Sale reports / Kentucky / Harned Livestock Auction / 2026-06-15

Harned Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, Jun 15
● Final70 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207
Feeder Cattle receipts
390 head
59 vs last sale 449 36 vs year ago 354 · +10.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
37 head
43 vs last sale 80 45 vs year ago 82 · 54.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
7 vs last sale 13 5 vs year ago 11 · 45.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bull sold steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $392.04/cwt on 32 head, up $11.68 from the prior sale. That ranks 15 of 30 comparable sales and sits 1.45 against this barn's trailing median of $393.50.
Average price
$392.04
11.68 vs prior sale
32 head · 539 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,112
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$147
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$44.54/cwt at this weight
vs the market
22.73
vs KY average
19.46 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2535399.002,13427
Medium and Large 2-3561354.471,9875thin
One grade step is worth $44.54/cwt here — about $147 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.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

30 sales
443407371335median 393.5001/0503/0204/2706/2208/10
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $428.62, low $348.95, median $393.50 across 30 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale32 hd
392.04
KY average26 barns · 1,213 hd
414.77
−22.73
National average169 barns · 9,451 hd
411.50
−19.46
This barn, trailing median30 sales
393.50
−1.45
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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
BullsLow1,665211.423,5208thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,365190.002,5941thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,268173.502,19918
CowsLean 85-90%Low916140.421,2874thin

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)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,155$2,7501thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)895$2,4251thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,445$3,3001thin

Every lot, as filed

70 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3400–450406437.03/cwt430.00–450.001,7745
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3550–600589348.83/cwt335.00–377.502,0553
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3200–250244500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,2205
SteersMedium and Large 2-3500–550532443.00/cwt443.00–443.002,3572
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600568429.85/cwt425.00–435.002,4424
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added450–500475495.15/cwt480.00–520.002,3525
BullsMedium and Large 2-3450–500450425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,9131
BullsMedium and Large 2-3200–250215590.00/cwt590.00–590.001,2691
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added550–600556460.00/cwt460.00–460.002,5589
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added550–600574387.58/cwt380.00–391.002,22510
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500486489.99/cwt485.00–492.002,38111
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800780352.50/cwt352.50–352.502,7501
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650600420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,5201
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700652366.37/cwt350.00–368.002,38911
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550509403.39/cwt395.00–412.502,05311
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450448505.00/cwt505.00–505.002,2622
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500467437.01/cwt420.00–455.002,0419
SteersMedium and Large 1-2900–950943311.24/cwt307.50–315.002,9352
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600580372.50/cwt372.50–372.502,1611
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2250–300275510.00/cwt510.00–510.001,4031
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450424442.22/cwt440.00–450.001,87511
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750702350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,45710
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400–450421494.34/cwt490.00–515.002,08111
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650633408.93/cwt400.00–410.002,5899
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600583426.29/cwt417.50–435.002,4854
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500482440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,1212
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750719375.41/cwt375.00–380.002,69912
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300–350335492.83/cwt455.00–520.001,65110
BullsMedium and Large 1-2250–300265602.50/cwt602.50–602.501,5972
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550515450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,3181
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400381505.00/cwt505.00–505.001,9245
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650603369.98/cwt360.00–375.002,2314
CowsLean 85-90%905134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,2131
CowsLean 85-90%920142.56/cwt134.00–149.001,3123
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,365190.00/cwt190.00–190.002,5941
CowsBoner 80-85%990158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,5641
CowsBoner 80-85%1,286181.89/cwt154.00–190.002,3396
CowsBoner 80-85%1,283170.33/cwt158.00–179.002,18511
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2997225.93/cwt210.00–237.502,2533
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-28952,425.00/head2,425.00–2,425.002,4251
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1552,750.00/head2,750.00–2,750.002,7501
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,4453,300.00/head3,300.00–3,300.003,3001
Bulls1,463192.43/cwt172.00–202.002,8153
Bulls1,786222.81/cwt218.00–229.003,9795
BullsMedium and Large 2-3350–400377419.87/cwt380.00–455.001,5839
BullsMedium and Large 2-3400–450418451.12/cwt430.00–485.001,8868
SteersMedium and Large 2-3650–700685285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,9521
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3350–400383403.53/cwt360.00–450.001,5462
BullsMedium and Large 1-2300–350314531.40/cwt510.00–555.001,6698
BullsMedium and Large 1-2200–250215623.16/cwt615.00–635.001,3406
BullsMedium and Large 2-3750–800750275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,0631
BullsMedium and Large 2-3700–750700267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,8731
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3300–350315460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,4491
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3450–500479401.05/cwt370.00–437.501,9215
BullsMedium and Large 2-3500–550528419.04/cwt370.00–443.002,2133
SteersMedium and Large 2-3800–850800241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,9281
BullsMedium and Large 2-3250–300272487.19/cwt475.00–495.001,3257
BullsMedium and Large 2-3550–600575366.21/cwt335.00–395.002,1064
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3250–300286472.91/cwt441.00–485.001,3538
SteersMedium and Large 2-3250–300278555.00/cwt555.00–555.001,5432
SteersMedium and Large 2-3550–600570455.00/cwt455.00–455.002,5941
BullsMedium and Large 2-3600–650623363.73/cwt320.00–410.002,2662
BullsMedium and Large 2-3300–350318500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,5902
SteersMedium and Large 2-3400–450425470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,9981
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3600–650603353.34/cwt350.00–360.002,1313
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added500–550504417.50/cwt417.50–417.502,1045
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550515472.57/cwt470.00–475.002,4342
BullsMedium and Large 2-3850–900870267.50/cwt240.00–295.002,3272
SteersMedium and Large 2-3450–500495370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,8321
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3500–550518362.92/cwt350.00–375.001,8802

How this sale compares

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.