Sale reports / Kentucky / Harned Livestock Auction / 2025-10-27

Harned Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, Oct 27
● Final84 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207
Feeder Cattle receipts
802 head
▲ 129 vs last sale 673▲ 114 vs year ago 688 · +16.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
113 head
▲ 34 vs last sale 79▲ 15 vs year ago 98 · +15.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
13 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 8▼ 1 vs year ago 14 · −7.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold 10.00 -12.00 lower. Moderate to plain quality feeder steers and feeder heifers sold sharply lower. Considerable declines in the CME futures for several days have pressured the market lower. 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 $314.71/cwt on 56 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −65.66 against this barn's trailing median of $380.37.
Average price
$314.71
56 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,732
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$218
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$32.26/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−37.74
vs KY average
−60.18 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2557330.841,84228
Medium and Large 2-3544298.581,62428
One grade step is worth $32.26/cwt here — about $218 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale56 hd
314.71
—
KY average25 barns · 1,659 hd
352.45
−37.74
National average184 barns · 21,753 hd
374.89
−60.18
This barn, trailing median33 sales
380.37
−65.66
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—Low1,603191.813,07418
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,428163.082,3294thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,231158.931,95740
CowsLean 85-90%Average969143.391,39016

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)Young (2-4 yrs)900$2,6501thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,020$2,3501thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,125$1,7501thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,035$1,6251thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)705$1,1251thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)975$2,5501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,100$2,5502thin

Every lot

84 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2340370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,2582
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2375391.67/cwt385.00–405.001,4693
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2-3420364.64/cwt350.00–380.001,5312
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2428404.44/cwt390.00–410.001,73112
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2486392.14/cwt380.00–395.001,9067
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2523373.42/cwt365.00–385.001,95329
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3523340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,7783
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2565360.22/cwt357.00–365.002,03513
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added566372.00/cwt372.00–372.002,10622
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3578342.43/cwt332.00–350.001,97912
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2-3610331.68/cwt320.00–346.002,0234
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2632361.10/cwt360.00–365.002,2828
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2-3655310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,0311
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2668338.23/cwt333.00–340.002,25918
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2710330.00/cwt320.00–335.002,3436
Steers900–950Medium and Large 2-3935220.00/cwt220.00–220.002,0571
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2-3231303.75/cwt275.00–370.007023
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2255375.00/cwt375.00–375.009561
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2-3265345.00/cwt345.00–345.009141
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2319337.79/cwt330.00–345.001,0785
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3326302.60/cwt285.00–317.009864
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3382309.55/cwt240.00–330.001,18213
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2384345.40/cwt336.00–360.001,3268
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3423328.14/cwt320.00–342.001,3884
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2428371.38/cwt343.00–385.001,59021
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3468319.34/cwt280.00–370.001,4958
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2473360.63/cwt345.00–375.751,70651
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added510356.00/cwt356.00–356.001,8162
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2533342.77/cwt339.00–346.001,8279
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3533312.09/cwt250.00–338.001,66320
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3571264.81/cwt240.00–305.001,5128
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2575321.56/cwt310.00–330.001,84917
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2613308.24/cwt300.00–317.001,8906
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3630282.76/cwt282.00–285.001,7814
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3678259.56/cwt220.00–280.001,7604
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2685316.56/cwt295.00–327.002,1683
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2703285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,0043
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2-3716269.43/cwt250.00–280.001,9294
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2785285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,2371
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2-3795197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,5661
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2-3872282.00/cwt282.00–282.002,4592
Feeder Cattle · Bulls25 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2-3208322.00/cwt322.00–322.006702
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2-3295298.00/cwt298.00–298.008791
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2-3300355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,0652
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2322381.74/cwt380.00–385.001,2293
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2-3375366.60/cwt325.00–405.001,3752
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2381389.89/cwt370.00–400.001,48528
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Value Added388420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,6303
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2404390.09/cwt360.00–400.001,5764
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy415400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,6601
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3425354.65/cwt340.00–370.001,5072
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added471382.00/cwt382.00–382.001,7994
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3481308.93/cwt265.00–340.001,4865
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2486354.01/cwt350.00–360.001,7205
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2518361.92/cwt347.00–370.001,87518
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3522314.50/cwt240.00–345.001,64220
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added535377.00/cwt377.00–377.002,0177
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2558349.93/cwt340.00–355.001,9539
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3570335.36/cwt297.00–390.001,9126
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2617328.87/cwt314.00–342.002,02916
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2-3640270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,7281
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2661320.64/cwt310.00–327.002,11911
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2-3665272.16/cwt250.00–295.001,8102
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2720292.14/cwt280.00–310.002,1033
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2768270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,0742
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 2-3910205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,8661
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,503179.56/cwt177.00–182.002,6992
Bulls——1,599191.91/cwt185.00–197.003,06914
Bulls——1,728203.35/cwt200.00–206.003,5142
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%954138.66/cwt120.00–150.001,32310
Cows—Lean 85-90%995151.28/cwt147.00–154.001,5056
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,157144.89/cwt143.00–149.001,6765
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,214159.39/cwt150.00–168.001,93530
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,410170.21/cwt170.00–171.002,4005
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,428163.08/cwt155.00–166.002,3294
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium 1-27051,125.00/head1,125.00–1,125.001,1251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29002,650.00/head2,650.00–2,650.002,6501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0202,350.00/head2,350.00–2,350.002,3501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0351,625.00/head1,625.00–1,625.001,6251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1251,750.00/head1,750.00–1,750.001,7501
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-29752,550.00/head2,550.00–2,550.002,5501
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2900188.98/cwt175.00–212.001,7014
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 1-21,0002,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2003,100.00/head3,100.00–3,100.003,1001

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.