Name: Upton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-08-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold steady to firm on a light test. Extreme heat continues to effect movement of cattle and demand. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $121.28/cwt on 61 head.

Average price

$121.28

61 head · 462 lb average

Value per head Derived

$560

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$6

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

$19.76/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.32

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	434	127.76	554	41
Medium and Large 2-3	519	108.00	560	20

One grade step is worth $19.76/cwt here — about −$6 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 sale61 hd

121.28

—

KY average26 barns · 2,974 hd

123.60

−2.32

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	1,778	88.20	1,569	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,572	59.09	929	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,167	54.27	633	38
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,024	38.61	395	11

Every lot, as filed

52 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	400	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	552	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	600	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	825	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	488	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	644	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	763	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	409	105.74/cwt	103.00–121.00	432	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	726	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	799	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	612	113.71/cwt	109.00–116.00	696	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	286	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	386	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	410	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	519	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	463	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	579	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	736	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	562	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	714	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	500	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	620	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	516	119.69/cwt	108.00–122.50	618	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	470	118.10/cwt	110.00–124.00	555	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	418	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	477	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	382	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	458	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	710	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	689	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	590	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	696	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	340	137.00/cwt	135.00–139.00	466	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	292	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	467	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	618	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	400	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	552	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	600	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	726	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	595	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	744	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	790.00/cwt	790.00–790.00	7,900	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	640	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	806	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	785	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	918	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	427	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	544	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	737	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	921	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	876	113.17/cwt	111.00–116.00	991	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	587	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	745	11
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	925	880.00/cwt	880.00–880.00	8,140	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	850	810.00/cwt	810.00–810.00	6,885	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	890	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	6,675	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,420	1,100.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,100.00	15,620	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	975	925.00/cwt	925.00–925.00	9,019	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	850	640.00/cwt	640.00–640.00	5,440	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	770.00/cwt	770.00–770.00	7,700	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,434	930.94/cwt	800.00–1,200.00	13,350	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	830.00/cwt	830.00–830.00	7,885	1
Bred Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	750	630.00/cwt	630.00–630.00	4,725	1
Bulls	—	—	1,850	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	1,776	1
Bulls	—	—	1,737	84.60/cwt	77.50–90.00	1,470	6
Bulls	—	—	1,955	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	1,994	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,000	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	400	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,225	60.50/cwt	60.50–60.50	741	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,170	54.49/cwt	44.00–60.50	638	36
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,735	56.90/cwt	52.25–60.00	987	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,504	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	902	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	900	28.00/cwt	28.00–28.00	252	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,051	40.97/cwt	33.50–44.00	431	9

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 20, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 258Last week 411Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 78Last week 82Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 20Last week 20Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	400	138.00	138.00
2	—	600	137.50	137.50
2	—	488	132.00	132.00
1	—	565	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	640	126.00	126.00
2	—	785	117.00	117.00
4	—	427	127.50	127.50
4	—	737	125.00	125.00
9	—	876	111.00–116.00	113.17
11	—	587	127.00	127.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	409	103.00–121.00	105.74
5	—	726	110.00	110.00
3	—	612	109.00–116.00	113.71
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	286	135.00	135.00
7	—	410	126.50	126.50
6	—	463	125.00	125.00
5	—	621	118.50	118.50
5	—	562	127.00	127.00
5	—	500	124.00	124.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	516	108.00–122.50	119.69
5	—	470	110.00–124.00	118.10
2	—	418	114.00	114.00
2	—	382	120.00	120.00
1	—	710	97.00	97.00
1	—	590	118.00	118.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	340	135.00–139.00	137.00
10	—	292	160.00	160.00
4	—	475	130.00	130.00
4	—	400	138.00	138.00
3	—	600	121.00	121.00
1	—	595	125.00	125.00

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/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,000	790.00	790.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	890	750.00	750.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,420	1,100.00	1,100.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	975	925.00	925.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	925	880.00	880.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	3	—	850	810.00	810.00
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	850	640.00	640.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,000	770.00	770.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,434	800.00–1,200.00	930.94
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	950	830.00	830.00
Bred Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	750	630.00	630.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,850	96.00	96.00
6	—	1,737	77.50–90.00	84.60
1	—	1,955	102.00	102.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,000	40.00	40.00
1	—	1,225	60.50	60.50
36	—	1,170	44.00–60.50	54.49
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,735	52.25–60.00	56.90
12	—	1,504	60.00	60.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	900	28.00	28.00
9	—	1,051	33.50–44.00	40.97

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