Name: Harned Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-03-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week : Feeder steers and feeder heifers under 500 lbs sold 10.00 to 15.00 higher. Feeders over 500 lbs sold 3.00 to 6.00 higher. Strong demand for feeders 500 lbs and under. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold stead steady to firm.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $412.04/cwt on 55 head, up $23.82 from the prior sale. That ranks 24 of 30 comparable sales and sits +18.54 against this barn's trailing median of $393.50.

Average price

$412.04

▲ 23.82 vs prior sale

55 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,215

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$141

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

$24.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.85

vs KY average

−11.15 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	538	415.61	2,235	47
Medium and Large 2-3	536	391.04	2,095	8thin

One grade step is worth $24.57/cwt here — about $141 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale55 hd

412.04

—

KY average25 barns · 1,793 hd

415.89

−3.85

National average175 barns · 10,886 hd

423.19

−11.15

This barn, trailing median30 sales

393.50

+18.54

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	1,831	202.26	3,704	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,422	192.02	2,730	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,236	177.22	2,190	43
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,060	150.33	1,593	7thin

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	950	$3,250	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,260	$3,000	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	915	$2,650	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,250	$3,325	1thin

Every lot, as filed

97 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	550–600	585	454.10/cwt	449.00–465.00	2,656	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	720	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,772	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	418	620.00/cwt	620.00–620.00	2,592	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	630	368.84/cwt	350.00–382.00	2,324	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	408	598.23/cwt	587.50–612.50	2,441	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	470.94/cwt	452.50–510.00	2,232	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	324	514.47/cwt	500.00–530.00	1,667	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	260	530.00/cwt	510.00–550.00	1,378	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	481.72/cwt	480.00–482.50	2,047	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	456.40/cwt	420.00–575.00	2,638	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	352.52/cwt	350.00–360.00	2,203	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	805	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,624	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	100–150	140	730.00/cwt	730.00–730.00	1,022	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	200–250	217	514.00/cwt	490.00–555.00	1,115	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	575	351.72/cwt	325.00–382.00	2,022	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	315	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	1,827	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	516	422.53/cwt	400.00–440.00	2,180	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	755	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,454	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	600	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,974	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	467	442.39/cwt	400.00–482.00	2,066	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	377	453.28/cwt	300.00–485.00	1,709	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,850	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	223	563.32/cwt	500.00–590.00	1,256	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	621	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,313	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	400.17/cwt	380.00–430.00	2,301	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	487	467.61/cwt	400.00–495.00	2,277	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	603	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,563	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	775	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,713	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	740	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,701	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	200–250	240	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,200	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	365	623.77/cwt	605.00–665.00	2,277	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	524	505.40/cwt	500.00–510.00	2,648	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	564	413.84/cwt	340.00–440.00	2,334	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	410	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,235	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	1050–1100	1,060	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	3,074	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	500	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,900	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	380	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,071	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	524.45/cwt	492.50–565.00	2,491	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	667	402.48/cwt	395.00–417.50	2,685	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	465	563.07/cwt	555.00–580.00	2,618	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	350–400	360	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	2,430	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	641	420.58/cwt	412.50–427.50	2,696	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	450–500	460	563.41/cwt	550.00–570.00	2,592	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	265	630.00/cwt	630.00–630.00	1,670	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	550–600	557	483.32/cwt	480.00–485.00	2,692	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	360	642.13/cwt	600.00–665.00	2,312	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	300–350	335	695.00/cwt	695.00–695.00	2,328	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	405	607.47/cwt	600.00–620.00	2,460	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,207	173.67/cwt	160.00–187.00	2,096	31
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,104	152.89/cwt	147.00–158.00	1,688	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	795	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,073	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,235	195.53/cwt	191.00–199.00	2,415	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,795	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	3,321	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,326	190.05/cwt	186.00–204.00	2,520	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,130	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,650	1
Bulls	—	—	1,790	190.39/cwt	180.00–205.00	3,408	5
Bulls	—	—	1,883	217.10/cwt	215.00–221.00	4,088	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,260	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	3,250.00/head	3,250.00–3,250.00	3,250	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250	3,325.00/head	3,325.00–3,325.00	3,325	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	967	248.06/cwt	209.00–320.00	2,399	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	915	2,650.00/head	2,650.00–2,650.00	2,650	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	360	550.93/cwt	530.00–562.50	1,983	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	322	570.39/cwt	500.00–655.00	1,837	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	840	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,940	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	487	484.32/cwt	455.00–515.00	2,359	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	515.39/cwt	500.00–525.00	2,422	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	377	497.68/cwt	425.00–630.00	1,876	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,060	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	2,427	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	755	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,737	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	425	500.69/cwt	465.00–575.00	2,128	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	526	426.77/cwt	370.00–495.00	2,245	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	885	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,766	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	286	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,401	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	512	414.64/cwt	385.00–435.00	2,123	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	676	347.44/cwt	340.00–355.00	2,349	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	688	281.61/cwt	225.00–337.00	1,937	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	200	660.00/cwt	660.00–660.00	1,320	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,661	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,020	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,346	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	420	448.98/cwt	400.00–475.00	1,886	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	337	485.17/cwt	460.00–493.00	1,635	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	455	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,184	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	451.88/cwt	432.50–467.50	2,580	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	1150–1200	1,170	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	2,679	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	292	553.31/cwt	550.00–555.00	1,616	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	475	532.50/cwt	532.50–532.50	2,529	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	512	431.12/cwt	420.00–435.00	2,207	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	323	577.56/cwt	575.00–580.00	1,866	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	519	484.37/cwt	455.00–495.00	2,514	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	546.88/cwt	520.00–565.00	2,341	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	900–950	905	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	2,552	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	606	342.39/cwt	340.00–343.00	2,075	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	682	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,575	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	616	418.62/cwt	410.00–440.00	2,579	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	585	405.61/cwt	385.00–419.00	2,373	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	695	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,259	1

