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Harned Livestock Auction

Name: Harned Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-04-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-21

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, Apr 21

● Final68 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207

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Feeder Cattle receipts

356 head

▼ 644 vs last sale 1,000▼ 412 vs year ago 768 · −53.6%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

109 head

▼ 198 vs last sale 307▼ 52 vs year ago 161 · −32.3%

Replacement Cattle receipts

8 head

▼ 87 vs last sale 95▲ 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 steady to firm. Strong demand for all classes of feeders. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 4.00 higher and slaughter bulls sold steady. Strong demand for slaughter cattle.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $358.23/cwt on 25 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −70.80 against this barn's trailing median of $429.02.

Average price

$358.23

25 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,962

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$376

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$38.15/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.28

vs KY average

−15.79 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	554	362.80	2,009	22
Medium and Large 2-3	503	324.65	1,633	3thin

One grade step is worth $38.15/cwt here — about $376 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale25 hd

358.23

—

KY average23 barns · 1,058 hd

359.50

−1.28

National average172 barns · 11,123 hd

374.02

−15.79

This barn, trailing median30 sales

429.02

−70.80

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

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,488	166.25	2,474	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,639	157.41	2,580	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,241	151.20	1,877	60
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	932	127.35	1,187	13

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,205	$2,325	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,140	$1,950	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	840	$1,800	1thin

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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2	242	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,101	2
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	321	427.29/cwt	420.00–435.00	1,372	4
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	336	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,562	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	380	421.62/cwt	420.00–425.00	1,602	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	431	425.30/cwt	387.00–440.00	1,833	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	443	449.01/cwt	447.00–450.00	1,989	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	483	392.43/cwt	335.00–415.00	1,895	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	503	324.65/cwt	322.00–330.00	1,633	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	518	335.09/cwt	317.00–348.00	1,736	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	538	374.04/cwt	370.00–378.00	2,012	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	575	369.67/cwt	368.00–370.00	2,126	12
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	600	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,094	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	687	321.23/cwt	312.00–326.00	2,207	35
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	706	300.51/cwt	299.50–302.00	2,122	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2	208	371.54/cwt	360.00–380.00	773	5
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	260	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	988	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	302	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,027	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	335	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	1,229	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	358	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,289	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	385	338.36/cwt	335.00–340.00	1,303	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	406	362.81/cwt	360.00–365.00	1,473	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	425	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,445	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	425	276.62/cwt	240.00–315.00	1,176	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	452	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,627	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	460	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,288	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	477	336.73/cwt	325.00–347.00	1,606	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	515	264.50/cwt	257.00–272.00	1,362	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	521	321.86/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,677	22
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	559	323.52/cwt	322.00–325.00	1,808	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	565	268.10/cwt	257.00–279.00	1,515	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	613	272.90/cwt	255.00–282.00	1,673	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	672	279.87/cwt	272.00–285.00	1,881	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	693	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,587	5
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2-3	710	237.50/cwt	231.00–244.00	1,686	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	722	272.66/cwt	270.00–274.00	1,969	3
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	780	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,966	1
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 2-3	895	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,808	1
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	902	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	2,237	2
Heifers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 2-3	1,098	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	2,328	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	265	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,166	2
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	306	445.89/cwt	440.00–447.00	1,364	7
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	323	462.48/cwt	460.00–465.00	1,494	2
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	335	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,323	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	355	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,420	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	397	457.00/cwt	457.00–457.00	1,814	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	403	448.51/cwt	447.00–450.00	1,807	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	428	393.59/cwt	340.00–440.00	1,685	9
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	455	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,456	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	476	397.34/cwt	385.00–442.00	1,891	13
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	515	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,803	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	532	374.90/cwt	371.00–385.00	1,994	11
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	565	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,085	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	583	332.00/cwt	310.00–350.00	1,936	8
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	718	260.57/cwt	254.00–267.00	1,871	2
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	650–700	Large 3	660	215.17/cwt	210.00–217.00	1,420	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,158	138.96/cwt	135.00–142.00	1,609	2
Bulls	—	—	1,598	175.34/cwt	164.00–185.00	2,802	6
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	931	135.98/cwt	120.00–155.00	1,266	7
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	933	117.28/cwt	100.00–127.00	1,094	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,036	122.56/cwt	110.00–130.00	1,270	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,246	152.19/cwt	135.00–159.00	1,896	50
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,337	162.05/cwt	158.00–169.00	2,167	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,592	158.34/cwt	158.00–159.00	2,521	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,710	156.02/cwt	155.00–157.00	2,668	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium 1-2	840	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,140	1,950.00/head	1,950.00–1,950.00	1,950	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,205	2,325.00/head	2,325.00–2,325.00	2,325	1
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	938	164.48/cwt	144.00–212.00	1,543	6

