Sale reports / Kentucky / Harned Livestock Auction / 2025-06-23

Harned Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, Jun 23
● Final75 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207
Feeder Cattle receipts
389 head
35 vs last sale 354 6 vs year ago 383 · +1.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
71 head
11 vs last sale 82 5 vs year ago 76 · 6.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
7 vs last sale 11 7 vs year ago 11 · 63.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Baby calf- 200lbs- $975.00

Compared to last week feeder steers 300-500lbs sold steady, steers 600lbs and up sold steady to down 3.00. Feeder heifers sold steady with good demand. Slaughter cows sold steady to up 2.00 and slaughter bulls sold steady. Supply included: 84% Feeder Cattle (43% Steers, 37% Heifers, 20% Bulls); 15% Slaughter Cattle (77% Cows, 21% Bulls, 2% Dairy Cows); 1% Replacement Cattle (29% Stock Cows, 14% Bred Cows, 57% Cow-Calf Pairs). Feeder cattle supply over 600 lbs was 42%.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $359.99/cwt on 37 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits 84.70 against this barn's trailing median of $444.69.
Average price
$359.99
37 head · 559 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,011
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$170
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$20.46/cwt at this weight
vs the market
5.86
vs KY average
9.59 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2561363.312,03931
Medium and Large 2-3545342.851,8696thin
One grade step is worth $20.46/cwt here — about $170 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

27 sales
492447401356median 444.6901/0502/2304/2706/2908/10
Steers 500–600 lb: high $477.64, low $370.24, median $444.69 across 27 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 sale37 hd
359.99
KY average24 barns · 794 hd
365.85
−5.86
National average140 barns · 6,212 hd
369.58
−9.59
This barn, trailing median27 sales
444.69
−84.70
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
BullsLow1,541191.972,95813
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,219160.321,95532
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,540158.872,4473thin
CowsLean 85-90%High994149.081,48212
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,260148.001,8651thin

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)1,060$1,9751thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,368$3,1444thin

Every lot, as filed

75 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
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350–400380442.00/cwt442.00–442.001,6801
BullsMedium and Large 1-2650–700683260.04/cwt240.00–275.001,7763
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750720308.57/cwt300.00–314.002,2223
SteersMedium and Large 2-3550–600570340.67/cwt335.00–347.001,9423
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450420336.13/cwt330.00–342.001,4126
SteersMedium and Large 2-3600–650606316.59/cwt315.00–319.001,9195
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500465380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,7673
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added800–850825280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,3101
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650628330.57/cwt320.00–337.002,07613
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3550–600592272.07/cwt271.00–280.001,6118
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700679325.03/cwt322.00–326.002,20715
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3400–450430322.00/cwt322.00–322.001,3851
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added850–900856280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,3977
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added700–750719320.50/cwt320.50–320.502,3046
BullsMedium and Large 2-3350–400352410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,4432
SteersMedium and Large 2-3450–500483358.07/cwt355.00–360.001,7295
SteersMedium and Large 2-3750–800768279.97/cwt278.00–282.002,1504
SteersMedium and Large 2-3700–750708287.00/cwt287.00–287.002,0322
SteersMedium and Large 2-3500–550520345.03/cwt320.00–357.001,7943
SteersMedium and Large 2-3650–700694308.36/cwt282.00–317.002,1404
BullsMedium and Large 2-3500–550505325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,6411
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3600–650635240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,5241
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3750–800778226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,7582
BullsMedium and Large 2-3450–500472300.53/cwt265.00–315.001,4194
BullsMedium and Large 2-3250–300288400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,1522
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3650–700675242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,6341
BullsMedium and Large 2-3800–850825210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,7331
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0601,975.00/head1,975.00–1,975.001,9751
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy350–400362387.00/cwt387.00–387.001,4014
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy700–750710280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,9881
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,3683,144.33/head2,975.00–3,300.003,1444
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3300–350330330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,0891
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3450–500460327.00/cwt327.00–327.001,5041
CowsBoner 80-85%1,234161.00/cwt151.00–168.001,98718
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,260148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,8651
Bulls1,165171.47/cwt171.00–172.001,9982
CowsBoner 80-85%1,171142.51/cwt135.00–149.001,6697
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,110225.00/cwt225.00–225.002,4981
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2980174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,7051
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,540158.87/cwt154.00–162.002,4473
CowsLean 85-90%1,084157.07/cwt155.00–160.001,7035
CowsLean 85-90%930143.37/cwt137.00–150.001,3337
CowsBoner 80-85%1,230176.36/cwt170.00–184.002,1697
Bulls1,413188.34/cwt181.00–198.002,6616
Bulls1,845204.52/cwt200.00–213.003,7735
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550522340.36/cwt330.00–357.001,77712
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500463336.77/cwt330.00–342.001,5598
BullsMedium and Large 1-2800–850830237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,9671
BullsMedium and Large 1-2250–300273447.85/cwt425.00–455.001,2236
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy400–450400365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,4601
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300–350322356.06/cwt342.00–372.001,14713
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy500–550522342.00/cwt342.00–342.001,7854
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy400–450405420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,7011
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500483363.96/cwt350.00–380.001,75812
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550520316.97/cwt300.00–323.001,6488
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400–450440385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,6941
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650616283.09/cwt275.00–295.001,7444
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600582319.44/cwt305.00–334.001,85912
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600573353.35/cwt342.00–365.002,0252
BullsMedium and Large 1-2700–750703263.47/cwt255.00–272.001,8522
BullsMedium and Large 1-21000–10501,045200.00/cwt200.00–200.002,0901
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650614294.91/cwt270.00–307.001,8114
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added600–650632347.00/cwt347.00–347.002,1937
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450417414.22/cwt410.00–420.001,7275
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2850–900872226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,9715
BullsMedium and Large 1-2300–350330432.89/cwt420.00–447.001,4294
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550522367.39/cwt360.00–370.001,9184
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700679287.07/cwt280.00–295.001,9499
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added650–700654344.00/cwt344.00–344.002,2509
BullsMedium and Large 1-2350–400374426.00/cwt426.00–426.001,5934
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800763295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,2515
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600567362.70/cwt360.00–375.002,05727
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750740258.55/cwt255.00–265.001,9135
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400376356.84/cwt342.00–372.001,3428
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added600–650613320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,96210

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.