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 Mar 30, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 714Last week 760Year ago 724

Slaughter CattleReceipts 74Last week 131Year ago 113

Replacement CattleReceipts 12Last week 19Year ago 5

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
2	350–400	360	675.00	675.00
2	400–450	418	620.00	620.00
3	450–500	465	555.00–580.00	563.07
6	550–600	585	449.00–465.00	454.10
3	600–650	603	425.00	425.00
10	700–750	720	385.00	385.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	500.00	500.00
1	350–400	380	545.00	545.00
1	400–450	410	545.00	545.00
5	450–500	487	400.00–495.00	467.61
1	500–550	500	380.00	380.00
4	550–600	564	340.00–440.00	413.84
3	600–650	630	350.00–382.00	368.84
1	1050–1100	1,060	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	580.00	580.00
5	350–400	365	605.00–665.00	623.77
3	400–450	408	587.50–612.50	598.23
12	450–500	475	492.50–565.00	524.45
20	500–550	524	500.00–510.00	505.40
38	550–600	578	420.00–575.00	456.40
4	600–650	641	412.50–427.50	420.58
3	650–700	667	395.00–417.50	402.48
1	700–750	740	365.00	365.00
1	750–800	775	350.00	350.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	100–150	140	730.00	730.00
4	200–250	223	500.00–590.00	563.32
2	250–300	260	510.00–550.00	530.00
4	300–350	324	500.00–530.00	514.47
4	350–400	370	500.00	500.00
3	400–450	425	480.00–482.50	481.72
29	450–500	474	452.50–510.00	470.94
20	500–550	516	400.00–440.00	422.53
18	550–600	575	380.00–430.00	400.17
4	600–650	625	350.00–360.00	352.52
9	650–700	676	340.00–355.00	347.44
10	800–850	805	326.00	326.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	217	490.00–555.00	514.00
2	250–300	286	490.00	490.00
4	300–350	337	460.00–493.00	485.17
13	350–400	377	300.00–485.00	453.28
11	400–450	420	400.00–475.00	448.98
17	450–500	467	400.00–482.00	442.39
5	500–550	512	385.00–435.00	414.64
3	550–600	575	325.00–382.00	351.72
1	600–650	600	329.00	329.00
2	650–700	688	225.00–337.00	281.61
1	750–800	755	325.00	325.00
1	850–900	885	312.50	312.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	455	480.00	480.00
9	500–550	512	420.00–435.00	431.12
5	600–650	621	372.50	372.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	630.00	630.00
1	300–350	335	695.00	695.00
3	350–400	360	600.00–665.00	642.13
4	400–450	405	600.00–620.00	607.47
6	450–500	460	550.00–570.00	563.41
3	550–600	557	480.00–485.00	483.32
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	200	660.00	660.00
3	250–300	292	550.00–555.00	553.31
2	300–350	323	575.00–580.00	577.56
7	350–400	360	530.00–562.50	550.93
10	400–450	428	520.00–565.00	546.88
10	450–500	470	500.00–525.00	515.39
14	500–550	519	455.00–495.00	484.37
19	550–600	571	432.50–467.50	451.88
7	600–650	616	410.00–440.00	418.62
4	650–700	682	377.50	377.50
1	700–750	725	367.00	367.00
2	750–800	755	362.50	362.50
1	1000–1050	1,020	230.00	230.00
1	1050–1100	1,060	229.00	229.00
2	1150–1200	1,170	229.00	229.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	322	500.00–655.00	570.39
6	350–400	377	425.00–630.00	497.68
12	400–450	425	465.00–575.00	500.69
27	450–500	487	455.00–515.00	484.32
11	500–550	526	370.00–495.00	426.77
7	550–600	585	385.00–419.00	405.61
5	600–650	606	340.00–343.00	342.39
1	650–700	695	325.00	325.00
1	800–850	840	350.00	350.00
1	900–950	905	282.00	282.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	475	532.50	532.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,207	160.00–187.00	173.67
11	—	1,326	186.00–204.00	190.05
1	—	1,130	146.00	146.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,104	147.00–158.00	152.89
1	—	795	135.00	135.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,235	191.00–199.00	195.53
1	—	1,795	185.00	185.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,790	180.00–205.00	190.39
4	—	1,883	215.00–221.00	217.10

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,260	3,000.00	3,000.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	950	3,250.00	3,250.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	915	2,650.00	2,650.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,250	3,325.00	3,325.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	—	967	209.00–320.00	248.06

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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