Name: Upton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-09-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold steady to 2.00 higher. Demand varied on a light test of feeders. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $130.29/cwt on 82 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −86.54 against this barn's trailing median of $216.83.

Average price

$130.29

82 head · 517 lb average

Value per head Derived

$673

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$33

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

$13.68/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.15

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	507	134.63	683	56
Medium and Large 2-3	537	120.95	649	26

One grade step is worth $13.68/cwt here — about $33 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.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

25 sales

Bulls 0–100 lb: high $229.77, low $181.63, median $216.83 across 25 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale82 hd

130.29

—

KY average18 barns · 1,463 hd

126.14

+4.15

This barn, trailing median25 sales

216.83

−86.54

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	1,660	84.72	1,407	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,417	64.25	910	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,231	58.71	723	35
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	919	39.77	365	4thin

Every lot, as filed

55 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	—	600	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	804	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	558	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	703	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	761	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	829	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	609	109.73/cwt	105.00–119.00	668	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	433	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	550	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	477	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	549	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	690	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	773	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	370	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	477	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	125.59/cwt	122.75–128.50	766	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	416	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	564	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	780	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	514	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	305	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	421	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	536	121.97/cwt	120.00–124.00	654	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	722	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	780	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	413	126.18/cwt	124.00–134.00	521	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	330	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	432	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	618	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	717	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	550	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	688	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	885	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	956	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	490	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	568	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	365	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	522	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	513	130.60/cwt	130.00–131.00	670	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	778	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	422	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	633	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	341	150.70/cwt	150.00–153.00	514	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	642	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	919	39.77/cwt	34.50–44.00	365	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,417	64.25/cwt	64.25–64.25	910	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,218	55.79/cwt	48.00–60.00	680	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,268	64.28/cwt	61.00–65.00	815	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,030	47.50/cwt	47.50–47.50	489	1
Bulls	—	—	1,574	85.03/cwt	77.00–90.00	1,338	5
Bulls	—	—	2,022	93.10/cwt	92.00–95.00	1,882	3
Bulls	—	—	1,333	71.39/cwt	65.50–76.00	952	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	868	62.04/cwt	60.00–64.00	539	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	878	720.00/cwt	720.00–720.00	6,322	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,235	730.00/cwt	730.00–730.00	9,016	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,310	910.00/cwt	910.00–910.00	11,921	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,300	840.00/cwt	840.00–840.00	10,920	1
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,305	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	11,093	1
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,165	810.00/cwt	810.00–810.00	9,437	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,260	890.08/cwt	870.00–910.00	11,215	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	431	140.32/cwt	133.50–144.00	605	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	590	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	797	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	532	131.33/cwt	131.00–132.00	699	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	728	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	885	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	990	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,079	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	577	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	840	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	791	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	993	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	514	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	720	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	662	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	884	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	452	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	655	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	596	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	502	2

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 Sep 3, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 280Last week 655Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 70Last week 71Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 15Last week 19Year ago 0

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold steady to 2.00 higher. Demand varied on a light test of feeders. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	600	134.00	134.00
5	—	791	125.50	125.50
4	—	514	140.00	140.00
3	—	662	133.50	133.50
3	—	452	145.00	145.00
3	—	423	141.00	141.00
2	—	330	152.00	152.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	431	133.50–144.00	140.32
4	—	590	135.00	135.00
3	—	532	131.00–132.00	131.33
2	—	728	121.50	121.50
1	—	990	109.00	109.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	577	145.50	145.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	558	126.00	126.00
7	—	761	109.00	109.00
6	—	609	105.00–119.00	109.73
4	—	433	127.00	127.00
3	—	477	115.00	115.00
1	—	690	112.00	112.00
1	—	370	129.00	129.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	610	122.75–128.50	125.59
9	—	416	135.50	135.50
7	—	578	135.00	135.00
4	—	385	133.50	133.50
2	—	305	138.00	138.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	536	120.00–124.00	121.97
5	—	722	108.00	108.00
5	—	413	124.00–134.00	126.18
3	—	330	131.00	131.00
2	—	618	116.00	116.00
2	—	550	125.00	125.00
1	—	885	108.00	108.00
1	—	490	116.00	116.00
1	—	365	143.00	143.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	513	130.00–131.00	130.60
13	—	610	127.50	127.50
9	—	422	150.00	150.00
4	—	341	150.00–153.00	150.70
2	—	472	136.00	136.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	919	34.50–44.00	39.77
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,417	64.25	64.25
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,218	48.00–60.00	55.79
13	—	1,268	61.00–65.00	64.28
1	—	1,030	47.50	47.50
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,574	77.00–90.00	85.03
3	—	2,022	92.00–95.00	93.10
2	—	1,333	65.50–76.00	71.39

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	868	60.00–64.00	62.04
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	878	720.00	720.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,235	730.00	730.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,310	910.00	910.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,300	840.00	840.00
Bred Cows — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,305	850.00	850.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,165	810.00	810.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,260	870.00–910.00	890.08

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

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

This barn's trailing prices 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

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