Name: Harned Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-02-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available due to weather no sales last week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $397.38/cwt on 13 head, down $27.06 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 27 comparable sales and sits −47.30 against this barn's trailing median of $444.69.

Average price

$397.38

▼ 27.06 vs prior sale

13 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,220

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$45

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

$44.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−52.97

vs KY average

−85.65 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	539	414.50	2,232	8thin
Medium and Large 2-3	591	370.00	2,187	5thin

One grade step is worth $44.50/cwt here — about $45 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

27 sales

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 sale13 hd

397.38

—

KY average6 barns · 76 hd

450.36

−52.97

National average143 barns · 13,122 hd

483.03

−85.65

This barn, trailing median27 sales

444.69

−47.30

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	—	Average	1,800	196.00	3,528	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,261	175.79	2,217	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	900	150.00	1,350	2thin

Every lot, as filed

45 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 2-3	550–600	591	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,187	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	1,930	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	350–400	360	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,548	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	755	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,643	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	856	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,816	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	696	370.52/cwt	365.00–376.00	2,579	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	570	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	2,063	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	820	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,181	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,047	170.77/cwt	159.00–179.00	1,788	5
Bulls	—	—	1,800	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	3,528	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	980	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,529	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	805	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,713	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	635	410.48/cwt	410.00–414.00	2,607	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	665	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,228	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	745	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,161	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	335	507.00/cwt	507.00–507.00	1,698	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	470	401.70/cwt	400.00–405.00	1,888	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	645	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,077	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	715	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,231	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	260	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	988	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	443	451.74/cwt	431.00–462.00	2,001	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	688	343.43/cwt	337.00–350.00	2,363	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	513	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	1,990	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	350–400	392	482.00/cwt	482.00–482.00	1,889	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	440	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,826	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	726	362.40/cwt	360.00–364.00	2,631	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	873	257.03/cwt	225.00–290.00	2,244	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	700	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,995	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	660	318.38/cwt	302.00–335.00	2,101	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,425	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	2,223	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,563	190.74/cwt	184.00–199.00	2,981	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	855	288.43/cwt	277.00–300.00	2,466	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	610	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,983	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	545	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,235	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	315	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,197	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	386.62/cwt	384.00–388.00	2,014	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	591	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	2,210	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	564	441.00/cwt	441.00–441.00	2,487	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	648	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,495	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	423	398.22/cwt	380.00–415.00	1,684	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	688	338.30/cwt	334.00–347.00	2,328	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	709	321.72/cwt	320.00–322.00	2,281	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	613	362.78/cwt	359.00–368.00	2,224	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	835	278.13/cwt	256.00–300.00	2,322	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	453.99/cwt	452.00–455.00	1,907	3

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 →

United Producers Inc. - Harned, KY

Mon Feb 2, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 195Last week 502Year ago 1,073

Slaughter CattleReceipts 11Last week 98Year ago 127

No trends available due to weather no sales last week.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	591	370.00	370.00
2	650–700	660	302.00–335.00	318.38
1	700–750	700	285.00	285.00
2	800–850	835	256.00–300.00	278.13
2	850–900	873	225.00–290.00	257.03
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	415.00	415.00
9	600–650	648	385.00	385.00
2	650–700	688	337.00–350.00	343.43
5	700–750	726	360.00–364.00	362.40
1	750–800	755	350.00	350.00
1	800–850	805	337.00	337.00
12	850–900	856	329.00	329.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	392	482.00	482.00
4	500–550	513	388.00	388.00
4	550–600	564	441.00	441.00
16	600–650	635	410.00–414.00	410.48
6	650–700	696	365.00–376.00	370.52
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	315	380.00	380.00
3	400–450	420	452.00–455.00	453.99
3	450–500	480	402.00	402.00
6	500–550	521	384.00–388.00	386.62
5	550–600	591	374.00	374.00
7	600–650	613	359.00–368.00	362.78
15	650–700	688	334.00–347.00	338.30
7	700–750	709	320.00–322.00	321.72
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	430.00	430.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	423	380.00–415.00	398.22
1	550–600	570	362.00	362.00
2	600–650	610	325.00	325.00
1	650–700	665	335.00	335.00
1	700–750	745	290.00	290.00
2	850–900	855	277.00–300.00	288.43
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	507.00	507.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	470	400.00–405.00	401.70
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	380.00	380.00
3	400–450	443	431.00–462.00	451.74
4	500–550	545	410.00	410.00
1	600–650	645	322.00	322.00
1	700–750	715	312.00	312.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	820	144.00	144.00
1	—	980	156.00	156.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,047	159.00–179.00	170.77
1	—	1,425	156.00	156.00
3	—	1,563	184.00–199.00	190.74
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,800	196.00	196.00

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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