Sale reports / Kentucky / Harned Livestock Auction / 2020-08-03

Harned Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, Aug 3
● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207
Feeder Cattle receipts
268 head
▼ 93 vs last sale 361▼ 104 vs year ago 372 · −28.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
58 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 67▼ 13 vs year ago 71 · −18.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher and slaughter bulls sold steady to firm.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $127.20/cwt on 106 head.
Average price
$127.20
106 head · 530 lb average
Value per head Derived
$674
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$64
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$7.24/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.99
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2537129.6669670
Medium and Large 2-3516122.4263236
One grade step is worth $7.24/cwt here — about $64 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 sale106 hd
127.20
—
KY average27 barns · 4,486 hd
129.19
−1.99
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—High1,818100.481,8268thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,57769.841,1013thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,24867.6884527
CowsLean 85-90%Average98150.674975thin

Every lot

61 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 2-3235130.00/cwt130.00–130.003061
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2285140.00/cwt140.00–140.003991
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2395164.00/cwt164.00–164.006481
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2415153.67/cwt149.00–156.006383
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2472147.28/cwt143.00–149.0069510
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3479136.91/cwt130.00–142.006568
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3504140.00/cwt140.00–140.007062
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2532150.06/cwt144.00–156.007989
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2573144.00/cwt144.00–144.008253
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3580128.64/cwt121.00–133.007463
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3605128.00/cwt128.00–128.007741
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2626136.99/cwt131.00–138.0085813
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2669138.37/cwt134.00–142.0092614
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2708133.67/cwt122.00–137.009468
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2750130.00/cwt130.00–130.009751
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3270136.00/cwt136.00–136.003672
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3330131.00/cwt131.00–131.004321
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2338142.35/cwt139.00–144.004813
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3360121.00/cwt121.00–121.004361
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2364140.24/cwt136.00–143.005104
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2434131.93/cwt130.00–136.0057311
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3455125.98/cwt123.00–128.005734
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2483132.55/cwt131.00–136.006407
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2516133.79/cwt133.00–135.0069018
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3521122.82/cwt118.00–125.0064011
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3563121.20/cwt121.00–122.0068215
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2568124.43/cwt123.00–125.0070711
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2615125.00/cwt125.00–125.007694
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3640100.00/cwt100.00–100.006401
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2665120.00/cwt120.00–120.007982
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3720110.00/cwt110.00–110.007921
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2741120.00/cwt120.00–120.008895
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2782118.42/cwt116.00–119.009265
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2278174.00/cwt174.00–174.004842
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy300172.00/cwt172.00–172.005163
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3322152.00/cwt152.00–152.004892
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2335165.00/cwt165.00–165.005532
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2375170.00/cwt170.00–170.006381
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3395143.00/cwt143.00–143.005652
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2420152.48/cwt151.00–154.006407
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3445130.00/cwt130.00–130.005791
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3462126.65/cwt126.00–127.005853
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2471137.88/cwt135.00–143.006497
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2524137.93/cwt133.00–146.007234
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3555125.00/cwt125.00–125.006941
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2564133.51/cwt127.00–137.007534
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2632128.55/cwt124.00–133.008129
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2677125.00/cwt124.00–127.008463
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3680121.53/cwt118.00–129.008266
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2703122.50/cwt122.00–123.008612
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3765113.00/cwt113.00–113.008641
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3820111.00/cwt111.00–111.009102
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,73796.36/cwt93.00–98.001,6745
Bulls——1,952107.34/cwt106.00–109.002,0953
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%91245.00/cwt45.00–45.004101
Cows—Lean 85-90%99852.09/cwt50.00–56.005204
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19755.74/cwt55.50–56.006672
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24366.86/cwt60.50–69.5083119
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28274.24/cwt72.00–76.509526
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,57167.51/cwt67.00–68.001,0612
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,58874.50/cwt74.50–74.501,1831

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.