Sale reports / Kentucky / Harned Livestock Auction / 2019-12-16

Harned Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, Dec 16
● Final74 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207
Feeder Cattle receipts
519 head
▼ 737 vs last sale 1,256▲ 519 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
186 head
▼ 51 vs last sale 237▲ 186 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 steers and feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher. 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 $118.80/cwt on 166 head.
Average price
$118.80
166 head · 488 lb average
Value per head Derived
$580
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$0
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$13.54/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.16
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2475121.74578130
Medium and Large 2-3535108.2057836
One grade step is worth $13.54/cwt here — about $0 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 sale166 hd
118.80
—
KY average30 barns · 8,929 hd
121.96
−3.16
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—Average1,69771.831,21912
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,54849.9677310
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,25745.1156766
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02436.0336920

Every lot

74 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3270120.00/cwt120.00–120.003241
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2320135.59/cwt130.00–141.004342
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3330135.33/cwt128.00–139.004473
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2360139.51/cwt139.00–140.005024
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3380124.29/cwt119.00–130.004723
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2421141.32/cwt136.00–152.005953
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3430119.00/cwt119.00–119.005124
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2450148.00/cwt148.00–148.006662
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3455128.00/cwt128.00–128.005821
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3514118.04/cwt110.00–122.006074
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2523133.58/cwt130.00–137.006992
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added535145.31/cwt145.00–146.0077719
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3550120.00/cwt120.00–120.006601
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added560145.50/cwt145.50–145.508153
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2572138.30/cwt134.00–140.007919
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2637137.29/cwt136.50–138.508755
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2657129.54/cwt120.00–136.008518
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2730130.00/cwt130.00–130.009491
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3226110.19/cwt100.00–115.002493
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3315110.00/cwt110.00–110.003471
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2329128.70/cwt122.00–132.004238
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2371126.39/cwt123.00–130.0046915
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added406129.00/cwt129.00–129.005244
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3418111.63/cwt110.00–113.004673
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2428120.69/cwt117.50–126.0051723
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2470119.70/cwt115.00–122.5056324
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3471111.99/cwt111.00–114.005274
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3530113.97/cwt112.00–115.006043
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2533120.17/cwt115.50–123.0064128
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added542124.50/cwt124.50–124.5067511
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3575111.36/cwt105.00–116.0064010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2576118.83/cwt117.00–120.0068414
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2610114.00/cwt114.00–114.006952
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3627102.81/cwt94.00–106.006457
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2655110.00/cwt110.00–110.007211
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3668100.91/cwt94.00–105.006744
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-371093.00/cwt93.00–93.006601
Feeder Cattle · Bulls24 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3225123.87/cwt110.00–136.002792
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2240140.00/cwt140.00–140.003361
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3258134.26/cwt120.00–137.003466
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2271143.29/cwt141.00–148.003887
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3330121.50/cwt121.50–121.504011
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2340145.76/cwt139.00–149.004963
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2379137.69/cwt135.00–140.005227
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3388122.45/cwt120.00–125.004752
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3420110.00/cwt110.00–110.004621
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2426136.29/cwt125.00–140.0058110
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2478123.93/cwt121.00–127.0059227
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3480116.03/cwt109.00–120.005575
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3520114.74/cwt108.00–117.5059711
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2523122.01/cwt117.50–126.006389
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3565113.19/cwt104.00–119.0064014
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2567122.83/cwt120.00–127.006965
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2610123.40/cwt119.00–126.007537
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3618102.18/cwt95.50–115.006313
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3669106.16/cwt90.00–114.007104
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2684116.00/cwt116.00–116.007934
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2707109.58/cwt108.00–112.007755
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-373586.97/cwt82.00–92.006392
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2758105.00/cwt105.00–105.007963
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-390091.00/cwt91.00–91.008191
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,40564.51/cwt62.00–66.509063
Bulls——1,78073.56/cwt70.50–77.001,3098
Bulls——1,91080.00/cwt80.00–80.001,5281
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%87825.00/cwt25.00–25.002202
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02936.98/cwt30.00–44.0038117
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18237.76/cwt33.50–41.004467
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,24042.00/cwt42.00–42.005211
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26145.80/cwt42.00–51.0057858
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,54849.96/cwt46.50–52.5077310
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,57056.50/cwt56.50–56.508871
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows3 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-298866.96/cwt66.00–68.006622
Stock Cows—Medium 1-21,07565.00/cwt65.00–65.006991
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,25550.00/cwt50.00–50.006281

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.