Name: Upton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-08-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold 5.00 -7.00 lower. CME feeder cattle and Fat cattle futures closed down the limit for the second consecutive day. Driving markets down . Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $118.73/cwt on 154 head.

Average price

$118.73

154 head · 530 lb average

Value per head Derived

$629

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$112

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

$9.69/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.49

vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	549	122.25	671	98
Medium and Large 2-3	497	112.56	559	56

One grade step is worth $9.69/cwt here — about $112 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale154 hd

118.73

—

KY average27 barns · 5,842 hd

129.22

−10.49

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	—	Low	1,678	82.58	1,385	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,670	65.50	1,094	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,255	59.58	748	43
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	930	38.53	358	10

Every lot, as filed

56 lots · USDA AMS · Mid-Kentucky Livestock Market - Upton, 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	584	104.98/cwt	102.00–112.00	613	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	420	117.73/cwt	114.00–125.00	494	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	364	117.87/cwt	105.00–127.00	429	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	735	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	757	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	320	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	371	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	118.71/cwt	117.50–119.50	735	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	466	126.62/cwt	125.00–129.50	590	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	679	115.66/cwt	112.00–118.54	785	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	501	123.12/cwt	122.50–124.50	617	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	405	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	547	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	550	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	657	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	300	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	393	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	230	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	313	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	620	106.21/cwt	105.00–107.00	659	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	574	112.56/cwt	108.00–118.00	646	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	462	113.27/cwt	108.00–116.50	523	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	533	115.02/cwt	112.00–116.00	613	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	710	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	781	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	380	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	456	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	265	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	352	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	558	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	681	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	356	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	541	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	504	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	625	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	749	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	584	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	245	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	392	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	518	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	642	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,355	950.77/cwt	940.00–960.00	12,883	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	942	42.21/cwt	34.50–50.00	398	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	911	33.00/cwt	33.00–33.00	301	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,670	65.50/cwt	65.50–65.50	1,094	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,182	56.65/cwt	52.50–64.50	670	25
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,369	64.63/cwt	64.00–67.50	885	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,145	47.00/cwt	47.00–47.00	538	1
Bulls	—	—	1,408	70.73/cwt	67.50–74.00	996	4
Bulls	—	—	1,968	95.67/cwt	94.00–98.00	1,883	3
Bulls	—	—	1,747	85.28/cwt	75.00–91.00	1,490	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,045	810.00/cwt	810.00–810.00	8,465	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,160	660.00/cwt	660.00–660.00	7,656	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	875.63/cwt	860.00–890.00	10,508	4
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	900	790.00/cwt	790.00–790.00	7,110	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	855	728.95/cwt	650.00–800.00	6,233	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,180	878.90/cwt	795.00–960.00	10,371	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	950	760.00/cwt	760.00–760.00	7,220	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	1,100	790.00/cwt	790.00–790.00	8,690	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	1,050	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	6,825	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	1,000	720.00/cwt	720.00–720.00	7,200	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	653	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	797	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	530	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	631	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	750	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	923	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	513	133.49/cwt	132.50–134.50	685	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	591	130.27/cwt	130.00–133.50	770	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	755	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	951	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	611	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	782	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	932	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	503	113.67/cwt	113.00–116.00	572	23

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 →

Mid-Kentucky Livestock Market - Upton, KY

Tue Aug 13, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 411Last week 486Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 82Last week 76Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 20Last week 12Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	584	102.00–112.00	104.98
12	—	420	114.00–125.00	117.73
5	—	364	105.00–127.00	117.87
2	—	735	103.00	103.00
1	—	320	116.00	116.00
23	—	503	113.00–116.00	113.67
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	619	117.50–119.50	118.71
22	—	466	125.00–129.50	126.62
18	—	679	112.00–118.54	115.66
13	—	501	122.50–124.50	123.12
7	—	405	135.00	135.00
3	—	550	119.50	119.50
3	—	300	131.00	131.00
1	—	230	136.00	136.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	620	105.00–107.00	106.21
9	—	574	108.00–118.00	112.56
8	—	462	108.00–116.50	113.27
7	—	533	112.00–116.00	115.02
3	—	710	110.00	110.00
1	—	380	120.00	120.00
1	—	265	133.00	133.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	558	122.00	122.00
8	—	356	152.00	152.00
7	—	504	124.00	124.00
6	—	619	121.00	121.00
2	—	465	125.50	125.50
1	—	245	160.00	160.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	518	124.00	124.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	653	122.00	122.00
2	—	530	119.00	119.00
1	—	750	123.00	123.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	513	132.50–134.50	133.49
12	—	591	130.00–133.50	130.27
4	—	755	126.00	126.00
4	—	611	128.00	128.00
2	—	725	128.50	128.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,355	940.00–960.00	950.77
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,180	795.00–960.00	878.90
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	950	760.00	760.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,100	790.00	790.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,050	650.00	650.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,000	720.00	720.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,045	810.00	810.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,160	660.00	660.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,200	860.00–890.00	875.63
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	900	790.00	790.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	855	650.00–800.00	728.95

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	942	34.50–50.00	42.21
4	—	911	33.00	33.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,670	65.50	65.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,182	52.50–64.50	56.65
17	—	1,369	64.00–67.50	64.63
1	—	1,145	47.00	47.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,408	67.50–74.00	70.73
3	—	1,968	94.00–98.00	95.67
3	—	1,747	75.00–91.00	85.28

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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Upton Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Mid-Kentucky Livestock Market - Upton, KY

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle