Name: Harned Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-01-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeders steers and feeder heifers sold steady to firm. Strong demand for all feeders. Slaughter cows sold 5.00 to 8.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $369.29/cwt on 95 head, up $6.56 from the prior sale. That ranks 7 of 30 comparable sales and sits −24.20 against this barn's trailing median of $393.50.

Average price

$369.29

▲ 6.56 vs prior sale

95 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,032

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$140

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$45.94/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.68

vs KY average

−44.19 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	546	374.61	2,046	84
Medium and Large 2-3	580	328.67	1,906	11thin

One grade step is worth $45.94/cwt here — about $140 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

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 sale95 hd

369.29

—

KY average25 barns · 2,129 hd

376.97

−7.68

National average188 barns · 26,809 hd

413.48

−44.19

This barn, trailing median30 sales

393.50

−24.20

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,726	181.71	3,137	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,771	161.53	2,860	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,304	160.11	2,088	42
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,080	145.57	1,573	27
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,208	113.00	1,364	2thin

Every lot, as filed

99 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	712	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,620	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,030	268.25/cwt	247.00–281.00	2,763	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	729	355.33/cwt	345.00–357.00	2,590	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	673	371.81/cwt	357.00–382.00	2,502	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	380.49/cwt	347.00–389.00	2,017	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	950	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,185	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	325	428.49/cwt	420.00–435.00	1,393	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	505	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,995	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	730	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,300	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	773	302.78/cwt	290.00–315.00	2,340	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	678	309.71/cwt	297.00–315.00	2,100	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	384	416.85/cwt	400.00–435.00	1,601	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	468	356.19/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,667	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	508	439.48/cwt	437.00–442.00	2,233	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	812	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,728	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	800	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,480	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	365	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,387	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	310	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,085	2
Heifers	Large 3	750–800	768	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,342	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	465	394.91/cwt	380.00–407.00	1,836	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	611	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,181	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	555	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,165	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	673	338.97/cwt	325.00–347.00	2,281	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	770	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,495	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	336.37/cwt	325.00–348.00	2,102	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	518	392.70/cwt	391.00–394.00	2,034	16
Steers	Large 1-2	650–700	660	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,343	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	782	331.98/cwt	331.00–335.00	2,596	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	610	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,025	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	683	325.53/cwt	308.00–345.00	2,223	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	423	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,094	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	335	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,759	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,162	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	619	411.03/cwt	399.00–435.00	2,544	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	900–950	930	324.75/cwt	324.75–324.75	3,020	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	889	319.20/cwt	318.00–320.00	2,838	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	644	382.00/cwt	380.00–384.00	2,460	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	483	410.23/cwt	395.00–425.00	1,981	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	830	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,656	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	438	447.54/cwt	445.00–450.00	1,960	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	538	420.85/cwt	400.00–430.00	2,264	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	573	378.39/cwt	370.00–387.00	2,168	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	569	418.45/cwt	410.00–430.00	2,381	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	805	285.00/cwt	275.00–290.00	2,294	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	384.51/cwt	375.00–410.00	2,199	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	880	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,754	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	600–650	600	372.33/cwt	370.00–377.00	2,234	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	519	421.74/cwt	420.00–427.00	2,189	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	340	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,802	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,048	129.57/cwt	125.00–134.00	1,358	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,056	154.70/cwt	153.00–157.00	1,634	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,115	146.73/cwt	138.00–151.00	1,636	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,270	141.23/cwt	139.00–143.00	1,794	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,338	163.76/cwt	156.00–179.00	2,191	25
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,743	165.46/cwt	164.00–167.00	2,884	4
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,180	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,180	1
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,235	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,556	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,798	157.59/cwt	152.00–162.00	2,833	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,252	152.57/cwt	150.00–155.00	1,910	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,238	193.66/cwt	190.00–197.00	2,398	2
Bulls	—	—	1,853	196.83/cwt	194.00–201.00	3,647	3
Bulls	—	—	1,276	154.91/cwt	140.00–167.00	1,977	4
Bulls	—	—	1,845	186.86/cwt	184.00–191.00	3,448	12
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	870	187.38/cwt	161.00–227.00	1,630	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,035	211.38/cwt	180.00–235.00	2,188	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	681	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,111	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	810	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,106	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	370	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,665	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	790	277.95/cwt	272.00–315.00	2,196	7
Bulls	Large 1-2	600–650	640	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,221	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	405	493.83/cwt	490.00–500.00	2,000	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	719	329.48/cwt	327.50–337.00	2,369	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	627	351.97/cwt	325.00–362.00	2,207	23
Bulls	Large 3	700–750	705	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,059	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	768	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,035	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	355.74/cwt	342.00–369.00	2,067	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	288	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,224	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	732	314.54/cwt	295.00–330.00	2,302	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	429	405.25/cwt	395.00–412.00	1,739	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	915	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,105	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	580	328.67/cwt	277.00–340.00	1,906	11
Heifers	Large 3	650–700	675	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,140	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	638	312.59/cwt	305.00–315.00	1,994	4
Heifers	Medium 2-3	300–350	345	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,035	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	536	348.83/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,870	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	309	476.63/cwt	470.00–490.00	1,473	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	465.09/cwt	430.00–485.00	1,977	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	800–850	830	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	2,465	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	315	467.00/cwt	467.00–467.00	1,471	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	408	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,714	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	395.33/cwt	385.00–417.00	2,091	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	345	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,501	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	608	314.70/cwt	310.00–317.00	1,913	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	476	388.21/cwt	345.00–410.00	1,848	6
Bulls	Large 3	800–850	835	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	2,355	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	569	356.31/cwt	350.00–365.00	2,027	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	684	339.36/cwt	330.00–352.00	2,321	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	471	458.30/cwt	442.00–477.00	2,159	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	391	488.04/cwt	465.00–517.00	1,908	15

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.

