Sale reports / Kentucky / Harned Livestock Auction / 2020-12-07

Harned Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, Dec 7
● Final90 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207
Feeder Cattle receipts
998 head
136 vs last sale 862 258 vs year ago 1,256 · 20.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
163 head
44 vs last sale 119 74 vs year ago 237 · 31.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
8 vs last sale 11 3 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Light weight feeders sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher. All other feeder steers and feeder heifers sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower. 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 $120.01/cwt on 292 head.
Average price
$120.01
292 head · 537 lb average
Value per head Derived
$644
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$6
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$12.09/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.17
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2519124.24645190
Medium and Large 2-3570112.14639102
One grade step is worth $12.09/cwt here — about $6 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 sale292 hd
120.01
KY average28 barns · 8,648 hd
123.18
−3.17
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
BullsLow1,64779.841,3158thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,58952.788395thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,26950.9564770
CowsLean 85-90%Low97433.943304thin

Every lot, as filed

90 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 1-2780110.99/cwt109.00–112.008663
BullsMedium and Large 2-3282140.00/cwt140.00–140.003953
BullsMedium and Large 2-3714104.97/cwt95.00–107.007496
BullsMedium and Large 2-3769105.31/cwt102.00–107.008106
BullsMedium and Large 1-2729118.23/cwt115.00–119.008625
SteersMedium and Large 1-2764120.40/cwt120.00–122.0092020
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2715112.85/cwt111.00–115.0080718
BullsMedium and Large 1-2560119.00/cwt119.00–119.006661
BullsMedium and Large 1-2526123.59/cwt120.00–130.0065022
BullsMedium and Large 1-2319153.36/cwt148.00–157.004898
BullsMedium and Large 1-2362143.53/cwt140.00–157.005207
SteersMedium and Large 1-2513140.85/cwt135.00–144.0072313
SteersMedium and Large 1-2672122.64/cwt120.00–127.008249
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2364132.29/cwt123.00–137.5048231
BullsMedium and Large 1-2475137.30/cwt130.00–141.006527
BullsMedium and Large 1-2434145.82/cwt144.00–148.006336
SteersMedium and Large 1-2734122.69/cwt120.00–126.0090132
SteersMedium and Large 1-2292161.00/cwt161.00–161.004702
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2513122.54/cwt120.00–125.0062913
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2750100.00/cwt100.00–100.007502
BullsMedium and Large 1-2618116.66/cwt116.00–117.007213
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2242143.00/cwt143.00–143.003466
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2664114.52/cwt111.00–115.0076025
SteersMedium and Large 1-2816120.24/cwt120.00–120.5098113
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added435137.09/cwt136.00–139.005968
SteersMedium and Large 1-2426151.24/cwt143.00–159.006448
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2835110.00/cwt110.00–110.009191
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2280145.00/cwt145.00–145.004061
SteersMedium and Large 1-2385157.56/cwt155.00–160.006072
BullsMedium and Large 1-2684115.00/cwt115.00–115.007876
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy355165.00/cwt165.00–165.005861
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2635112.92/cwt110.00–115.0071712
SteersMedium and Large 1-2616121.61/cwt120.00–126.007495
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2469128.81/cwt121.00–138.0060427
SteersMedium and Large 1-2580130.35/cwt125.00–136.0075618
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added524132.78/cwt130.00–134.506965
SteersMedium and Large 1-2320165.00/cwt165.00–165.005281
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2425129.14/cwt124.00–134.0054916
SteersMedium and Large 1-2471142.23/cwt138.00–147.0067014
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,58952.78/cwt50.00–56.008395
CowsBoner 80-85%1,40047.00/cwt47.00–47.006581
CowsBoner 80-85%1,28560.00/cwt60.00–60.007711
CowsBoner 80-85%1,26750.87/cwt45.00–55.0064568
Bulls1,32875.47/cwt75.00–76.001,0022
Bulls1,75381.30/cwt77.00–86.501,4256
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy412158.67/cwt155.00–160.0065417
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy450149.00/cwt149.00–149.006711
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy310170.00/cwt170.00–170.005271
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy401159.66/cwt159.00–161.006403
CowsLean 85-90%98525.00/cwt25.00–25.002461
CowsLean 85-90%97036.92/cwt35.00–38.003583
BullsMedium and Large 2-3530115.04/cwt113.00–117.006102
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3838104.00/cwt94.00–106.008726
BullsMedium and Large 2-3240125.10/cwt120.00–130.003002
HeifersMedium and Large 2-388290.00/cwt90.00–90.007942
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-292565.00/cwt65.00–65.006011
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,3251,341.04/cwt1,275.00–1,400.0017,7692
HeifersMedium and Large 2-396091.00/cwt91.00–91.008741
BullsMedium and Large 2-3414134.71/cwt120.00–137.005588
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3569112.85/cwt110.00–118.0064217
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3608101.26/cwt100.00–105.006164
BullsMedium and Large 2-3658112.14/cwt105.00–115.007387
BullsMedium and Large 2-3574112.86/cwt110.00–118.0064821
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3677107.24/cwt100.00–114.0072617
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3704106.00/cwt103.00–108.007466
SteersMedium and Large 2-3385131.67/cwt130.00–135.005073
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3420120.19/cwt118.00–127.0050510
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2559121.75/cwt116.00–124.0068125
BullsMedium and Large 2-381789.77/cwt85.00–99.007333
SteersMedium and Large 2-3572122.30/cwt120.00–125.007003
SteersMedium and Large 2-3485126.00/cwt126.00–126.006112
SteersMedium and Large 2-3515127.00/cwt127.00–127.006544
BullsMedium and Large 1-2273161.00/cwt161.00–161.004408
BullsMedium and Large 1-2220163.13/cwt158.00–170.003595
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3373120.59/cwt115.00–129.004507
SteersMedium and Large 2-3912100.00/cwt100.00–100.009122
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3324122.16/cwt120.00–129.003964
SteersMedium and Large 2-3700116.00/cwt116.00–116.008122
BullsMedium and Large 2-3620112.56/cwt106.00–117.006983
BullsMedium and Large 2-3468122.57/cwt114.00–127.0057410
SteersMedium and Large 2-3835118.00/cwt118.00–118.009851
SteersMedium and Large 2-3442136.00/cwt136.00–136.006012
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3279129.29/cwt120.00–142.003614
BullsMedium and Large 2-3370140.22/cwt136.00–144.005192
SteersMedium and Large 2-3770106.00/cwt106.00–106.008162
SteersMedium and Large 2-3685118.00/cwt118.00–118.008081
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3542112.95/cwt110.00–120.0061210
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3477117.16/cwt105.00–121.0055910
BullsMedium and Large 2-3348149.00/cwt149.00–149.005192
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3772102.02/cwt101.00–105.007884

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.