Sale reports / Kentucky / Harned Livestock Auction / 2020-03-30

Harned Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, Mar 30
● Final86 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207
Feeder Cattle receipts
676 head
▲ 520 vs last sale 156▲ 676 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
106 head
▲ 67 vs last sale 39▲ 106 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 6▲ 3 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 mostly steady. Slaughter cows and slaughter bull sold 5.00 to 10.00 lower returning to near prices before last weeks increases.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $124.18/cwt on 240 head.
Average price
$124.18
240 head · 477 lb average
Value per head Derived
$592
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$48
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$27.15/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.63
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2471131.15617119
Medium and Large 1425122.0051925
Medium and Large 2-3496117.5658479
Large 1-2497109.7554616thin
Medium and Large 2640104.006661thin
One grade step is worth $27.15/cwt here — about −$48 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 sale240 hd
124.18
—
KY average28 barns · 4,869 hd
129.82
−5.63
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—Average1,56485.591,33918
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,40453.737545thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,25253.7167233
CowsLean 85-90%High98344.1843414

Every lot

86 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 1-2212187.00/cwt187.00–187.003961
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2255173.00/cwt173.00–173.004411
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2308163.28/cwt159.00–165.005037
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3365132.00/cwt132.00–132.004821
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2376166.62/cwt150.00–175.0062612
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2426162.21/cwt154.00–166.0069119
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3426139.71/cwt122.00–146.005954
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2461162.17/cwt160.00–167.007488
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3485127.00/cwt127.00–127.006161
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2532155.31/cwt143.00–159.0082621
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3533125.29/cwt107.00–133.0066811
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2577144.26/cwt140.00–151.0083210
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3590113.90/cwt110.00–126.006724
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added600143.00/cwt143.00–143.008581
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3613126.06/cwt114.00–131.007736
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2628132.89/cwt130.00–137.0083511
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2658130.97/cwt126.00–135.0086214
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3690111.35/cwt107.50–126.007688
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3725116.47/cwt115.00–118.008442
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3875107.00/cwt107.00–107.009361
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2219168.58/cwt161.00–182.0036910
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3230145.00/cwt145.00–145.003341
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2266152.64/cwt152.00–154.004063
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3275140.00/cwt140.00–140.003852
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2314140.96/cwt136.00–148.0044311
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3331124.29/cwt111.00–133.004113
Heifers—Large 1-2351123.00/cwt123.00–123.004324
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2364133.41/cwt130.00–143.0048613
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3381133.21/cwt126.00–137.005088
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added408145.00/cwt145.00–145.005923
Heifers—Medium and Large 1425122.00/cwt122.00–122.0051925
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2427133.12/cwt125.00–135.0056822
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3433122.48/cwt115.00–135.0053025
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2462128.20/cwt125.00–130.005926
Heifers—Large 1-2462112.00/cwt112.00–112.005174
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3481121.58/cwt117.00–122.505857
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2510126.38/cwt121.00–130.006459
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3516114.24/cwt107.00–124.0058916
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2551131.11/cwt120.00–132.507229
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3580108.68/cwt104.00–112.006303
Heifers—Large 1-2581102.00/cwt102.00–102.005937
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2609113.97/cwt111.00–115.506949
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3613102.47/cwt100.00–105.006282
Heifers—Large 1-2635102.00/cwt102.00–102.006481
Heifers—Medium and Large 2640104.00/cwt104.00–104.006661
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2684112.59/cwt110.00–114.7577024
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3739101.84/cwt97.00–104.007536
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-375990.14/cwt86.00–92.006846
Feeder Cattle · Bulls26 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2215187.00/cwt187.00–187.004021
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2279167.12/cwt161.00–180.004666
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3283147.67/cwt141.00–154.004182
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3319138.87/cwt131.00–147.004435
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2333162.31/cwt154.00–170.0054018
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2364161.46/cwt152.00–169.0058812
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3384136.84/cwt118.00–142.005256
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3404130.63/cwt122.00–136.005285
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2427148.09/cwt146.00–154.0063221
Bulls—Large 1-2445133.00/cwt133.00–133.005921
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2470146.06/cwt140.00–150.006868
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3481132.69/cwt111.00–139.0063814
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3505121.22/cwt115.00–126.006124
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2525136.00/cwt130.00–139.007147
Bulls—Large 1-2560119.00/cwt119.00–119.006664
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3578119.58/cwt117.00–122.006912
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2585134.43/cwt133.00–139.0078611
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2606120.00/cwt120.00–120.007277
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3628111.00/cwt111.00–111.006972
Bulls—Large 1-2628105.50/cwt105.50–105.506632
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2685106.99/cwt106.00–109.007334
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3720114.00/cwt114.00–114.008211
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2726109.91/cwt107.50–115.007986
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-378386.37/cwt78.00–91.006763
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-282292.00/cwt92.00–92.007563
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-382894.00/cwt94.00–94.007782
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 31,10182.00/cwt82.00–82.0090346
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,01067.00/cwt67.00–67.006771
Bulls——1,58892.83/cwt90.00–94.001,4745
Bulls——1,60084.12/cwt70.00–88.501,34612
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%92342.28/cwt35.00–46.503906
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00031.95/cwt30.00–34.003202
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03750.16/cwt47.00–52.005206
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21252.40/cwt45.00–58.0063529
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,40453.73/cwt52.50–55.007545
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,54063.19/cwt60.00–69.509734
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,03568.09/cwt59.00–78.007052
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,030670.00/cwt670.00–670.006,9011

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.