Sale reports / Kentucky / Harned Livestock Auction / 2026-02-02

Harned Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, Feb 2
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207
Feeder Cattle receipts
195 head
▼ 307 vs last sale 502▼ 878 vs year ago 1,073 · −81.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
11 head
▼ 87 vs last sale 98▼ 116 vs year ago 127 · −91.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available due to weather no sales last week.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $397.38/cwt on 13 head. That ranks 9 of 30 comparable sales and sits −31.64 against this barn's trailing median of $429.02.
Average price
$397.38
13 head · 559 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,220
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$45
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$44.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−52.97
vs KY average
−85.65 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2539414.502,2328thin
Medium and Large 2-3591370.002,1875thin
One grade step is worth $44.50/cwt here — about $45 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 sale13 hd
397.38
—
KY average6 barns · 76 hd
450.36
−52.97
National average143 barns · 13,122 hd
483.03
−85.65
This barn, trailing median30 sales
429.02
−31.64
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
492445398350median 429.0203/0205/0407/1309/1411/02
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,800196.003,5281thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,261175.792,2179thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average900150.001,3502thin

Every lot

45 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Value Added392482.00/cwt482.00–482.001,8894
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2440415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,8261
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added513388.00/cwt388.00–388.001,9904
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added564441.00/cwt441.00–441.002,4874
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3591370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,1875
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added635410.48/cwt410.00–414.002,60716
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2648385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,4959
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2-3660318.38/cwt302.00–335.002,1012
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2688343.43/cwt337.00–350.002,3632
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added696370.52/cwt365.00–376.002,5796
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2-3700285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,9951
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2726362.40/cwt360.00–364.002,6315
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2755350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,6431
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2805337.00/cwt337.00–337.002,7131
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2-3835278.13/cwt256.00–300.002,3222
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2856329.00/cwt329.00–329.002,81612
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2-3873257.03/cwt225.00–290.002,2442
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2315380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,1974
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Value Added360430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,5481
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2420453.99/cwt452.00–455.001,9073
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3423398.22/cwt380.00–415.001,6842
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2480402.00/cwt402.00–402.001,9303
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2521386.62/cwt384.00–388.002,0146
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3570362.00/cwt362.00–362.002,0631
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2591374.00/cwt374.00–374.002,2105
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3610325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,9832
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2613362.78/cwt359.00–368.002,2247
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3665335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,2281
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2688338.30/cwt334.00–347.002,32815
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2709321.72/cwt320.00–322.002,2817
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2-3745290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,1611
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2-3855288.43/cwt277.00–300.002,4662
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2260380.00/cwt380.00–380.009881
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy335507.00/cwt507.00–507.001,6981
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2443451.74/cwt431.00–462.002,0013
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3470401.70/cwt400.00–405.001,8883
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2545410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,2354
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2645322.00/cwt322.00–322.002,0771
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2715312.00/cwt312.00–312.002,2311
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,800196.00/cwt196.00–196.003,5281
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%820144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,1811
Cows—Lean 85-90%980156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,5291
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,047170.77/cwt159.00–179.001,7885
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,425156.00/cwt156.00–156.002,2231
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,563190.74/cwt184.00–199.002,9813

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.