Sale reports / Kentucky / Harned Livestock Auction / 2026-03-30

Harned Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, Mar 30
● Final97 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207
Feeder Cattle receipts
714 head
▼ 46 vs last sale 760▼ 10 vs year ago 724 · −1.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
74 head
▼ 57 vs last sale 131▼ 39 vs year ago 113 · −34.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
12 head
▼ 7 vs last sale 19▲ 7 vs year ago 5 · +140.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week : Feeder steers and feeder heifers under 500 lbs sold 10.00 to 15.00 higher. Feeders over 500 lbs sold 3.00 to 6.00 higher. Strong demand for feeders 500 lbs and under. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold stead steady to firm.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $412.04/cwt on 55 head, up $23.82 from the prior sale. That ranks 29 of 33 comparable sales and sits +31.67 against this barn's trailing median of $380.37.
Average price
$412.04
▲ 23.82 vs prior sale
55 head · 538 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,215
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$141
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$24.57/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.85
vs KY average
−11.15 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2538415.612,23547
Medium and Large 2-3536391.042,0958thin
One grade step is worth $24.57/cwt here — about $141 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale55 hd
412.04
—
KY average25 barns · 1,793 hd
415.89
−3.85
National average175 barns · 10,886 hd
423.19
−11.15
This barn, trailing median33 sales
380.37
+31.67
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—Average1,831202.263,7049thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,422192.022,7303thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,236177.222,19043
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,060150.331,5937thin

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)950$3,2501thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,260$3,0001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)915$2,6501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,250$3,3251thin

Every lot

97 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 2-3240500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,2001
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2315580.00/cwt580.00–580.001,8271
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Value Added360675.00/cwt675.00–675.002,4302
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2365623.77/cwt605.00–665.002,2775
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2-3380545.00/cwt545.00–545.002,0711
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2408598.23/cwt587.50–612.502,4413
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2-3410545.00/cwt545.00–545.002,2351
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added418620.00/cwt620.00–620.002,5922
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added465563.07/cwt555.00–580.002,6183
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2475524.45/cwt492.50–565.002,49112
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3487467.61/cwt400.00–495.002,2775
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3500380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,9001
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2524505.40/cwt500.00–510.002,64820
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3564413.84/cwt340.00–440.002,3344
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2578456.40/cwt420.00–575.002,63838
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added585454.10/cwt449.00–465.002,6566
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added603425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,5633
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2-3630368.84/cwt350.00–382.002,3243
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2641420.58/cwt412.50–427.502,6964
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2667402.48/cwt395.00–417.502,6853
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added720385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,77210
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2740365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,7011
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2775350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,7131
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 2-31,060290.00/cwt290.00–290.003,0741
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers100–150Medium and Large 1-2140730.00/cwt730.00–730.001,0221
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2-3217514.00/cwt490.00–555.001,1153
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2223563.32/cwt500.00–590.001,2564
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2260530.00/cwt510.00–550.001,3782
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2-3286490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,4012
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2324514.47/cwt500.00–530.001,6674
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3337485.17/cwt460.00–493.001,6354
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2370500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,8504
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3377453.28/cwt300.00–485.001,70913
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3420448.98/cwt400.00–475.001,88611
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2425481.72/cwt480.00–482.502,0473
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added455480.00/cwt480.00–480.002,1842
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3467442.39/cwt400.00–482.002,06617
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2474470.94/cwt452.50–510.002,23229
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added512431.12/cwt420.00–435.002,2079
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3512414.64/cwt385.00–435.002,1235
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2516422.53/cwt400.00–440.002,18020
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2575400.17/cwt380.00–430.002,30118
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3575351.72/cwt325.00–382.002,0223
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3600329.00/cwt329.00–329.001,9741
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added621372.50/cwt372.50–372.502,3135
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2625352.52/cwt350.00–360.002,2034
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2676347.44/cwt340.00–355.002,3499
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3688281.61/cwt225.00–337.001,9372
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2-3755325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,4541
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2805326.00/cwt326.00–326.002,62410
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2-3885312.50/cwt312.50–312.502,7661
Feeder Cattle · Bulls32 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1-2200660.00/cwt660.00–660.001,3201
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2Fancy265630.00/cwt630.00–630.001,6701
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2292553.31/cwt550.00–555.001,6163
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2-3322570.39/cwt500.00–655.001,8376
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2323577.56/cwt575.00–580.001,8662
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2Fancy335695.00/cwt695.00–695.002,3281
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Fancy360642.13/cwt600.00–665.002,3123
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2360550.93/cwt530.00–562.501,9837
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2-3377497.68/cwt425.00–630.001,8766
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy405607.47/cwt600.00–620.002,4604
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2-3425500.69/cwt465.00–575.002,12812
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2428546.88/cwt520.00–565.002,34110
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Fancy460563.41/cwt550.00–570.002,5926
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2470515.39/cwt500.00–525.002,42210
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added475532.50/cwt532.50–532.502,5292
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3487484.32/cwt455.00–515.002,35927
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2519484.37/cwt455.00–495.002,51414
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3526426.77/cwt370.00–495.002,24511
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fancy557483.32/cwt480.00–485.002,6923
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2571451.88/cwt432.50–467.502,58019
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3585405.61/cwt385.00–419.002,3737
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2-3606342.39/cwt340.00–343.002,0755
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2616418.62/cwt410.00–440.002,5797
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2682377.50/cwt377.50–377.502,5754
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2-3695325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,2591
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2725367.00/cwt367.00–367.002,6611
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2755362.50/cwt362.50–362.502,7372
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2-3840350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,9401
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 2-3905282.00/cwt282.00–282.002,5521
Bulls1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,020230.00/cwt230.00–230.002,3461
Bulls1050–1100Medium and Large 1-21,060229.00/cwt229.00–229.002,4271
Bulls1150–1200Medium and Large 1-21,170229.00/cwt229.00–229.002,6792
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,790190.39/cwt180.00–205.003,4085
Bulls——1,883217.10/cwt215.00–221.004,0884
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%795135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,0731
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,104152.89/cwt147.00–158.001,6886
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,130146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,6501
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,207173.67/cwt160.00–187.002,09631
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,235195.53/cwt191.00–199.002,4152
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,326190.05/cwt186.00–204.002,52011
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,795185.00/cwt185.00–185.003,3211
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29152,650.00/head2,650.00–2,650.002,6501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29503,250.00/head3,250.00–3,250.003,2501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2603,000.00/head3,000.00–3,000.003,0001
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2503,325.00/head3,325.00–3,325.003,3251
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2967248.06/cwt209.00–320.002,3999

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.