Sale reports / Kentucky / Harned Livestock Auction / 2026-06-22

Harned Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, Jun 22
● Final77 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207
Feeder Cattle receipts
302 head
88 vs last sale 390 87 vs year ago 389 · 22.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
59 head
22 vs last sale 37 12 vs year ago 71 · 16.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
0 vs last sale 6 2 vs year ago 4 · +50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold mostly steady. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $398.27/cwt on 12 head, up $6.23 from the prior sale. That ranks 18 of 30 comparable sales and sits +4.78 against this barn's trailing median of $393.50.
Average price
$398.27
6.23 vs prior sale
12 head · 547 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,177
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$225
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$40.06/cwt at this weight
vs the market
17.42
vs KY average
17.56 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2547414.962,2707thin
Medium and Large 2-3546374.902,0455thin
One grade step is worth $40.06/cwt here — about $225 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale12 hd
398.27
KY average25 barns · 1,070 hd
415.69
−17.42
National average161 barns · 8,493 hd
415.83
−17.56
This barn, trailing median30 sales
393.50
+4.78
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
BullsLow1,653218.513,6133thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,555193.063,0022thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,270176.552,24230
CowsLean 85-90%High819152.451,2483thin

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)Aged (>8 yrs)1,405$2,7442thin

Every lot, as filed

77 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 1-2450–500488485.00/cwt485.00–485.002,3673
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450417440.36/cwt440.00–442.501,8367
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300–350335525.00/cwt525.00–525.001,7596
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650618348.41/cwt345.00–355.002,1539
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3400–450405425.00/cwt400.00–450.001,7212
BullsMedium and Large 2-3600–650640320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,0481
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added450–500460530.00/cwt530.00–530.002,4381
BullsMedium and Large 1-2350–400396520.73/cwt515.00–535.002,0626
SteersMedium and Large 1-2850–900875332.71/cwt320.00–338.502,91113
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600570415.00/cwt415.00–415.002,3662
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400360490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,7642
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750733366.45/cwt365.00–367.002,6867
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550538414.95/cwt410.00–422.502,2325
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500468504.63/cwt495.00–515.002,3622
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added600–650600442.50/cwt442.50–442.502,6551
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added400–450400460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,8406
SteersMedium and Large 1-2900–950935315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,9451
BullsMedium and Large 2-3300–350335435.30/cwt415.00–455.001,4582
BullsMedium and Large 2-3800–850840310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,6041
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500492487.50/cwt487.50–487.502,3995
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2200–250245515.00/cwt515.00–515.001,2621
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700660359.96/cwt355.00–365.002,3764
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added450–500460450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,0701
Bulls1,370206.00/cwt206.00–206.002,8221
BullsMedium and Large 2-3750–800780305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,3791
SteersMedium and Large 2-3300–350323537.96/cwt480.00–570.001,7383
SteersMedium and Large 2-3600–650640300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,9201
SteersMedium and Large 2-3400–450403395.43/cwt325.00–465.001,5942
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650605395.02/cwt387.50–397.502,3904
BullsMedium and Large 2-3200–250245550.00/cwt550.00–550.001,3481
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750709347.49/cwt337.50–352.502,4643
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500471438.38/cwt420.00–443.002,06510
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2800–850802317.26/cwt310.00–318.002,54411
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600556458.03/cwt455.00–462.002,5477
BullsMedium and Large 1-2300–350313635.35/cwt615.00–640.001,98910
BullsMedium and Large 1-2750–800780337.50/cwt337.50–337.502,6331
BullsMedium and Large 1-2250–300265575.00/cwt575.00–575.001,5241
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added700–750718381.00/cwt381.00–381.002,7363
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550513466.15/cwt460.00–472.002,3912
CowsBoner 80-85%1,356190.85/cwt184.00–200.002,5889
CowsLean 85-90%920170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,5641
CowsLean 85-90%768143.67/cwt140.00–147.001,1032
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,555193.06/cwt187.00–199.003,0022
Bulls1,795224.77/cwt222.00–227.004,0352
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,4052,743.59/head2,550.00–2,890.002,7442
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650615405.00/cwt405.00–405.002,4912
SteersMedium and Large 1-2300–350335570.30/cwt550.00–590.001,9112
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added600–650600370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,2201
CowsBoner 80-85%1,227171.85/cwt162.00–183.002,10919
CowsBoner 80-85%1,293156.81/cwt154.00–160.002,0282
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3550–600557387.38/cwt387.00–387.502,1584
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3250–300295400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,1801
SteersMedium and Large 2-3700–750745362.00/cwt362.00–362.002,6971
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3450–500473435.00/cwt435.00–435.002,0583
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400–450423513.15/cwt505.00–520.002,1713
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2833223.22/cwt170.00–260.001,8593
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3900–950915287.50/cwt287.50–287.502,6311
BullsMedium and Large 2-3700–750715267.34/cwt245.00–290.001,9112
SteersMedium and Large 2-3350–400376536.74/cwt480.00–560.002,0188
SteersMedium and Large 2-3900–950905285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,5791
SteersMedium and Large 2-3750–800765285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,1801
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3600–650623332.35/cwt320.00–345.002,0712
BullsMedium and Large 2-3350–400370450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,6651
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350315505.00/cwt500.00–510.001,5912
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3350–400373411.12/cwt385.00–460.001,5333
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3650–700685313.72/cwt295.00–333.002,1492
SteersMedium and Large 2-3550–600565385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,1751
BullsMedium and Large 2-3500–550540440.04/cwt430.00–445.002,3763
BullsMedium and Large 2-3400–450412471.55/cwt467.50–480.001,9433
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2900–950910310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,8211
BullsMedium and Large 2-3550–600595415.00/cwt415.00–415.002,4691
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3500–550500325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,6251
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550540425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,2951
SteersMedium and Large 2300–350320525.00/cwt525.00–525.001,6801
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700679367.00/cwt367.00–367.002,4925
BullsMedium and Large 2-3450–500490455.00/cwt455.00–455.002,2301
SteersMedium and Large 2-3650–700670379.48/cwt362.50–397.502,5434

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.