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.

Kentucky feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

United Producers Inc. - Harned, KY

Mon Apr 21, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Frankfort, KY (LS-LG)

Feeder CattleReceipts 356Last week 1,000Year ago 768

Slaughter CattleReceipts 109Last week 307Year ago 161

Replacement CattleReceipts 8Last week 95Year ago 6

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	200–250	208	360.00–380.00	371.54
2	250–300	260	380.00	380.00
3	300–350	302	340.00	340.00
3	350–400	385	335.00–340.00	338.36
2	400–450	425	340.00	340.00
5	450–500	477	325.00–347.00	336.73
22	500–550	521	315.00–325.00	321.86
4	550–600	559	322.00–325.00	323.52
3	600–650	613	255.00–282.00	272.90
5	650–700	672	272.00–285.00	279.87
3	700–750	722	270.00–274.00	272.66
1	750–800	780	252.00	252.00
2	900–950	902	248.00	248.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	425	240.00–315.00	276.62
3	450–500	460	280.00	280.00
2	500–550	515	257.00–272.00	264.50
2	550–600	565	257.00–279.00	268.10
5	650–700	693	229.00	229.00
2	700–750	710	231.00–244.00	237.50
1	850–900	895	202.00	202.00
2	1050–1100	1,098	212.00	212.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	406	360.00–365.00	362.81
2	450–500	452	360.00	360.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	335	367.00	367.00
3	350–400	358	360.00	360.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	242	455.00	455.00
4	300–350	321	420.00–435.00	427.29
3	350–400	380	420.00–425.00	421.62
7	400–450	431	387.00–440.00	425.30
10	450–500	483	335.00–415.00	392.43
5	500–550	518	317.00–348.00	335.09
12	550–600	575	368.00–370.00	369.67
1	600–650	600	349.00	349.00
35	650–700	687	312.00–326.00	321.23
5	700–750	706	299.50–302.00	300.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	336	465.00	465.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	443	447.00–450.00	449.01
5	500–550	538	370.00–378.00	374.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	503	322.00–330.00	324.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	650–700	660	210.00–217.00	215.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	265	440.00	440.00
7	300–350	306	440.00–447.00	445.89
1	350–400	355	400.00	400.00
9	400–450	428	340.00–440.00	393.59
13	450–500	476	385.00–442.00	397.34
1	500–550	515	350.00	350.00
8	550–600	583	310.00–350.00	332.00
2	700–750	718	254.00–267.00	260.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	323	460.00–465.00	462.48
3	350–400	397	457.00	457.00
2	400–450	403	447.00–450.00	448.51
11	500–550	532	371.00–385.00	374.90
1	550–600	565	369.00	369.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	335	395.00	395.00
1	450–500	455	320.00	320.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	933	100.00–127.00	117.28
7	—	931	120.00–155.00	135.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,592	158.00–159.00	158.34
2	—	1,710	155.00–157.00	156.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,036	110.00–130.00	122.56
50	—	1,246	135.00–159.00	152.19
6	—	1,337	158.00–169.00	162.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,598	164.00–185.00	175.34
2	—	1,158	135.00–142.00	138.96

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,205	2,325.00	2,325.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,140	1,950.00	1,950.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	840	1,800.00	1,800.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	938	144.00–212.00	164.48

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.