Sale reports / Kentucky / Harned Livestock Auction / 2025-03-03

Harned Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, Mar 3
● Final83 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207
Feeder Cattle receipts
609 head
▲ 93 vs last sale 516▼ 47 vs year ago 656 · −7.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
100 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 93▼ 28 vs year ago 128 · −21.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
▲ 4 vs last sale 3▲ 2 vs year ago 5 · +40.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold 5.00 to 8.00 higher. with instances of sharply higher. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $266.00/cwt on 48 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −114.37 against this barn's trailing median of $380.37.
Average price
$266.00
48 head · 557 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,482
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$146
per head · Medium 2-3 over Medium and Large 2-3
$26.73/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−20.61
vs KY average
−39.02 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium 2-3555274.001,5212thin
Medium and Large 1-2558272.891,52233
Medium and Large 2-3556247.271,37513thin
One grade step is worth $26.73/cwt here — about $146 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale48 hd
266.00
—
KY average25 barns · 2,163 hd
286.61
−20.61
National average185 barns · 16,988 hd
305.02
−39.02
This barn, trailing median33 sales
380.37
−114.37
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

33 sales
443397352307median 380.3703/0204/2706/2908/3111/02
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $428.62, low $320.54, median $380.37 across 33 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—Low1,684158.992,67713
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,335131.511,75636
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,730128.002,2141thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average963105.841,0194thin

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,003$1,9502thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)770$7001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,920$2,3001thin

Every lot

83 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2260370.00/cwt370.00–370.009621
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Value Added325448.46/cwt430.00–455.001,4574
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2365389.50/cwt385.00–392.001,4223
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Value Added396427.00/cwt427.00–427.001,6914
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2-3400305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,2201
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2400305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,2201
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added430390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,6771
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added461373.30/cwt370.00–375.001,7216
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2472339.39/cwt327.00–360.001,60212
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3478298.85/cwt285.00–312.001,4292
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2505312.56/cwt302.00–318.001,5786
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3514251.91/cwt241.00–280.001,2954
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added515325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,6742
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2561307.78/cwt302.00–317.001,7274
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added583320.87/cwt320.00–330.001,87111
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2-3622257.38/cwt233.00–282.001,60110
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2635297.56/cwt290.00–305.001,8904
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2684286.00/cwt286.00–286.001,9565
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2-3685280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,9181
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2718270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,9393
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2-3842253.00/cwt253.00–253.002,1302
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2-3895231.00/cwt231.00–231.002,0671
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2905223.00/cwt223.00–223.002,0181
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 2-31,040202.00/cwt202.00–202.002,1011
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2-3245300.00/cwt300.00–300.007351
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2271332.06/cwt320.00–335.009005
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Value Added300355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,0651
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2328327.13/cwt320.00–332.001,0738
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3332294.99/cwt260.00–310.009794
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3360225.00/cwt225.00–225.008101
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2384340.84/cwt320.00–347.001,30916
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Value Added385385.85/cwt375.00–390.001,48610
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3410280.49/cwt260.00–300.001,1502
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added412350.70/cwt340.00–370.001,4456
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2431314.41/cwt300.00–325.001,35517
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2477305.78/cwt290.00–337.001,45912
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3484263.97/cwt200.00–287.001,27810
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3527268.28/cwt260.00–272.001,4145
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2537277.89/cwt265.00–287.001,49210
Heifers550–600Medium 2-3555274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,5212
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2567270.72/cwt258.50–287.001,53523
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3574234.14/cwt200.00–280.001,3448
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2614275.41/cwt270.00–277.001,69112
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3618232.93/cwt185.00–255.001,44011
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3674240.47/cwt231.00–250.001,6217
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2740242.61/cwt242.00–244.001,79510
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2771236.79/cwt235.00–238.001,8265
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2-3815167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,3611
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2-3890170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,5131
Feeder Cattle · Bulls22 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2-3250330.00/cwt330.00–330.008251
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2263334.75/cwt315.00–345.008803
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2Value Added333405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,3493
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2-3372309.61/cwt285.00–330.001,1527
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2390394.94/cwt370.00–410.001,54013
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3400345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,3801
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2417376.82/cwt347.00–390.001,5719
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2473328.19/cwt315.00–350.001,5529
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3485307.00/cwt307.00–307.001,4892
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3500280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,4001
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2519308.20/cwt285.00–335.001,60022
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3569259.14/cwt240.00–272.001,4756
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2581280.82/cwt272.00–285.001,6327
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2-3628233.87/cwt220.00–241.001,4693
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2642260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,6692
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added655267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,7492
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2671248.56/cwt245.00–252.001,6684
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2-3675235.50/cwt230.00–241.001,5902
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2719247.99/cwt247.00–249.001,7834
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2-3800220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,7601
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2820278.00/cwt278.00–278.002,2801
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1-2850229.50/cwt225.00–234.001,9512
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,615173.59/cwt166.00–185.002,8034
Bulls——1,691156.94/cwt151.00–160.002,6548
Bulls——1,900117.00/cwt117.00–117.002,2231
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%963105.84/cwt92.00–112.001,0194
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,133103.79/cwt90.00–110.001,1763
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,341128.85/cwt120.00–138.001,72821
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,375143.08/cwt140.00–147.001,96712
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,730128.00/cwt128.00–128.002,2141
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2870132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,1481
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium 1-2770700.00/head700.00–700.007001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0031,950.00/head1,950.00–1,950.001,9502
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,9202,300.00/head2,300.00–2,300.002,3001

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.