Kentucky feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

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Mon Jan 12, 2026

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Frankfort, KY (LS-LG)

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,016Last week 1,171Year ago 618

Slaughter CattleReceipts 112Last week 204Year ago 33

Replacement CattleReceipts 9Last week 14Year ago 9

Compared to last week: Feeders steers and feeder heifers sold steady to firm. Strong demand for all feeders. Slaughter cows sold 5.00 to 8.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	508	437.00–442.00	439.48
3	600–650	619	399.00–435.00	411.03
16	700–750	712	368.00	368.00
9	800–850	812	336.00	336.00
31	900–950	930	324.75	324.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	525.00	525.00
2	400–450	438	445.00–450.00	447.54
3	450–500	470	460.00	460.00
7	500–550	538	400.00–430.00	420.85
7	550–600	569	410.00–430.00	418.45
16	600–650	644	380.00–384.00	382.00
34	650–700	673	357.00–382.00	371.81
28	700–750	729	345.00–357.00	355.33
8	750–800	782	331.00–335.00	331.98
1	800–850	830	320.00	320.00
5	850–900	889	318.00–320.00	319.20
6	1000–1050	1,030	247.00–281.00	268.25
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	483	395.00–425.00	410.23
1	500–550	505	395.00	395.00
2	550–600	573	370.00–387.00	378.39
1	600–650	610	332.00	332.00
5	650–700	683	308.00–345.00	325.53
1	700–750	730	315.00	315.00
2	750–800	773	290.00–315.00	302.78
1	800–850	800	310.00	310.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	660	355.00	355.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	423	495.00	495.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	288	425.00	425.00
3	300–350	325	420.00–435.00	428.49
19	350–400	384	400.00–435.00	416.85
21	400–450	429	395.00–412.00	405.25
12	450–500	465	380.00–407.00	394.91
36	500–550	530	347.00–389.00	380.49
29	550–600	581	342.00–369.00	355.74
25	600–650	625	325.00–348.00	336.37
26	650–700	673	325.00–347.00	338.97
13	700–750	732	295.00–330.00	314.54
4	750–800	770	324.00	324.00
1	900–950	915	230.00	230.00
1	950–1000	950	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	310	350.00	350.00
1	350–400	365	380.00	380.00
4	450–500	468	340.00–370.00	356.19
11	550–600	580	277.00–340.00	328.67
4	600–650	638	305.00–315.00	312.59
9	650–700	678	297.00–315.00	309.71
2	750–800	768	265.00	265.00
Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	675	317.00	317.00
3	750–800	768	305.00	305.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
16	500–550	518	391.00–394.00	392.70
3	550–600	555	390.00	390.00
5	600–650	611	357.00	357.00
Heifers — Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	467.00	467.00
3	400–450	408	420.00	420.00
1	800–850	830	297.00	297.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	309	470.00–490.00	476.63
15	350–400	391	465.00–517.00	488.04
22	400–450	425	430.00–485.00	465.09
14	450–500	471	442.00–477.00	458.30
23	500–550	529	385.00–417.00	395.33
19	550–600	572	375.00–410.00	384.51
23	600–650	627	325.00–362.00	351.97
10	650–700	684	330.00–352.00	339.36
27	700–750	719	327.50–337.00	329.48
3	800–850	805	275.00–290.00	285.00
1	850–900	880	313.00	313.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	530.00	530.00
13	400–450	405	490.00–500.00	493.83
4	500–550	519	420.00–427.00	421.74
3	600–650	600	370.00–377.00	372.33
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	435.00	435.00
1	350–400	370	450.00	450.00
6	450–500	476	345.00–410.00	388.21
8	500–550	536	340.00–360.00	348.83
8	550–600	569	350.00–365.00	356.31
3	600–650	608	310.00–317.00	314.70
5	650–700	681	310.00	310.00
7	750–800	790	272.00–315.00	277.95
1	800–850	810	260.00	260.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	640	347.00	347.00
Bulls — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	705	292.00	292.00
2	800–850	835	282.00	282.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,048	125.00–134.00	129.57
9	—	1,056	153.00–157.00	154.70
12	—	1,115	138.00–151.00	146.73
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,270	139.00–143.00	141.23
25	—	1,338	156.00–179.00	163.76
11	—	1,252	150.00–155.00	152.57
2	—	1,238	190.00–197.00	193.66
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,743	164.00–167.00	165.46
4	—	1,798	152.00–162.00	157.59
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,180	100.00	100.00
1	—	1,235	126.00	126.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,853	194.00–201.00	196.83
4	—	1,276	140.00–167.00	154.91
12	—	1,845	184.00–191.00	186.86

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	870	161.00–227.00	187.38
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,035	180.00–235.00	211.38

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

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How this sale compares

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