Sale reports / Kentucky / Harned Livestock Auction / 2020-03-16

Harned Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, Mar 16
● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207
Feeder Cattle receipts
276 head
▼ 175 vs last sale 451▲ 276 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
48 head
▼ 24 vs last sale 72▲ 48 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 10▲ 2 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 steady to 10.00 lower, with instances of sharply lower on a light test. CME cattle futures down the limit and stock market declines continued to drive cattle market lower. Slaughter cows and slaughter bull 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 $122.70/cwt on 115 head.
Average price
$122.70
115 head · 446 lb average
Value per head Derived
$548
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$102
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$10.76/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.25
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2456125.0457090
Medium and Large 2-3410114.2746925
One grade step is worth $10.76/cwt here — about $102 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 sale115 hd
122.70
—
KY average27 barns · 6,089 hd
122.94
−0.25
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—Average1,46274.911,09510
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,37056.007671thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,15349.1756719
CowsLean 85-90%Average88140.5735715

Every lot

55 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3286141.75/cwt140.00–143.004055
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2292160.00/cwt160.00–160.004673
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2302146.00/cwt146.00–146.004411
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3325142.00/cwt142.00–142.004622
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2380146.95/cwt145.00–149.005582
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2409149.00/cwt149.00–149.006095
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy464155.00/cwt155.00–155.0071920
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3466123.27/cwt118.00–126.005743
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2481138.66/cwt133.00–140.006675
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2508140.00/cwt140.00–140.007113
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3510124.00/cwt124.00–124.006321
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2557134.25/cwt131.00–139.5074821
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2609125.00/cwt125.00–125.007616
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2715110.00/cwt110.00–110.007873
Steers—Medium and Large 2-385090.00/cwt90.00–90.007651
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2292148.00/cwt148.00–148.004324
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3295127.33/cwt122.00–130.003763
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2333135.41/cwt131.00–145.004513
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3338126.00/cwt126.00–126.004262
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2373129.64/cwt120.00–132.0048415
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3390120.44/cwt116.00–122.0047011
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-340295.00/cwt95.00–95.003823
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy429132.59/cwt131.00–133.005695
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2431122.73/cwt117.00–127.005297
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added468132.27/cwt130.00–132.7561922
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3480123.00/cwt123.00–123.005901
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2481121.12/cwt121.00–123.0058316
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3517103.00/cwt103.00–103.005333
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2528118.27/cwt112.00–121.006249
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2555107.00/cwt107.00–107.005941
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-358590.51/cwt90.00–91.005292
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-260596.13/cwt90.00–97.005828
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2225167.00/cwt167.00–167.003761
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3323137.94/cwt130.00–143.004463
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2335160.00/cwt160.00–160.005362
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3380118.00/cwt118.00–118.004482
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3410114.00/cwt114.00–114.004671
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2420138.95/cwt138.00–142.005844
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2475134.24/cwt134.00–136.006388
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3487112.47/cwt101.00–119.005483
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2500130.00/cwt130.00–130.006501
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3520116.00/cwt116.00–116.006032
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-362893.88/cwt88.00–100.005902
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3675136.00/cwt136.00–136.009181
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3Thin Fleshed68886.00/cwt86.00–86.005928
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,32369.22/cwt65.00–71.509164
Bulls——1,55478.70/cwt72.00–84.001,2236
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%87940.08/cwt33.00–45.0035214
Cows—Lean 85-90%90547.50/cwt47.50–47.504301
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,11845.57/cwt45.00–46.005092
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14850.79/cwt47.00–60.5058314
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20243.98/cwt43.00–46.005293
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,37056.00/cwt56.00–56.007671
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-298557.00/cwt57.00–57.005611
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,02076.00/cwt76.00–76.007751

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.