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Harned Livestock Auction

Name: Harned Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-08-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-25

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, Aug 25

● Final76 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207

← Aug 18Aug 25Sep 8 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

704 head

▲ 374 vs last sale 330▲ 92 vs year ago 612 · +15.0%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

86 head

▲ 39 vs last sale 47▲ 3 vs year ago 83 · +3.6%

Replacement Cattle receipts

5 head

▲ 3 vs last sale 2▲ 2 vs year ago 3 · +66.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers 500 lbs and under sold 8.00 to 12.00 higher and lightweight feeders sold Sharply higher. Strong demand for all feeders especially 500 lbs and under. Feeder Steers and feeder heifers over 5.00 lbs sold 5.00 to 8.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher and slaughter bulls sold steady.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $354.60/cwt on 42 head. That ranks 12 of 33 comparable sales and sits −25.77 against this barn's trailing median of $380.37.

Average price

$354.60

42 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,947

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$150

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

$31.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.29

vs KY average

−15.21 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	547	364.33	1,993	29
Medium and Large 2-3	554	332.89	1,843	13thin

One grade step is worth $31.44/cwt here — about $150 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale42 hd

354.60

—

KY average24 barns · 1,094 hd

360.89

−6.29

National average160 barns · 10,603 hd

369.81

−15.21

This barn, trailing median33 sales

380.37

−25.77

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

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,694	208.19	3,527	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,384	178.51	2,471	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,273	174.60	2,222	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,017	152.18	1,547	3thin

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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,293	$2,639	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,250	$2,475	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,350	$2,775	1thin

Every lot

76 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	328	462.31/cwt	442.00–500.00	1,516	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	352	507.00/cwt	507.00–507.00	1,785	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	355	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,331	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	387	491.48/cwt	485.00–500.00	1,902	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	428	442.38/cwt	437.00–460.00	1,893	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	480	435.91/cwt	400.00–450.00	2,092	22
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	516	423.72/cwt	422.00–427.00	2,186	16
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	532	386.74/cwt	375.00–410.00	2,057	3
Steers	500–550	Large 1-2	535	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,247	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	572	383.74/cwt	375.00–402.00	2,195	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	583	357.53/cwt	350.00–365.00	2,084	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	616	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,279	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	625	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,200	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	667	364.00/cwt	357.00–374.00	2,428	19
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	668	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	2,445	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	690	337.02/cwt	335.00–338.00	2,325	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	747	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,622	13
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2-3	768	332.67/cwt	332.00–333.00	2,555	3
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	801	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,787	4
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2-3	805	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,640	1
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 2-3	864	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,290	7
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	985	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,857	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	203	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	934	3
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2	240	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	960	1
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	255	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,084	1
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	293	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	1,178	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	302	429.78/cwt	390.00–450.00	1,298	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	374	435.75/cwt	430.00–445.00	1,630	8
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	385	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,810	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	395	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,521	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	401	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,805	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	424	428.50/cwt	420.00–440.00	1,817	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	429	367.74/cwt	320.00–390.00	1,578	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	474	393.33/cwt	390.00–400.00	1,864	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	475	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	1,767	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	523	330.27/cwt	295.00–350.00	1,727	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	530	369.64/cwt	360.00–385.00	1,959	18
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	575	355.64/cwt	332.00–387.00	2,045	11
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	580	335.14/cwt	330.00–347.00	1,944	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	615	321.70/cwt	220.00–348.00	1,978	10
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	617	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,197	10
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	637	319.61/cwt	310.00–322.00	2,036	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	661	342.91/cwt	337.00–358.00	2,267	8
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	692	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,180	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2-3	708	277.15/cwt	262.00–285.00	1,962	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	720	331.02/cwt	330.00–332.00	2,383	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2-3	760	271.49/cwt	268.00–285.00	2,063	9
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 2-3	900	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,295	7
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 2-3	955	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,531	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	371	466.23/cwt	427.00–500.00	1,730	7
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	395	385.00/cwt	285.00–435.00	1,521	6
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	430	455.72/cwt	427.00–480.00	1,960	11
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	447	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,676	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	478	420.61/cwt	395.00–435.00	2,011	13
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	486	364.06/cwt	295.00–390.00	1,769	4
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	514	405.11/cwt	392.00–412.00	2,082	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	530	354.04/cwt	300.00–375.00	1,876	8
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	558	322.33/cwt	310.00–335.00	1,799	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	578	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,110	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	603	324.83/cwt	285.00–365.00	1,959	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	610	335.22/cwt	325.00–340.00	2,045	9
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	654	307.00/cwt	295.00–310.00	2,008	5
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	775	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,635	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,220	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	2,233	1
Bulls	—	—	1,641	209.34/cwt	205.00–216.00	3,435	4
Bulls	—	—	2,038	218.47/cwt	218.00–219.00	4,452	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	990	148.27/cwt	145.00–151.00	1,468	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,070	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,712	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,155	175.01/cwt	173.00–177.00	2,021	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,212	166.02/cwt	160.00–175.00	2,012	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,342	184.40/cwt	174.00–190.00	2,475	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,613	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	2,936	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,250	2,475.00/head	2,475.00–2,475.00	2,475	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,293	2,638.68/head	2,550.00–2,725.00	2,639	2
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,350	2,775.00/head	2,775.00–2,775.00	2,775	1
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	747	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,546	1

