Sale reports / Kentucky / Harned Livestock Auction / 2019-12-02

Harned Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, Dec 2
● Final72 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207
Feeder Cattle receipts
429 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 441▲ 429 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
93 head
▼ 38 vs last sale 131▲ 93 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 0▲ 4 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steer and feeder heifers sold steady. Instances of above average quality and value added feeders sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Plain to average quality feeders varied in demand and price. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower while slaughter bulls sold steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $117.24/cwt on 162 head.
Average price
$117.24
162 head · 509 lb average
Value per head Derived
$596
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$137
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$10.36/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.05
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2532120.50641111
Medium and Large 2-3458110.1450451
One grade step is worth $10.36/cwt here — about $137 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 sale162 hd
117.24
—
KY average14 barns · 1,579 hd
117.28
−0.05
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
Bulls—High1,70672.011,22811
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,44549.007081thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,28045.4758229
CowsLean 85-90%High97037.103605thin

Every lot

72 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3280130.00/cwt130.00–130.003641
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2321133.27/cwt130.00–137.004284
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3340119.00/cwt119.00–119.004051
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2360154.00/cwt154.00–154.005541
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2439139.78/cwt138.00–140.006149
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3480118.00/cwt118.00–118.005661
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2485137.80/cwt136.00–139.0066810
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2514133.32/cwt123.00–141.006858
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3522115.00/cwt115.00–115.006002
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2571138.75/cwt130.00–144.0079216
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3573112.14/cwt100.00–126.006434
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added624140.25/cwt140.25–140.258758
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2625140.00/cwt140.00–140.008751
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy645140.61/cwt140.00–145.009078
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2654128.00/cwt128.00–128.008374
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3674122.02/cwt120.00–128.008224
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy725132.00/cwt132.00–132.009573
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2725124.00/cwt124.00–124.008991
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added783133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,0417
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3785118.50/cwt118.50–118.509302
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3216118.00/cwt118.00–118.002552
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3260115.51/cwt115.00–116.003002
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2286131.21/cwt130.00–133.003755
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2326123.68/cwt123.00–125.004036
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3335121.33/cwt115.00–124.004067
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2355121.00/cwt121.00–121.004301
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-338597.94/cwt93.00–116.003775
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3426110.76/cwt107.50–115.004729
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2441118.66/cwt114.00–122.0052320
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2460119.48/cwt115.00–121.005506
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3481109.30/cwt106.00–113.005264
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3511110.02/cwt103.00–119.5056211
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2515119.28/cwt112.50–126.0061430
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2557117.00/cwt113.00–119.006528
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3560105.59/cwt104.00–108.005917
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2617114.96/cwt111.00–117.507095
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy640123.75/cwt123.50–124.0079218
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3706106.88/cwt105.50–111.007554
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2715110.00/cwt110.00–110.007871
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added775121.75/cwt121.75–121.7594411
Feeder Cattle · Bulls21 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3228120.53/cwt118.00–123.002752
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2295135.00/cwt135.00–135.003981
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy300160.00/cwt160.00–160.004801
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2318144.84/cwt141.00–149.004612
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3325132.00/cwt132.00–132.004293
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2365133.00/cwt133.00–133.004851
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3394128.03/cwt116.00–134.005046
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2421135.70/cwt130.00–140.0057111
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3435101.24/cwt93.00–109.004403
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3490105.44/cwt100.00–111.005172
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2492135.09/cwt132.00–141.0066520
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2515125.15/cwt119.00–130.5064518
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3516111.73/cwt104.00–116.005777
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2566128.26/cwt118.00–134.007267
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3586114.50/cwt114.50–114.506714
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3620114.50/cwt114.00–115.007102
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2629118.51/cwt116.00–120.007454
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-366097.00/cwt97.00–97.006401
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2715105.50/cwt105.00–106.007548
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3760100.00/cwt100.00–100.007601
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-380599.00/cwt99.00–99.007971
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,49763.49/cwt60.00–68.009503
Bulls——1,73580.00/cwt80.00–80.001,3881
Bulls——1,79174.52/cwt70.00–78.501,3357
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%95034.00/cwt34.00–34.003233
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00041.76/cwt41.50–42.004182
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24337.90/cwt33.00–42.004713
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28446.34/cwt43.00–50.5059526
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,44549.00/cwt49.00–49.007081
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,535700.00/cwt700.00–700.0010,7451
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-285055.00/cwt55.00–55.004681
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,12050.51/cwt50.00–51.005662

This sale against other markets

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.