Sale reports / Kentucky / Harned Livestock Auction / 2020-08-10

Harned Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, Aug 10
● Final78 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207
Feeder Cattle receipts
550 head
282 vs last sale 268 13 vs year ago 537 · +2.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
62 head
4 vs last sale 58 52 vs year ago 114 · 45.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
2 vs last sale 0 0 vs year ago 2 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold 3.00 to 5.00 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 $125.11/cwt on 147 head.
Average price
$125.11
147 head · 563 lb average
Value per head Derived
$704
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$45
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$8.08/cwt at this weight
vs the market
5.98
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2563128.8572579
Medium and Large 2-3563120.7668068
One grade step is worth $8.08/cwt here — about $45 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 sale147 hd
125.11
KY average24 barns · 4,326 hd
131.08
−5.98
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
BullsAverage1,62897.941,59413
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,33967.549057thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,33466.7089026
CowsLean 85-90%High1,01955.695674thin

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
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2395138.00/cwt138.00–138.005451
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2345137.00/cwt137.00–137.004731
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2280143.00/cwt143.00–143.004001
CowsLean 85-90%1,00859.25/cwt58.00–60.005973
CowsLean 85-90%1,05045.00/cwt45.00–45.004731
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,28266.25/cwt63.00–68.508495
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,48370.76/cwt70.00–71.501,0492
CowsBoner 80-85%1,31664.87/cwt58.00–69.0085418
CowsBoner 80-85%1,37670.82/cwt64.00–74.009748
Stock CowsMedium and Large 187594.00/cwt94.00–94.008231
Dairy SteersLarge 31,03096.50/cwt96.50–96.5099445
Dairy SteersLarge 31,07593.00/cwt93.00–93.001,0003
Dairy SteersLarge 31,14576.00/cwt76.00–76.008702
SteersMedium and Large 2-3575126.67/cwt118.00–131.007283
SteersMedium and Large 2-3478126.71/cwt120.00–133.006063
Bulls1,54094.59/cwt90.00–101.001,4579
Bulls1,826105.48/cwt102.50–109.501,9264
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-296571.00/cwt71.00–71.006851
BullsMedium and Large 2-398197.50/cwt97.50–97.509569
BullsMedium and Large 2-3567127.50/cwt123.00–128.507238
BullsMedium and Large 2-3876106.00/cwt106.00–106.009296
BullsMedium and Large 2-3366142.08/cwt135.00–149.005204
BullsMedium and Large 2-3487128.90/cwt125.00–137.006283
BullsMedium and Large 2-3928103.02/cwt97.00–109.009562
BullsMedium and Large 2-3745116.00/cwt116.00–116.008641
BullsMedium and Large 2-3660120.00/cwt120.00–120.007921
BullsMedium and Large 2-3615120.00/cwt120.00–120.007381
BullsMedium and Large 2-3535129.00/cwt129.00–129.006901
BullsMedium and Large 2-3280151.00/cwt151.00–151.004231
BullsMedium and Large 1-2634133.49/cwt123.00–134.7584626
BullsMedium and Large 1-2475143.57/cwt140.00–149.0068221
BullsMedium and Large 1-2518133.57/cwt132.00–137.5069217
BullsMedium and Large 1-2788115.49/cwt114.00–124.0091013
BullsMedium and Large 1-2677122.55/cwt120.00–129.0083011
BullsMedium and Large 1-2724119.50/cwt118.00–121.008654
BullsMedium and Large 1-2555136.33/cwt131.00–139.007573
BullsMedium and Large 1-2435133.00/cwt133.00–133.005791
BullsMedium and Large 1-2385158.00/cwt158.00–158.006081
BullsMedium and Large 1-2220185.00/cwt185.00–185.004071
SteersMedium and Large 2-3850120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,0202
SteersMedium and Large 2-3725120.00/cwt115.00–125.008702
SteersMedium and Large 2-3433133.61/cwt127.00–140.005792
SteersMedium and Large 2-3750110.00/cwt110.00–110.008251
SteersMedium and Large 2-3670120.00/cwt120.00–120.008041
SteersMedium and Large 2-3640125.00/cwt125.00–125.008001
SteersMedium and Large 2-3375145.00/cwt145.00–145.005441
SteersMedium and Large 2-3310136.00/cwt136.00–136.004221
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added516154.33/cwt154.00–155.007969
SteersMedium and Large 1-2715134.40/cwt130.00–136.5096130
SteersMedium and Large 1-2624143.89/cwt140.00–145.0089829
SteersMedium and Large 1-2665138.67/cwt137.00–142.0092213
SteersMedium and Large 1-2582145.97/cwt140.00–150.008509
SteersMedium and Large 1-2778126.74/cwt123.00–131.009867
SteersMedium and Large 1-2472156.20/cwt151.00–159.007377
SteersMedium and Large 1-2869125.90/cwt120.00–130.001,0945
SteersMedium and Large 1-2525141.32/cwt140.00–142.007423
SteersMedium and Large 1-2380162.04/cwt161.00–163.006162
SteersMedium and Large 1-2800123.00/cwt123.00–123.009841
SteersMedium and Large 1-2445153.00/cwt153.00–153.006811
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3577120.88/cwt117.00–122.7569718
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3765103.92/cwt93.00–113.0079511
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3475130.56/cwt128.00–134.0062011
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3530121.95/cwt118.00–126.506468
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3686115.55/cwt115.00–118.007937
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3323142.16/cwt137.00–144.004594
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3372123.63/cwt115.00–128.004603
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3715105.00/cwt105.00–105.007512
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3435124.91/cwt121.00–129.005432
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3270130.00/cwt130.00–130.003511
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3245143.00/cwt143.00–143.003501
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2680122.27/cwt121.75–123.0083126
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2481132.82/cwt130.00–135.0063916
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2528133.15/cwt127.00–135.0070313
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2422135.45/cwt132.00–138.005729
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2558131.27/cwt127.00–133.007327
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2725116.99/cwt115.00–119.008482
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2630120.98/cwt120.00–122.007622
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2765112.00/cwt112.00–112.008571

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.