Sale reports / Kentucky / Harned Livestock Auction / 2026-07-06

Harned Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, Jul 6
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207
Feeder Cattle receipts
202 head
▼ 39 vs last sale 241▲ 29 vs year ago 173 · +16.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
26 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 38▼ 33 vs year ago 59 · −55.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 4▼ 2 vs year ago 6 · −33.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold mostly steady on a light test. Very light test on Slaughter cattle. Slaughter cows sold steady to 3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $442.18/cwt on 22 head, up $2.85 from the prior sale (only 17 head in that comparison). That ranks 18 of 30 comparable sales and sits +13.16 against this barn's trailing median of $429.02.
Average price
$442.18
▲ 2.85 vs prior sale
22 head · 562 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,486
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$131
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$44.19/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.19
vs KY average
−17.30 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2561444.192,49121
Medium and Large 2-3590400.002,3601thin
One grade step is worth $44.19/cwt here — about $131 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale22 hd
442.18
—
KY average6 barns · 100 hd
442.38
−0.19
National average146 barns · 7,211 hd
459.48
−17.30
This barn, trailing median30 sales
429.02
+13.16
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

30 sales
492445398350median 429.0203/0205/0407/1309/1411/02
Steers 500–600 lb: high $477.64, low $364.45, median $429.02 across 30 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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—Low1,674215.173,6027thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,228166.392,04312
CowsLean 85-90%Low840127.501,0712thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,095$1,6751thin

Every lot

54 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2345520.00/cwt520.00–520.001,7941
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2430520.00/cwt520.00–520.002,2361
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2-3435450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,9581
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2505445.00/cwt445.00–445.002,2471
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added527470.00/cwt470.00–470.002,4773
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added569449.00/cwt449.00–449.002,55511
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2572422.34/cwt417.50–427.502,4166
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3590400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,3601
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added611440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,6885
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2641411.10/cwt410.00–417.502,63514
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added692387.00/cwt387.00–387.002,67813
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2-3710339.00/cwt339.00–339.002,4071
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Value Added800359.00/cwt359.00–359.002,87210
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2-3230465.00/cwt440.00–490.001,0702
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2-3250400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,0001
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2282500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,4102
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3323441.49/cwt420.00–462.001,4262
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2355455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,6151
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3370420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,5541
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3440430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,8921
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2450320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,4401
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3488403.88/cwt380.00–428.001,9712
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3519390.47/cwt372.00–403.002,0277
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added544405.00/cwt405.00–405.002,2034
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2577388.54/cwt386.00–391.002,2424
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3580373.13/cwt365.00–387.502,1644
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2615374.94/cwt372.50–380.002,3063
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3660360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,3761
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2690327.50/cwt327.50–327.502,2601
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2-3870210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,8271
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2-3279403.23/cwt360.00–500.001,1254
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2-3325475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,5441
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2340510.00/cwt510.00–510.001,7341
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2365530.00/cwt530.00–530.001,9351
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2413508.35/cwt505.00–510.002,0993
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3415469.40/cwt445.00–495.001,9482
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2455480.00/cwt480.00–480.002,1841
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3455472.50/cwt465.00–480.002,1502
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3510425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,1681
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2525447.50/cwt447.50–447.502,3491
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2592405.00/cwt405.00–405.002,3985
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2-3640380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,4321
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2675377.00/cwt377.00–377.002,5455
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2-3740335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,4791
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,520193.88/cwt192.00–197.002,9472
Bulls——1,688220.61/cwt200.00–228.003,7244
Bulls——1,925236.00/cwt236.00–236.004,5431
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%695100.00/cwt100.00–100.006951
Cows—Lean 85-90%985155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,5271
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,117167.39/cwt164.00–173.001,8706
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,235152.58/cwt137.50–159.001,8844
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,545191.03/cwt189.00–193.002,9512
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2755170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,2842
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0951,675.00/head1,675.00–1,675.001,6751

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.