Sale reports / Kentucky / Harned Livestock Auction / 2020-08-31

Harned Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, Aug 31
● Final69 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207
Feeder Cattle receipts
378 head
▲ 12 vs last sale 366▲ 378 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
64 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 76▲ 64 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 6▲ 6 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 on a plain to average quality offering . Slaughter cows and 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 $129.18/cwt on 112 head.
Average price
$129.18
112 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$704
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$19
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$17.96/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.72
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2517134.4769579
Medium and Large 2-3613116.5271433
One grade step is worth $17.96/cwt here — about −$19 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 sale112 hd
129.18
—
KY average27 barns · 4,535 hd
131.90
−2.72
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—Average1,75998.071,72517
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,38462.5286511
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,20861.2274022
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,05349.305199thin

Every lot

69 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 2-3285155.00/cwt155.00–155.004421
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2338166.00/cwt166.00–166.005614
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2360156.00/cwt156.00–156.005621
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2428147.50/cwt147.00–148.006312
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3438140.00/cwt140.00–140.006132
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3450125.00/cwt125.00–125.005631
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2466139.62/cwt139.50–140.006514
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3518126.58/cwt123.00–130.006562
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2531142.62/cwt142.00–145.007575
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2569141.04/cwt140.00–144.008036
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2627140.00/cwt136.50–143.0087813
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2664138.96/cwt134.00–142.0092322
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2711134.25/cwt131.00–136.0095511
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2760136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,0341
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3895115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,0291
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2248149.00/cwt149.00–149.003702
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2328142.37/cwt140.00–145.004672
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3333139.64/cwt137.00–145.004653
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2376141.89/cwt138.00–143.0053411
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3416125.00/cwt120.00–130.005203
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2425136.00/cwt136.00–136.005781
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2469137.33/cwt134.00–147.006449
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3478121.90/cwt115.00–130.005834
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3524124.22/cwt118.00–133.006514
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2529134.62/cwt133.00–136.0071221
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3569123.63/cwt116.00–132.007034
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2577131.57/cwt130.00–134.0075918
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3615118.59/cwt115.00–122.007292
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2617128.33/cwt127.00–130.0079211
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2655125.25/cwt124.00–127.008204
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3680119.00/cwt119.00–119.008091
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3786102.89/cwt102.00–103.008099
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3815100.00/cwt100.00–100.008151
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-394595.00/cwt95.00–95.008982
Feeder Cattle · Bulls21 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2263159.03/cwt158.00–160.004182
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3310146.06/cwt144.00–148.004532
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2331159.63/cwt157.00–161.005288
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2370154.60/cwt150.00–157.005723
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3395136.00/cwt136.00–136.005371
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2435150.33/cwt147.00–152.006543
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2459140.68/cwt137.00–147.006468
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3485134.45/cwt130.00–139.006522
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3518130.97/cwt128.00–136.006785
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2527137.23/cwt136.00–139.007239
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2569135.85/cwt134.00–140.007737
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3569126.16/cwt118.00–133.007189
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3623118.73/cwt112.00–125.007402
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2628124.63/cwt120.00–129.007832
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2677126.81/cwt121.00–129.5085910
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3718114.50/cwt113.00–116.008224
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2743117.00/cwt117.00–117.008693
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2755110.00/cwt110.00–110.008311
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-386598.00/cwt98.00–98.008481
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3940114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,0721
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-295084.00/cwt84.00–84.007982
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 343087.00/cwt87.00–87.003741
Dairy Steers—Large 371186.00/cwt86.00–86.006115
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,696103.05/cwt101.00–105.001,7485
Bulls——1,78596.00/cwt90.00–101.001,71412
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%95049.00/cwt49.00–49.004661
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05060.87/cwt57.00–65.006392
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05445.99/cwt40.00–53.004857
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21867.13/cwt64.00–70.008184
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22160.55/cwt53.50–65.0073917
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,37571.00/cwt71.00–71.009761
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,38561.67/cwt56.50–64.0085410
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows3 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-289571.20/cwt66.00–82.006374
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,01065.00/cwt65.00–65.006572
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 11,02071.00/cwt71.00–71.007241

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.