Sale reports / Kentucky / Harned Livestock Auction / 2020-12-14

Harned Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, Dec 14
● Final91 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207
Feeder Cattle receipts
809 head
189 vs last sale 998 290 vs year ago 519 · +55.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
133 head
30 vs last sale 163 53 vs year ago 186 · 28.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
1 vs last sale 3 0 vs year ago 4 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeders under 500 lbs sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Feeders over 500 lbs sold steady to 2.00 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 $123.91/cwt on 204 head.
Average price
$123.91
204 head · 499 lb average
Value per head Derived
$618
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$11
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$17.06/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.06
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2485127.51619161
Medium and Large 2-3550110.4460843
One grade step is worth $17.06/cwt here — about $11 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 sale204 hd
123.91
KY average30 barns · 10,229 hd
120.85
+3.06
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
BullsLow1,64982.851,36612
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,63852.6986314
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,30450.3665765
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,07434.3636911

Every lot, as filed

91 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 1-2468152.40/cwt144.00–164.0071321
BullsMedium and Large 2-3621105.12/cwt98.00–109.0065316
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,020100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,0202
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2562123.05/cwt120.00–127.0069217
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2316138.21/cwt130.00–143.0043714
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2473127.58/cwt125.00–130.0060313
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2810104.52/cwt103.00–106.008472
BullsMedium and Large 1-2383163.68/cwt160.00–167.006277
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2428128.21/cwt121.00–134.0054928
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2664115.22/cwt112.00–116.007655
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2606114.71/cwt111.00–116.006954
HeifersMedium and Large 1-291590.00/cwt90.00–90.008243
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2764105.00/cwt105.00–105.008023
BullsMedium and Large 1-2208175.57/cwt170.00–181.003654
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2510127.05/cwt120.00–136.0064818
SteersMedium and Large 1-2379172.13/cwt165.00–185.0065212
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2705111.33/cwt108.00–113.007853
SteersMedium and Large 1-2878112.48/cwt111.00–114.009882
SteersMedium and Large 1-2330171.00/cwt171.00–171.005641
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2285136.50/cwt133.00–138.003896
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2373130.90/cwt130.00–134.0048811
SteersMedium and Large 1-2522139.85/cwt135.00–146.0073029
SteersMedium and Large 1-2624126.21/cwt120.00–130.0078815
SteersMedium and Large 1-2474157.01/cwt154.00–160.0074413
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added527143.00/cwt143.00–143.0075422
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2239144.32/cwt141.00–146.003453
SteersMedium and Large 1-21,02898.50/cwt98.50–98.501,0134
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added748127.00/cwt127.00–127.009508
SteersMedium and Large 1-2431160.56/cwt150.00–167.006928
SteersMedium and Large 1-2677124.57/cwt122.00–125.008437
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added485134.75/cwt133.00–138.0065429
SteersMedium and Large 1-2295162.00/cwt162.00–162.004781
SteersMedium and Large 1-2841116.50/cwt116.50–116.509806
SteersMedium and Large 1-2572130.04/cwt120.00–135.0074415
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,22880.00/cwt80.00–80.009822
BullsMedium and Large 1-2679109.83/cwt109.00–112.007466
SteersMedium and Large 1-2778121.64/cwt120.00–125.009466
SteersMedium and Large 1-2715123.18/cwt120.00–123.5088111
SteersMedium and Large 1-2907105.00/cwt105.00–105.009523
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25442.70/cwt40.00–46.005357
CowsBoner 80-85%1,31051.28/cwt46.00–58.0067258
CowsLean 85-90%1,08637.33/cwt30.00–46.004059
CowsLean 85-90%1,01821.00/cwt21.00–21.002142
Bulls1,52472.30/cwt70.00–75.001,1022
Bulls1,67484.96/cwt78.00–87.001,42210
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy305188.00/cwt188.00–188.005731
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,30555.96/cwt55.00–57.007302
Dairy SteersLarge 21,081105.25/cwt105.25–105.251,13841
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,63852.69/cwt50.00–55.0086314
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3574112.02/cwt105.00–119.0064311
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy258185.29/cwt175.00–195.004784
BullsMedium and Large 2-3377133.10/cwt116.00–141.005026
BullsMedium and Large 2-3225120.00/cwt120.00–120.002701
BullsMedium and Large 1-2724102.05/cwt100.00–104.007395
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy379179.79/cwt177.00–180.0068114
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3479115.12/cwt110.00–120.005518
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy505141.00/cwt141.00–141.007122
HeifersMedium and Large 2-392183.67/cwt83.00–84.007713
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3535110.50/cwt110.00–111.005912
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3372125.00/cwt125.00–125.004652
BullsMedium and Large 2-3305131.00/cwt131.00–131.004001
SteersMedium and Large 2-3673112.31/cwt110.00–115.007563
BullsMedium and Large 2-3527116.04/cwt105.00–119.006126
SteersMedium and Large 2-3445135.00/cwt135.00–135.006013
SteersMedium and Large 2-3810119.00/cwt119.00–119.009642
SteersMedium and Large 2-3467129.90/cwt125.00–138.006075
BullsMedium and Large 2-370895.38/cwt85.00–105.006755
BullsMedium and Large 2-376592.00/cwt92.00–92.007041
BullsMedium and Large 2-3483116.45/cwt113.00–120.005622
BullsMedium and Large 1-2417159.89/cwt145.00–166.0066716
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2870101.98/cwt100.00–104.008872
BullsMedium and Large 1-2267168.33/cwt159.00–180.004497
SteersMedium and Large 2-3605111.00/cwt111.00–111.006723
BullsMedium and Large 1-2623115.80/cwt111.00–121.0072110
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3615104.01/cwt95.00–111.0064010
BullsMedium and Large 1-2325163.80/cwt163.00–166.005324
BullsMedium and Large 1-281592.43/cwt88.00–97.007534
BullsMedium and Large 2-3567110.04/cwt101.00–117.0062411
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3322122.00/cwt122.00–122.003932
BullsMedium and Large 1-2578113.78/cwt110.00–117.0065814
SteersMedium and Large 2-3556123.50/cwt122.00–125.006872
BullsMedium and Large 2-380296.00/cwt96.00–96.007702
BullsMedium and Large 2-367099.29/cwt92.00–106.006653
SteersMedium and Large 2-3368144.20/cwt130.00–159.005312
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3429117.95/cwt110.00–124.005065
BullsMedium and Large 1-2537117.12/cwt115.00–123.0062911
BullsMedium and Large 2-3445130.00/cwt130.00–130.005791
SteersMedium and Large 2-3510125.00/cwt125.00–125.006381
SteersMedium and Large 2-3905105.00/cwt105.00–105.009501
SteersMedium and Large 2-399597.00/cwt97.00–97.009651
BullsMedium and Large 2-395581.01/cwt80.00–83.007743

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.