Sale reports / Kentucky / Harned Livestock Auction / 2025-06-30

Harned Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, Jun 30
● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207
Feeder Cattle receipts
325 head
▼ 64 vs last sale 389▲ 84 vs year ago 241 · +34.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
76 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 71▼ 34 vs year ago 110 · −30.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
14 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 4▲ 9 vs year ago 5 · +180.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold steady to 3.00 lower. Slaughter cows and 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 $307.37/cwt on 27 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −73.00 against this barn's trailing median of $380.37.
Average price
$307.37
27 head · 540 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,659
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$249
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$37.74/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−21.45
vs KY average
−35.59 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2545319.951,74418thin
Medium and Large 2-3530282.211,4959thin
One grade step is worth $37.74/cwt here — about $249 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 sale27 hd
307.37
—
KY average18 barns · 569 hd
328.82
−21.45
National average21 barns · 2,053 hd
342.96
−35.59
This barn, trailing median33 sales
380.37
−73.00
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—Average1,628194.033,1596thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,230160.741,97739
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,621158.592,5718thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low885125.721,11311

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,173$2,2882thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)987$2,1583thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,140$2,1482thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,015$2,1251thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)995$1,7501thin

Every lot

63 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2382405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,5472
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2420405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,7012
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy425435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,8491
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2468368.18/cwt366.00–375.001,7236
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2520355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,8462
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3540285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,5391
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2553354.28/cwt340.00–359.001,9596
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3592332.00/cwt332.00–332.001,9653
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2635328.00/cwt328.00–328.002,0834
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2665313.53/cwt310.00–317.002,0852
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2-3680197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,3402
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2823279.36/cwt273.00–286.002,2992
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2228254.34/cwt200.00–315.005802
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2-3240275.00/cwt275.00–275.006601
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2260325.00/cwt325.00–325.008451
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2314335.76/cwt330.00–340.001,05410
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3327285.18/cwt275.00–290.009333
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2375325.14/cwt300.00–350.001,2197
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3425296.16/cwt280.00–310.001,2593
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2426318.66/cwt300.00–334.001,35721
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3468284.43/cwt262.00–330.001,3316
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2472323.20/cwt307.00–347.001,52631
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2506308.40/cwt300.00–317.001,5616
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3511281.39/cwt260.00–290.001,4386
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added518335.65/cwt335.00–337.001,7393
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3567283.84/cwt272.00–300.001,6093
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2580322.41/cwt317.00–327.001,8709
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2628282.98/cwt272.00–288.001,7777
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3655255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,6702
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2688282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,9403
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2-3735200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,4701
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2-3845207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,7491
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2932237.00/cwt237.00–237.002,2093
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2324427.55/cwt420.00–435.001,3857
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2-3365330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,2052
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2380388.80/cwt355.00–400.001,47710
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2427395.34/cwt325.00–420.001,68814
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3428352.31/cwt280.00–390.001,5083
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2480353.79/cwt340.00–380.001,69819
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2529334.03/cwt316.00–350.001,7675
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3533303.38/cwt300.00–305.001,6173
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2570329.64/cwt327.00–335.001,8793
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3578275.04/cwt265.00–285.001,5902
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2-3605265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,6031
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2619290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,7959
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2683280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,9122
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2704262.77/cwt250.00–267.001,8504
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2755270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,0392
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 2-3995202.00/cwt202.00–202.002,0101
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,628194.03/cwt180.00–201.003,1596
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%885129.79/cwt97.00–145.001,14910
Cows—Lean 85-90%88585.00/cwt85.00–85.007521
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,135136.12/cwt130.00–142.001,5453
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,199176.61/cwt171.00–184.002,1187
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,247159.45/cwt149.00–169.001,98829
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,621158.59/cwt152.00–166.002,5718
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2902180.23/cwt170.00–189.001,6265
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29872,157.90/head2,000.00–2,400.002,1583
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29951,750.00/head1,750.00–1,750.001,7501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0152,125.00/head2,125.00–2,125.002,1251
Bred Cows—Medium 1-21,0552,100.00/head2,100.00–2,100.002,1001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1402,148.36/head2,025.00–2,275.002,1482
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2902,475.00/head2,475.00–2,475.002,4751

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.