Sale reports / Kentucky / Harned Livestock Auction / 2025-12-15

Harned Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, Dec 15
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207
Feeder Cattle receipts
257 head
▼ 456 vs last sale 713▼ 99 vs year ago 356 · −27.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
66 head
▼ 41 vs last sale 107▼ 56 vs year ago 122 · −45.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 10▼ 16 vs year ago 18 · −88.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold mostly steady. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold steady

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $363.78/cwt on 29 head. That ranks 5 of 30 comparable sales and sits −53.58 against this barn's trailing median of $417.37.
Average price
$363.78
29 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,000
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$152
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$51.99/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.63
vs KY average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2544370.952,01825
Medium and Large 2-3585318.961,8664thin
One grade step is worth $51.99/cwt here — about $152 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 sale29 hd
363.78
—
KY average23 barns · 455 hd
354.15
+9.63
This barn, trailing median30 sales
417.37
−53.58
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
502440378316median 417.3703/0204/2006/2208/3111/02
Bulls 500–600 lb: high $488.42, low $330.23, median $417.37 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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Low1,619179.472,9068thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,605160.572,5773thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,231154.431,90129
CowsLean 85-90%Low984125.301,2337thin

Every lot

59 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 1-2365415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,5151
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Value Added370445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,6471
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2-3400435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,7401
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2430401.00/cwt401.00–401.001,7241
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added441430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,8964
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2470411.50/cwt405.00–417.001,9343
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added520405.00/cwt405.00–405.002,1061
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2530365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,9352
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2569372.96/cwt370.00–375.002,1225
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2-3630345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,1741
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2638380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,4242
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2885260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,3011
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2-3225325.00/cwt325.00–325.007311
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2-3288327.70/cwt305.00–350.009442
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3310320.00/cwt320.00–320.009921
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2385414.34/cwt405.00–435.001,5958
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3392332.55/cwt300.00–340.001,3045
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3409387.10/cwt360.00–405.001,5834
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2420404.49/cwt402.00–405.001,6996
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2481350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,6844
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3482372.00/cwt372.00–372.001,7933
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3525303.69/cwt264.00–335.001,59410
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2527360.89/cwt347.00–365.001,90227
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2575331.59/cwt315.00–340.001,9073
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3580310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,7981
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3608307.01/cwt305.00–310.001,8675
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2645305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,9671
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3680250.99/cwt250.00–255.001,7075
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2-3265378.19/cwt350.00–397.001,0027
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2-3300340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,0201
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2303415.12/cwt400.00–430.001,2582
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy348485.00/cwt485.00–485.001,6882
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2373400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,4922
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2-3390325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,2681
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3410378.74/cwt370.00–395.001,5533
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2430437.00/cwt437.00–437.001,8794
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2480404.22/cwt380.00–430.001,9402
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3484353.36/cwt335.00–382.001,7104
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2514364.26/cwt340.00–395.001,8729
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2561374.72/cwt335.00–380.002,10216
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3585318.96/cwt290.00–335.001,8664
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2-3618283.07/cwt275.00–297.001,7494
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2634318.67/cwt310.00–370.002,02013
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2684310.00/cwt307.00–311.002,1208
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2-3718224.15/cwt190.00–260.001,6092
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2775245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,8992
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 2-3930187.37/cwt175.00–200.001,7432
Bulls1000–1050Medium and Large 2-31,045192.00/cwt192.00–192.002,0061
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers300–350Large 3320210.00/cwt210.00–210.006721
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,350171.52/cwt169.00–174.002,3164
Bulls——1,888187.41/cwt184.00–192.003,5384
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%968126.32/cwt118.00–130.001,2233
Cows—Lean 85-90%972118.37/cwt110.00–126.001,1513
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,070143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,5301
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,184142.63/cwt131.00–150.001,6898
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,244156.19/cwt134.00–165.001,94317
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,268170.55/cwt167.00–174.002,1634
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,605160.57/cwt158.00–162.002,5773
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2928192.35/cwt180.00–200.001,7852

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.