Name: Upton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-09-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeders steers and feeder heifers under 500 lbs sold 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder steers and feeder heifers over 500 lbs 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Strong demand for quality feeders . 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 $119.11/cwt on 187 head.

Average price

$119.11

187 head · 496 lb average

Value per head Derived

$591

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$55

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

$7.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.05

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	503	122.98	619	92
Medium and Large 2-3	489	115.36	564	95

One grade step is worth $7.63/cwt here — about $55 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 sale187 hd

119.11

—

KY average29 barns · 6,310 hd

121.16

−2.05

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	1,566	78.72	1,232	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,360	55.00	748	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,263	51.70	653	64
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	957	40.68	389	15

Every lot, as filed

68 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 1-2Fancy	—	235	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	378	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	562	117.62/cwt	113.00–118.50	661	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	472	117.26/cwt	113.00–118.00	553	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	426	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	515	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	356	118.90/cwt	117.00–123.00	423	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	539	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	609	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	610	99.06/cwt	95.50–111.00	604	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	315	121.30/cwt	118.00–124.00	382	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	820	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	738	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	675	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	695	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	541	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	701	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	408	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	528	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	456	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	575	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	356	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	461	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	725	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	751	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	759	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	658	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	757	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	648	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	555	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	697	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	275	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	366	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	515	118.61/cwt	118.00–120.00	611	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	468	119.04/cwt	118.00–121.00	557	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	689	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	717	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	587	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	669	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	644	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	644	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	777	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	723	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	397	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	484	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	558	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	686	31
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	411	131.86/cwt	131.00–132.00	542	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	739	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	464	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	585	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	660	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	361	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	545	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	240	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	386	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	362	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	547	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	814	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	591	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	338	147.06/cwt	146.00–150.00	497	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	806	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	975	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	685	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	891	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	795	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	1,014	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	700	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	917	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	588	134.27/cwt	133.00–136.00	790	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	139.59/cwt	139.00–140.50	656	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	136.70/cwt	135.00–138.00	704	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	600	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	828	25
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	410	123.88/cwt	122.00–129.00	508	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	641	126.40/cwt	124.00–128.00	810	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	533	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	709	12
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	690.00/cwt	690.00–690.00	7,245	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,155	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	7,046	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,245	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	6,848	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,235	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	8,645	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,258	644.40/cwt	600.00–670.00	8,107	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,075	640.00/cwt	640.00–640.00	6,880	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,400	760.00/cwt	760.00–760.00	10,640	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	8,000	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	630.00/cwt	630.00–630.00	5,985	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	930	60.73/cwt	55.00–70.00	565	3
Bulls	—	—	1,148	69.87/cwt	68.00–72.00	802	2
Bulls	—	—	1,963	87.42/cwt	87.00–88.00	1,716	2
Bulls	—	—	1,675	77.72/cwt	75.50–83.50	1,302	6
Bulls	—	—	950	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	808	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,200	41.03/cwt	40.00–43.00	492	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,268	52.60/cwt	44.00–58.50	667	59
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,360	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	748	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	986	44.48/cwt	44.00–46.00	439	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	946	39.30/cwt	34.00–43.00	372	11

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 24, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 625Last week 367Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 95Last week 83Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 20Last week 10Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	235	161.00	161.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	362	151.00	151.00
5	—	621	131.00	131.00
6	—	433	136.50	136.50
7	—	338	146.00–150.00	147.06
8	—	806	121.00	121.00
9	—	685	130.00	130.00
12	—	795	127.50	127.50
13	—	700	131.00	131.00
19	—	588	133.00–136.00	134.27
21	—	470	139.00–140.50	139.59
32	—	515	135.00–138.00	136.70
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	600	138.00	138.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	410	122.00–129.00	123.88
5	—	641	124.00–128.00	126.40
12	—	533	133.00	133.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	562	113.00–118.50	117.62
19	—	472	113.00–118.00	117.26
15	—	426	121.00	121.00
13	—	356	117.00–123.00	118.90
10	—	539	113.00	113.00
9	—	610	95.50–111.00	99.06
6	—	315	118.00–124.00	121.30
2	—	820	90.00	90.00
2	—	675	103.00	103.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	541	129.50	129.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	408	129.50	129.50
15	—	456	126.00	126.00
14	—	356	129.50	129.50
10	—	625	116.00	116.00
9	—	751	101.00	101.00
7	—	658	115.00	115.00
6	—	533	121.50	121.50
5	—	555	125.50	125.50
4	—	275	133.00	133.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	515	118.00–120.00	118.61
9	—	468	118.00–121.00	119.04
7	—	689	104.00	104.00
5	—	587	114.00	114.00
4	—	644	100.00	100.00
3	—	777	93.00	93.00
2	—	397	122.00	122.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	558	123.00	123.00
21	—	411	131.00–132.00	131.86
18	—	626	118.00	118.00
18	—	464	126.00	126.00
10	—	524	126.00	126.00
3	—	361	151.00	151.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	240	161.00	161.00

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 (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,050	690.00	690.00
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,155	610.00	610.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,245	550.00	550.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,235	700.00	700.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,258	600.00–670.00	644.40
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,075	640.00	640.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,400	760.00	760.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,000	800.00	800.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	950	630.00	630.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	930	55.00–70.00	60.73

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,148	68.00–72.00	69.87
2	—	1,963	87.00–88.00	87.42
6	—	1,675	75.50–83.50	77.72
1	—	950	85.00	85.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,200	40.00–43.00	41.03
59	—	1,268	44.00–58.50	52.60
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,360	55.00	55.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	986	44.00–46.00	44.48
11	—	946	34.00–43.00	39.30

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