Sale reports / Kentucky / Harned Livestock Auction / 2026-05-04

Harned Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, May 4
● Final93 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207
Feeder Cattle receipts
612 head
▼ 222 vs last sale 834▲ 55 vs year ago 557 · +9.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
86 head
▼ 26 vs last sale 112▼ 15 vs year ago 101 · −14.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
14 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 17▲ 7 vs year ago 7 · +100.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week : Feeders steers and feeder heifers sold steady to 3.00 higher. 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 $404.15/cwt on 44 head, up $9.20 from the prior sale. That ranks 25 of 33 comparable sales and sits +23.78 against this barn's trailing median of $380.37.
Average price
$404.15
▲ 9.20 vs prior sale
44 head · 558 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,256
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$240
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$31.29/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.35
vs KY average
−23.75 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2561409.132,29537
Medium and Large 2-3544377.842,0557thin
One grade step is worth $31.29/cwt here — about $240 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 sale44 hd
404.15
—
KY average26 barns · 1,247 hd
413.50
−9.35
National average182 barns · 12,459 hd
427.90
−23.75
This barn, trailing median33 sales
380.37
+23.78
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—High1,744214.343,73813
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,542185.672,8623thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,210178.722,16232
CowsLean 85-90%High969145.321,4084thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,200205.002,4601thin

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)1,297$3,1073thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,483$2,9502thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,275$2,6001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,275$2,2251thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,163$3,2883thin

Every lot

93 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Value Added312670.00/cwt670.00–670.002,0902
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2325600.00/cwt600.00–600.001,9501
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2-3385395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,5211
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2395565.00/cwt565.00–565.002,2322
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added418570.00/cwt570.00–570.002,3832
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2423507.90/cwt500.00–515.002,1482
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added469549.88/cwt540.00–555.002,5797
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2-3485496.03/cwt475.00–517.502,4062
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2495505.00/cwt505.00–505.002,5001
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3521459.96/cwt440.00–472.502,3965
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2528490.49/cwt487.50–497.502,5905
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2573461.16/cwt455.00–477.502,64213
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3578411.23/cwt355.00–450.002,3774
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2-3600397.50/cwt397.50–397.502,3851
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2630433.18/cwt405.00–446.002,72913
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2653430.66/cwt427.00–432.502,8123
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added654430.50/cwt430.50–430.502,81510
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2-3683380.94/cwt372.50–385.002,6023
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added700400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,8004
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2727393.31/cwt392.50–395.002,8593
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2-3745375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,7941
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2-3790358.31/cwt335.00–365.002,8319
Steers1100–1150Medium and Large 2-31,105280.00/cwt280.00–280.003,0941
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 1-2175500.00/cwt500.00–500.008751
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2-3263525.24/cwt500.00–550.001,3814
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2-3300490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,4702
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2326534.66/cwt520.00–560.001,74310
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2367544.04/cwt525.00–550.001,9974
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2-3370458.26/cwt420.00–485.001,6965
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added405490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,9853
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2414472.34/cwt465.00–480.001,9554
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2-3418413.75/cwt300.00–480.001,7296
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added450495.00/cwt495.00–495.002,2281
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2470459.06/cwt450.00–467.502,15814
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3483427.97/cwt400.00–440.002,0677
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2519415.11/cwt407.50–417.502,1547
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added520427.66/cwt427.50–428.002,2243
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3534387.32/cwt322.50–413.002,0684
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3557365.19/cwt353.00–390.002,0343
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added562410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,3043
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2578404.96/cwt395.00–412.502,34124
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2618357.77/cwt317.00–370.002,21124
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added620372.50/cwt372.50–372.502,3103
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added651368.00/cwt368.00–368.002,3965
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2666349.97/cwt335.00–355.002,3314
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3678330.14/cwt322.50–337.502,2382
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2-3715295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,1091
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2742352.50/cwt352.50–352.502,6163
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2785330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,5912
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2-3815315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,5671
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2-3870272.50/cwt272.50–272.502,3711
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2875318.00/cwt318.00–318.002,7831
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 2-3990285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,8221
Feeder Cattle · Bulls24 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1-2230630.00/cwt630.00–630.001,4491
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2265700.00/cwt700.00–700.001,8552
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2Value Added286691.75/cwt690.00–700.001,9785
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2Value Added329664.54/cwt650.00–675.002,1866
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2333635.73/cwt620.00–640.002,1177
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2361622.42/cwt560.00–680.002,2475
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2435535.10/cwt510.00–550.002,32811
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added440565.06/cwt560.00–570.002,4862
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2470517.90/cwt465.00–550.002,43417
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2-3475467.91/cwt412.50–530.002,2233
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added521505.00/cwt505.00–505.002,6314
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2-3525440.45/cwt330.00–560.002,3124
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2527467.50/cwt465.00–470.002,4646
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2573436.90/cwt410.00–460.002,50310
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2-3577406.76/cwt402.50–415.002,3473
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2607416.60/cwt415.00–420.002,52914
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2655396.73/cwt385.00–402.502,59913
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2-3672370.60/cwt277.00–391.002,49012
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2-3710335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,3791
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2722382.50/cwt382.50–382.502,7622
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2805337.50/cwt337.50–337.502,7171
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2-3840307.50/cwt307.50–307.502,5831
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1-2885317.50/cwt317.50–317.502,8101
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 2-3995230.00/cwt230.00–230.002,2891
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Choice1,200205.00/cwt205.00–205.002,4601
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,689212.40/cwt200.00–219.003,58711
Bulls——2,045224.99/cwt224.00–226.004,6012
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%940141.43/cwt138.00–147.001,3293
Cows—Boner 80-85%984156.21/cwt154.00–159.001,5374
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,055157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,6561
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,182175.23/cwt165.00–190.002,07113
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,294187.74/cwt180.00–201.002,42915
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,355187.00/cwt187.00–187.002,5341
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,635185.00/cwt185.00–185.003,0252
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,093200.64/cwt176.00–222.002,1934
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2752,600.00/head2,600.00–2,600.002,6001
Bred Cows—Medium 1-21,2752,225.00/head2,225.00–2,225.002,2251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2973,106.94/head2,450.00–3,450.003,1073
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,4832,949.54/head2,925.00–2,975.002,9502
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1633,287.54/head3,100.00–3,450.003,2883

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.