
Bulls1,63093.89/cwt92.00–98.001,5308
SteersMedium and Large 1-2928109.01/cwt108.00–110.001,0122
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy514150.50/cwt150.50–150.5077411
BullsMedium and Large 2-385292.00/cwt90.00–94.007843
BullsMedium and Large 2-3608113.32/cwt111.00–118.006893
BullsMedium and Large 2-3572121.64/cwt120.00–124.006963
BullsMedium and Large 2-3513121.99/cwt121.00–123.006263
BullsMedium and Large 2-3427126.75/cwt116.00–150.005413
BullsMedium and Large 2-3322130.00/cwt130.00–130.004192

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.