Sale reports / Kentucky / Harned Livestock Auction / 2020-10-26

Harned Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, Oct 26
● Final77 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207
Feeder Cattle receipts
662 head
36 vs last sale 626 24 vs year ago 686 · 3.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
104 head
8 vs last sale 112 28 vs year ago 132 · 21.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
12 head
4 vs last sale 8 12 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold steady. Feeder heifers and feeder bulls under 600 lbs sold steady , while feeder heifers and feeder bulls 600 lbs and over sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $112.05/cwt on 183 head.
Average price
$112.05
183 head · 506 lb average
Value per head Derived
$567
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$73
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$7.94/cwt at this weight
vs the market
5.47
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2517114.91594117
Medium and Large 2-3487106.9752166
One grade step is worth $7.94/cwt here — about $73 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 sale183 hd
112.05
KY average28 barns · 4,606 hd
117.52
−5.47
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
BullsAverage1,88582.101,5482thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,53855.678568thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,23754.0166847
CowsLean 85-90%Low95539.593787thin
SteersSelectAverage1,16595.001,1073thin

Every lot, as filed

77 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 2-3332108.92/cwt101.00–112.0036210
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Value Added454140.20/cwt139.50–143.0063710
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2785104.00/cwt104.00–104.008161
SteersMedium and Large 1-2320158.00/cwt158.00–158.005062
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3670103.00/cwt103.00–103.006901
SteersMedium and Large 2-3537121.31/cwt110.00–125.0065111
SteersMedium and Large 2-3561119.02/cwt118.00–122.006689
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2629102.70/cwt100.00–106.0064610
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2567116.00/cwt116.00–116.006589
BullsMedium and Large 1-2664109.92/cwt105.00–112.0073014
BullsMedium and Large 2-3662105.00/cwt105.00–105.006953
BullsMedium and Large 2-3424116.53/cwt106.00–127.004946
BullsMedium and Large 2-3Source/Aged500107.00/cwt107.00–107.005351
SteersMedium and Large 1-2670123.17/cwt120.00–127.008259
SteersMedium and Large 1-2862112.00/cwt112.00–112.009652
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2433116.95/cwt114.00–120.0050617
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added418156.00/cwt156.00–156.006522
BullsMedium and Large 1-2438141.02/cwt139.00–142.006183
BullsMedium and Large 1-2370147.04/cwt144.00–153.005443
SteersMedium and Large 1-2775117.00/cwt117.00–117.009071
BullsMedium and Large 1-2571117.82/cwt113.00–122.0067316
SteersMedium and Large 1-2464137.86/cwt130.00–145.0064010
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2523115.48/cwt112.50–122.5060426
BullsMedium and Large 1-2468129.28/cwt121.00–135.0060511
BullsMedium and Large 1-2621108.76/cwt106.00–111.006758
BullsMedium and Large 1-2795102.00/cwt102.00–102.008113
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2479117.39/cwt115.00–122.0056225
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2306115.28/cwt110.00–117.003534
SteersMedium and Large 1-2418142.56/cwt132.00–146.0059612
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2706107.95/cwt100.00–112.0076213
SteersMedium and Large 1-2732125.44/cwt119.00–128.2591820
SteersMedium and Large 1-2569126.08/cwt125.00–131.0071715
SteersMedium and Large 1-2519131.49/cwt129.00–134.0068223
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-297963.16/cwt54.00–73.006184
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,16462.56/cwt58.00–69.007284
BullsMedium and Large 1-2513119.79/cwt117.00–125.0061514
BullsMedium and Large 1-2313152.05/cwt142.00–158.004763
BullsMedium and Large 1-2740105.01/cwt103.00–107.007772
BullsMedium and Large 2-388290.35/cwt88.00–95.007973
CowsLean 85-90%1,04027.00/cwt27.00–27.002811
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,67059.00/cwt59.00–59.009852
CowsBoner 80-85%1,43863.50/cwt61.00–65.009133
SteersSelect1,16595.00/cwt95.00–95.001,1073
CowsLean 85-90%94141.69/cwt35.00–45.003926
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3805100.00/cwt100.00–100.008051
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,49454.56/cwt50.00–58.508156
Bulls1,88582.10/cwt80.00–84.001,5482
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22353.36/cwt45.00–59.5065344
HeifersMedium and Large 2-377294.00/cwt94.00–94.007262
HeifersMedium and Large 2-370899.49/cwt99.00–100.007042
BullsMedium and Large 2-376898.96/cwt95.00–102.007603
SteersMedium and Large 2-3633119.00/cwt119.00–119.007533
BullsMedium and Large 2-3522112.56/cwt100.00–122.0058816
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3578104.39/cwt102.00–106.0060312
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3273123.94/cwt117.00–131.003382
SteersMedium and Large 2-3415123.50/cwt117.00–130.005132
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2285129.00/cwt129.00–129.003681
BullsMedium and Large 2-3250130.00/cwt130.00–130.003251
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3525110.16/cwt105.00–117.005789
BullsMedium and Large 2-371397.68/cwt91.00–107.006965
HeifersMedium and Large 2-364596.00/cwt96.00–96.006191
SteersMedium and Large 2-3468122.79/cwt120.00–127.005755
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2368122.16/cwt119.00–126.004504
BullsMedium and Large 2-3393128.52/cwt117.00–135.005054
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3424107.97/cwt102.00–113.0045812
BullsMedium and Large 2-384789.00/cwt88.00–91.007543
BullsMedium and Large 2-3625104.83/cwt103.00–108.006556
BullsMedium and Large 2-3581106.38/cwt103.00–115.006186
SteersMedium and Large 1-21,000105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,0504
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3474106.12/cwt96.00–112.0050312
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3392112.00/cwt112.00–112.004392
BullsMedium and Large 2-3333144.70/cwt138.00–148.004823
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added500122.50/cwt122.50–122.506134
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added405124.00/cwt124.00–124.005023
SteersMedium and Large 1-2616126.59/cwt120.00–130.0078020
SteersMedium and Large 2-3810114.00/cwt114.00–114.009231
BullsMedium and Large 2-3482115.54/cwt110.00–119.005579

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.