Sale reports / Kentucky / Harned Livestock Auction / 2020-11-16

Harned Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, Nov 16
● Final68 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207
Feeder Cattle receipts
524 head
194 vs last sale 718 304 vs year ago 828 · 36.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
103 head
9 vs last sale 94 70 vs year ago 173 · 40.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
3 vs last sale 6 1 vs year ago 2 · +50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $135.43/cwt on 168 head.
Average price
$135.43
168 head · 644 lb average
Value per head Derived
$873
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$108
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$14.04/cwt at this weight
vs the market
1.38
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2646136.69882153
Medium and Large 2-3631122.6477415thin
One grade step is worth $14.04/cwt here — about $108 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 sale168 hd
135.43
KY average26 barns · 6,722 hd
136.81
−1.38
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
BullsAverage1,81081.191,4709thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,52553.038099thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,28749.2263457
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,03735.9237212

Every lot, as filed

68 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
SteersMedium and Large 2-3566124.57/cwt120.00–137.007055
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3418120.20/cwt110.00–123.005028
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2575120.90/cwt118.00–125.0069517
SteersMedium and Large 1-2385161.00/cwt157.00–165.006202
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2615115.77/cwt114.00–117.0071213
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3619114.61/cwt110.00–124.0070915
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3805111.00/cwt111.00–111.008941
BullsMedium and Large 2-3660104.00/cwt104.00–104.006861
BullsMedium and Large 1-2556129.35/cwt129.00–129.5071910
SteersMedium and Large 1-2573142.23/cwt139.50–146.0081514
SteersMedium and Large 1-2624138.85/cwt136.00–143.0086634
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added482157.00/cwt157.00–157.007574
BullsMedium and Large 1-2615128.14/cwt123.00–130.5078827
BullsMedium and Large 1-2473151.42/cwt144.00–155.0071612
BullsMedium and Large 1-2666120.00/cwt120.00–120.007994
BullsMedium and Large 1-2536134.75/cwt134.00–135.007224
SteersMedium and Large 1-2443153.02/cwt147.00–156.006783
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2815113.00/cwt113.00–113.009211
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2475128.50/cwt124.00–134.0061015
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added519133.00/cwt133.00–133.006904
SteersMedium and Large 1-2526143.22/cwt139.00–148.5075312
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2355131.74/cwt131.00–134.004684
SteersMedium and Large 1-2782125.00/cwt125.00–125.009783
BullsMedium and Large 1-2420160.63/cwt155.00–163.006755
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2725110.99/cwt110.00–112.008052
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2665117.54/cwt110.00–120.0078221
SteersMedium and Large 1-2471140.55/cwt131.00–148.006626
SteersMedium and Large 1-2820124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,0173
BullsMedium and Large 1-2363159.34/cwt159.00–160.005783
SteersMedium and Large 1-2893122.87/cwt120.00–124.001,0977
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy295170.00/cwt170.00–170.005021
SteersMedium and Large 1-2668137.59/cwt130.00–140.0091917
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-297267.94/cwt62.00–72.006603
BullsMedium and Large 1-2760118.00/cwt118.00–118.008971
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,47060.00/cwt60.00–60.008821
CowsBoner 80-85%1,36060.00/cwt60.00–60.008161
Bulls1,87781.22/cwt78.50–84.501,5246
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30751.62/cwt46.00–59.0067538
Bulls1,51570.00/cwt70.00–70.001,0611
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24243.56/cwt40.00–48.0054118
HeifersMedium and Large 2-370596.00/cwt96.00–96.006771
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3587116.09/cwt113.00–116.5068117
BullsMedium and Large 2-3495137.00/cwt137.00–137.006782
BullsMedium and Large 2-3595110.00/cwt110.00–110.006551
CowsLean 85-90%1,04830.00/cwt30.00–30.003145
Bulls1,75886.70/cwt86.00–87.501,5242
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3512115.70/cwt113.00–117.005923
BullsMedium and Large 2-3518121.88/cwt114.00–132.006316
SteersMedium and Large 2-3495129.00/cwt129.00–129.006391
BullsMedium and Large 2-3373132.27/cwt124.00–140.004932
CowsLean 85-90%1,02940.15/cwt35.00–44.004137
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,53252.16/cwt48.00–57.007998
BullsMedium and Large 2-3730109.33/cwt109.00–110.007983
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2528125.18/cwt123.00–130.006619
SteersMedium and Large 2-3713115.98/cwt111.00–121.008274
BullsMedium and Large 2-380091.00/cwt91.00–91.007281
BullsMedium and Large 2-3261142.00/cwt142.00–142.003715
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3785106.00/cwt106.00–106.008321
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2444132.19/cwt127.00–135.0058711
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2263138.00/cwt138.00–138.003635
BullsMedium and Large 2-3424127.80/cwt123.00–137.005425
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3655110.00/cwt110.00–110.007211
SteersMedium and Large 2-3618125.47/cwt124.00–127.007752
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3477119.23/cwt115.00–127.0056910
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added446136.00/cwt136.00–136.006074
SteersMedium and Large 1-2715129.39/cwt122.00–130.0092535
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added720132.08/cwt132.00–133.0095112
SteersMedium and Large 2-3686124.32/cwt123.00–125.008533

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.