Sale reports / Kentucky / Harned Livestock Auction / 2026-03-16

Harned Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, Mar 16
● Final76 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207
Feeder Cattle receipts
496 head
▼ 90 vs last sale 586▼ 2 vs year ago 498 · −0.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
92 head
▲ 51 vs last sale 41▲ 29 vs year ago 63 · +46.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 3▲ 0 vs year ago 8 · +0.0%
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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 $396.89/cwt on 27 head, up $18.78 from the prior sale. That ranks 23 of 33 comparable sales and sits +16.52 against this barn's trailing median of $380.37.
Average price
$396.89
▲ 18.78 vs prior sale
27 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,162
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$227
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$50.64/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.56
vs KY average
−19.23 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2544400.642,17825
Medium and Large 2-3558350.001,9512thin
One grade step is worth $50.64/cwt here — about $227 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
396.89
—
KY average27 barns · 1,255 hd
404.45
−7.56
National average164 barns · 8,069 hd
416.12
−19.23
This barn, trailing median33 sales
380.37
+16.52
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—High1,860204.953,81215
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,224175.212,14431
CowsLean 85-90%Average925143.501,3278thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,227253.673,1137thin

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)Young (2-4 yrs)1,120$3,0001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,245$1,2751thin

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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2345510.00/cwt510.00–510.001,76012
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2376534.48/cwt530.00–540.002,0106
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added448530.00/cwt530.00–530.002,3742
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added450510.00/cwt510.00–510.002,2951
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2468500.92/cwt497.50–502.502,34413
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3490480.00/cwt480.00–480.002,3521
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2517480.00/cwt480.00–480.002,4823
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2597422.50/cwt422.50–422.502,5223
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added615425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,61411
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2660384.00/cwt384.00–384.002,5345
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2-3665388.00/cwt388.00–388.002,5801
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added702374.54/cwt374.00–375.002,62911
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2790320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,5281
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2-3835324.48/cwt321.00–328.002,7092
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2-3872329.00/cwt329.00–329.002,8692
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 1-2195535.00/cwt535.00–535.001,0431
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2206405.00/cwt405.00–405.008341
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3325408.35/cwt347.00–440.001,3274
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2341470.25/cwt465.00–485.001,6048
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2373476.48/cwt465.00–482.001,77716
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3378422.02/cwt390.00–450.001,5959
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added420483.93/cwt480.00–490.002,0335
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2426460.02/cwt445.00–473.001,96024
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3426422.07/cwt372.00–440.001,7985
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2466443.75/cwt430.00–475.002,06816
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3474391.99/cwt330.00–450.001,8589
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2529396.31/cwt385.00–405.002,0964
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added531414.01/cwt412.00–422.502,1986
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3540380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,0521
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added550415.00/cwt415.00–415.002,2832
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2553393.59/cwt387.50–407.002,17713
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3575320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,8401
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2620341.22/cwt340.00–342.502,1162
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added625365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,2811
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3625355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,2191
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3650300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,9503
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2693329.78/cwt328.00–332.502,2855
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2-3720275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,9801
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2750305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,2881
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2-3762290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,2102
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2-3890295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,6261
Feeder Cattle · Bulls25 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 2-3220420.00/cwt420.00–420.009241
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1-2225527.67/cwt520.00–535.001,1872
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2Fancy255580.00/cwt580.00–580.001,4791
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2276525.00/cwt505.00–540.001,4494
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy300580.00/cwt580.00–580.001,7401
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2327541.07/cwt500.00–575.001,7697
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2376534.40/cwt500.00–580.002,00921
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3413468.43/cwt410.00–485.001,9356
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2428509.88/cwt500.00–520.002,1824
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added458492.50/cwt492.50–492.502,25615
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3465462.70/cwt440.00–475.002,1523
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2471485.14/cwt470.00–497.502,2859
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3522410.44/cwt290.00–435.002,1428
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2532455.89/cwt435.00–475.002,42511
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fancy556485.00/cwt485.00–485.002,6974
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2561445.49/cwt445.00–447.002,4994
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3566397.51/cwt315.00–430.002,2504
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2-3620375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,3251
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2630387.46/cwt385.00–395.002,4414
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2680370.69/cwt367.50–377.502,5213
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2-3680310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,1081
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2755332.00/cwt332.00–332.002,5071
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2-3855270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,3091
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 2-3915242.00/cwt242.00–242.002,2141
Bulls1100–1150Medium and Large 2-31,115241.00/cwt241.00–241.002,6871
Slaughter Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers—Choice1,227253.67/cwt244.00–274.003,1137
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,837203.37/cwt198.00–206.003,73612
Bulls——1,952211.27/cwt209.00–215.004,1243
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%925143.50/cwt128.00–149.001,3278
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,115145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,6171
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,170163.36/cwt155.00–170.001,9119
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,252181.72/cwt174.00–190.002,27521
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1203,000.00/head3,000.00–3,000.003,0001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2451,275.00/head1,275.00–1,275.001,2751
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2821224.77/cwt178.00–326.001,8458

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.