Sale reports / Kentucky / Harned Livestock Auction / 2020-11-16

Harned Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, Nov 16
● Final68 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207
Feeder Cattle receipts
524 head
▼ 194 vs last sale 718▼ 304 vs year ago 828 · −36.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
103 head
▲ 9 vs last sale 94▼ 70 vs year ago 173 · −40.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 6▲ 1 vs year ago 2 · +50.0%
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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 and slaughter bulls sold steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $135.43/cwt on 168 head.
Average price
$135.43
168 head · 644 lb average
Value per head Derived
$873
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$108
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$14.04/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.38
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2646136.69882153
Medium and Large 2-3631122.6477415thin
One grade step is worth $14.04/cwt here — about $108 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 sale168 hd
135.43
—
KY average26 barns · 6,722 hd
136.81
−1.38
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—Average1,81081.191,4709thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,52553.038099thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,28749.2263457
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,03735.9237212

Every lot

68 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy295170.00/cwt170.00–170.005021
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2385161.00/cwt157.00–165.006202
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2443153.02/cwt147.00–156.006783
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2471140.55/cwt131.00–148.006626
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added482157.00/cwt157.00–157.007574
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3495129.00/cwt129.00–129.006391
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2526143.22/cwt139.00–148.5075312
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3566124.57/cwt120.00–137.007055
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2573142.23/cwt139.50–146.0081514
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3618125.47/cwt124.00–127.007752
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2624138.85/cwt136.00–143.0086634
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2668137.59/cwt130.00–140.0091917
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3686124.32/cwt123.00–125.008533
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3713115.98/cwt111.00–121.008274
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2715129.39/cwt122.00–130.0092535
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added720132.08/cwt132.00–133.0095112
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2782125.00/cwt125.00–125.009783
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2820124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,0173
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2893122.87/cwt120.00–124.001,0977
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2263138.00/cwt138.00–138.003635
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2355131.74/cwt131.00–134.004684
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3418120.20/cwt110.00–123.005028
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2444132.19/cwt127.00–135.0058711
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added446136.00/cwt136.00–136.006074
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2475128.50/cwt124.00–134.0061015
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3477119.23/cwt115.00–127.0056910
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3512115.70/cwt113.00–117.005923
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added519133.00/cwt133.00–133.006904
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2528125.18/cwt123.00–130.006619
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2575120.90/cwt118.00–125.0069517
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3587116.09/cwt113.00–116.5068117
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2615115.77/cwt114.00–117.0071213
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3619114.61/cwt110.00–124.0070915
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3655110.00/cwt110.00–110.007211
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2665117.54/cwt110.00–120.0078221
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-370596.00/cwt96.00–96.006771
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2725110.99/cwt110.00–112.008052
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3785106.00/cwt106.00–106.008321
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3805111.00/cwt111.00–111.008941
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2815113.00/cwt113.00–113.009211
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3261142.00/cwt142.00–142.003715
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2363159.34/cwt159.00–160.005783
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3373132.27/cwt124.00–140.004932
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2420160.63/cwt155.00–163.006755
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3424127.80/cwt123.00–137.005425
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2473151.42/cwt144.00–155.0071612
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3495137.00/cwt137.00–137.006782
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3518121.88/cwt114.00–132.006316
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2536134.75/cwt134.00–135.007224
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2556129.35/cwt129.00–129.5071910
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3595110.00/cwt110.00–110.006551
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2615128.14/cwt123.00–130.5078827
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3660104.00/cwt104.00–104.006861
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2666120.00/cwt120.00–120.007994
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3730109.33/cwt109.00–110.007983
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2760118.00/cwt118.00–118.008971
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-380091.00/cwt91.00–91.007281
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,51570.00/cwt70.00–70.001,0611
Bulls——1,75886.70/cwt86.00–87.501,5242
Bulls——1,87781.22/cwt78.50–84.501,5246
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02940.15/cwt35.00–44.004137
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04830.00/cwt30.00–30.003145
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24243.56/cwt40.00–48.0054118
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,30751.62/cwt46.00–59.0067538
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,36060.00/cwt60.00–60.008161
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,47060.00/cwt60.00–60.008821
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,53252.16/cwt48.00–57.007998
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-297267.94/cwt62.00–72.006603

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.