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 Aug 25, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 704Last week 330Year ago 612

Slaughter CattleReceipts 86Last week 47Year ago 83

Replacement CattleReceipts 5Last week 2Year ago 3

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	375.00	375.00
2	550–600	583	350.00–365.00	357.53
3	650–700	690	335.00–338.00	337.02
3	750–800	768	332.00–333.00	332.67
1	800–850	805	328.00	328.00
7	850–900	864	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	352	507.00	507.00
16	500–550	516	422.00–427.00	423.72
6	600–650	616	370.00	370.00
3	650–700	668	366.00	366.00
13	700–750	747	351.00	351.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	328	442.00–500.00	462.31
7	350–400	387	485.00–500.00	491.48
4	400–450	428	437.00–460.00	442.38
22	450–500	480	400.00–450.00	435.91
3	500–550	532	375.00–410.00	386.74
6	550–600	572	375.00–402.00	383.74
1	600–650	625	352.00	352.00
19	650–700	667	357.00–374.00	364.00
4	800–850	801	348.00	348.00
1	950–1000	985	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	535	420.00	420.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	400.00	400.00
3	250–300	293	402.00	402.00
8	350–400	374	430.00–445.00	435.75
7	400–450	424	420.00–440.00	428.50
10	450–500	474	390.00–400.00	393.33
18	500–550	530	360.00–385.00	369.64
11	550–600	575	332.00–387.00	355.64
5	600–650	637	310.00–322.00	319.61
8	650–700	661	337.00–358.00	342.91
2	700–750	720	330.00–332.00	331.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	470.00	470.00
4	400–450	401	450.00	450.00
10	600–650	617	356.00	356.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	302	390.00–450.00	429.78
1	350–400	395	385.00	385.00
7	400–450	429	320.00–390.00	367.74
2	450–500	475	372.00	372.00
6	500–550	523	295.00–350.00	330.27
7	550–600	580	330.00–347.00	335.14
10	600–650	615	220.00–348.00	321.70
2	650–700	692	315.00	315.00
3	700–750	708	262.00–285.00	277.15
9	750–800	760	268.00–285.00	271.49
7	900–950	900	255.00	255.00
1	950–1000	955	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	203	460.00	460.00
1	250–300	255	425.00	425.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	371	427.00–500.00	466.23
11	400–450	430	427.00–480.00	455.72
13	450–500	478	395.00–435.00	420.61
3	500–550	514	392.00–412.00	405.11
2	550–600	578	365.00	365.00
9	600–650	610	325.00–340.00	335.22
1	750–800	775	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	395	285.00–435.00	385.00
3	400–450	447	375.00	375.00
4	450–500	486	295.00–390.00	364.06
8	500–550	530	300.00–375.00	354.04
2	550–600	558	310.00–335.00	322.33
2	600–650	603	285.00–365.00	324.83
5	650–700	654	295.00–310.00	307.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,070	160.00	160.00
2	—	990	145.00–151.00	148.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,613	182.00	182.00
2	—	1,155	173.00–177.00	175.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,342	174.00–190.00	184.40
8	—	1,212	160.00–175.00	166.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,641	205.00–216.00	209.34
1	—	1,220	183.00	183.00
2	—	2,038	218.00–219.00	218.47

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	—	1,250	2,475.00	2,475.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,293	2,550.00–2,725.00	2,638.68

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,350	2,775.00	2,775.00

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	1	—	747	207.00	207.00

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.