Sale reports / Kentucky / Harned Livestock Auction / 2020-04-20

Harned Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, Apr 20
● Final72 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207
Feeder Cattle receipts
498 head
▲ 279 vs last sale 219▲ 498 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
85 head
▲ 30 vs last sale 55▲ 85 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 9▲ 7 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Feeder steers sold steady to 2.00 higher . Feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher under 600 lbs. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $123.67/cwt on 158 head.
Average price
$123.67
158 head · 514 lb average
Value per head Derived
$636
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$76
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$5.34/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.17
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2525125.16657114
Medium and Large 2-3485119.8258144
One grade step is worth $5.34/cwt here — about $76 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 sale158 hd
123.67
—
KY average27 barns · 4,699 hd
121.50
+2.17
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—Average1,57879.761,2599thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,43957.568288thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,24053.6666537
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,10837.2141212

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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2245178.00/cwt178.00–178.004362
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2265159.00/cwt159.00–159.004211
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3315145.70/cwt133.00–158.004592
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2346169.20/cwt168.00–170.005855
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2373162.24/cwt155.00–169.0060515
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3381149.96/cwt140.00–153.0057110
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3418137.05/cwt134.00–140.005732
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2431159.47/cwt150.00–163.0068713
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2477150.17/cwt140.00–163.0071615
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy501153.00/cwt153.00–153.007674
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2529146.10/cwt140.00–151.0077316
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2572138.61/cwt137.00–141.007935
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3575134.00/cwt134.00–134.007711
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2641127.00/cwt127.00–127.008149
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2670122.39/cwt120.00–123.008205
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2722121.00/cwt121.00–121.0087412
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2815102.00/cwt102.00–102.008311
Steers—Medium and Large 1-289590.00/cwt90.00–90.008061
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3235120.00/cwt120.00–120.002821
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3278130.43/cwt114.00–140.003636
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3321136.13/cwt120.00–141.004375
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2332141.57/cwt135.00–148.0047010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2383137.89/cwt131.00–146.0052815
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3388135.98/cwt120.00–140.005285
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2427136.53/cwt132.00–142.0058320
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3437122.58/cwt115.00–129.005366
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2472129.41/cwt110.00–135.0061117
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3485120.00/cwt120.00–120.005821
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3522105.22/cwt95.00–119.005493
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2523128.73/cwt120.00–134.5067312
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3578111.47/cwt108.00–117.006448
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3605108.50/cwt107.00–110.006562
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2618111.10/cwt109.00–115.006877
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3670105.01/cwt104.00–106.007044
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2681110.00/cwt110.00–110.0074912
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2720107.00/cwt107.00–107.0077015
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2758100.00/cwt100.00–100.007584
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2815103.00/cwt103.00–103.008392
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3898103.00/cwt103.00–103.009253
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2280169.00/cwt169.00–169.004731
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3285134.00/cwt134.00–134.003822
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2313168.72/cwt165.00–174.005283
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3380147.00/cwt147.00–147.005591
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2381162.75/cwt155.00–168.0062012
Bulls—Medium and Large 2398147.00/cwt147.00–147.005852
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3410133.76/cwt111.00–149.005483
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2427158.19/cwt154.50–163.0067512
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2474152.43/cwt132.00–160.0072332
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3483135.23/cwt125.00–146.006532
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2508141.30/cwt130.00–147.0071817
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3543115.02/cwt111.00–116.006255
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3565126.00/cwt126.00–126.007121
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2583126.71/cwt124.00–132.007395
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2613121.77/cwt118.00–127.0074610
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3623110.96/cwt110.00–112.006912
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3674110.33/cwt103.00–112.0074418
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-376599.00/cwt99.00–99.007571
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-380494.51/cwt90.00–96.007604
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,21565.00/cwt65.00–65.007901
Bulls——1,25052.00/cwt52.00–52.006501
Bulls——1,62083.42/cwt79.00–86.001,3515
Bulls——1,81891.87/cwt90.00–93.501,6702
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09023.00/cwt23.00–23.002511
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10637.60/cwt32.00–46.0041610
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,14047.50/cwt47.50–47.505421
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15142.18/cwt30.00–46.504855
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25254.49/cwt48.50–59.0068228
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26862.19/cwt60.50–63.507894
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,41756.75/cwt55.00–59.008046
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,50560.00/cwt60.00–60.009032
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-284862.90/cwt50.00–74.005334
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,03771.60/cwt67.00–79.007423

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.