Sale reports / Kentucky / Harned Livestock Auction / 2019-12-09

Harned Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, Dec 9
● Final76 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,256 head
▲ 827 vs last sale 429▲ 1,256 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
237 head
▲ 144 vs last sale 93▲ 237 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Value-Added feeders sold steady . Slaughter cows and 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 $116.54/cwt on 218 head.
Average price
$116.54
218 head · 507 lb average
Value per head Derived
$591
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$50
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$11.81/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.01
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2504120.28606149
Medium and Large 2-3513108.4655769
One grade step is worth $11.81/cwt here — about $50 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 sale218 hd
116.54
—
KY average28 barns · 9,981 hd
120.54
−4.01
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—High1,87373.001,36713
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,60947.147587thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,21843.9953664
CowsLean 85-90%Low96733.1032026

Every lot

76 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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2260136.88/cwt131.00–143.003562
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2343135.00/cwt135.00–135.004635
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3372121.46/cwt120.00–132.0045214
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2375142.50/cwt140.00–145.005342
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy405150.00/cwt150.00–150.006081
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2440140.33/cwt138.00–145.006173
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2452139.00/cwt139.00–139.006282
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added490140.50/cwt140.50–140.5068812
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2515128.12/cwt124.00–137.0066032
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3533114.42/cwt114.00–115.006107
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy560140.00/cwt140.00–140.007841
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added568140.00/cwt140.00–140.007954
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3580122.01/cwt118.00–124.007085
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2585126.81/cwt121.00–131.0074211
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3618110.00/cwt110.00–110.006802
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added627134.00/cwt134.00–134.008405
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2632126.99/cwt124.00–130.008032
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2652131.32/cwt121.00–133.008569
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added661137.00/cwt137.00–137.0090611
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3688116.49/cwt113.00–120.008012
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added728130.00/cwt130.00–130.0094614
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2730120.00/cwt120.00–120.008761
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2775123.02/cwt122.00–124.009532
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3820101.00/cwt101.00–101.008281
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added851125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,06410
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2264128.15/cwt126.00–129.003386
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2328129.96/cwt123.00–135.0042611
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3340116.00/cwt116.00–116.003941
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2372122.43/cwt115.00–129.0045520
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3384115.60/cwt110.00–120.0044413
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2415116.86/cwt115.00–122.004856
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy432129.00/cwt129.00–129.005573
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3434105.84/cwt100.00–112.004596
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3468112.33/cwt106.00–116.0052614
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2471116.65/cwt113.00–120.0054918
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added495126.00/cwt126.00–126.006245
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3517103.72/cwt100.00–110.0053611
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2522119.36/cwt114.50–123.0062330
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added538121.00/cwt120.00–122.006514
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2570111.77/cwt111.00–115.006375
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3575108.95/cwt103.00–112.006267
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2605115.50/cwt114.50–116.5069910
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3618105.39/cwt100.00–108.0065110
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3662100.00/cwt100.00–100.006625
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2666116.50/cwt113.00–117.507769
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added682119.50/cwt119.50–119.5081522
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3858100.00/cwt100.00–100.008582
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3232119.00/cwt119.00–119.002762
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3267125.15/cwt120.00–128.003343
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2327141.63/cwt130.00–152.004639
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3337126.35/cwt121.00–129.004263
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2371137.69/cwt130.00–147.0051110
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy379150.00/cwt150.00–150.0056915
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3388108.01/cwt107.00–109.004192
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2414134.58/cwt130.00–138.0055716
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3415118.00/cwt118.00–118.004902
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy465140.00/cwt140.00–140.0065113
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2470129.81/cwt120.00–138.0061012
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3495109.67/cwt107.00–115.005433
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2514118.35/cwt114.00–124.0060821
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3521107.83/cwt103.00–114.0056211
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2586114.83/cwt112.00–120.0067321
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2605117.50/cwt117.50–117.507112
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3620104.00/cwt104.00–104.006452
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3668108.20/cwt108.00–109.007235
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2686114.20/cwt112.00–115.0078310
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2758108.00/cwt108.00–108.008192
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 398190.75/cwt90.75–90.7589041
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,68568.02/cwt67.00–69.001,1462
Bulls——1,90473.19/cwt70.00–77.001,39410
Bulls——1,93581.00/cwt81.00–81.001,5671
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%94826.98/cwt26.00–28.002562
Cows—Lean 85-90%96933.61/cwt31.00–38.0032624
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19630.25/cwt24.00–36.003622
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21944.43/cwt42.00–48.0054262
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,60947.14/cwt45.00–48.007587

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.