Name: Upton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-12-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Value Added steers and heifers sold 3.00 - 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold steady . Slaughter bulls sold steady to firm on a high quality offering .

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $135.64/cwt on 275 head.

Average price

$135.64

275 head · 658 lb average

Value per head Derived

$893

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$182

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

$27.61/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.12

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	662	137.61	911	234
Medium and Large 2-3	635	125.53	797	38
Large 1	663	110.00	729	3thin

One grade step is worth $27.61/cwt here — about $182 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 sale275 hd

135.64

—

KY average28 barns · 10,391 hd

136.76

−1.12

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	1,933	80.14	1,549	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,518	45.94	697	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,301	43.80	570	62
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	995	31.20	310	24

Every lot, as filed

78 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 2-3	—	512	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	630	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	410	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	513	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	460	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	612	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	989	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,108	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	705	126.25/cwt	126.25–126.25	890	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	628	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	816	11
Dairy Steers	Large 3Thin Fleshed	—	477	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	320	4
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	900	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	4,500	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,226	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	613	3
Bulls	—	—	1,914	78.43/cwt	70.00–81.00	1,501	7
Bulls	—	—	1,977	84.14/cwt	83.50–85.00	1,663	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	771	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,079	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	650	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	939	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	632	135.22/cwt	131.00–137.00	855	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	722	134.66/cwt	132.00–136.50	972	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	771	136.46/cwt	131.00–137.25	1,052	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	134.11/cwt	133.00–135.00	699	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	557	133.80/cwt	132.00–138.00	745	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	138.30/cwt	136.00–141.00	649	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	359	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	510	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	416	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	591	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	815	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	970	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	517	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	734	7
Steers	Large 1	—	663	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	729	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	586	111.03/cwt	108.00–112.50	651	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	430	115.12/cwt	114.00–116.00	495	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	508	115.39/cwt	114.00–117.00	586	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	371	110.58/cwt	110.00–112.00	410	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	704	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	753	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	684	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	811	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	789	106.23/cwt	105.00–110.00	838	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	610	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	580	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	994	33.84/cwt	30.00–40.00	336	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	997	25.93/cwt	22.00–28.00	259	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,512	45.67/cwt	44.00–47.00	691	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,650	51.50/cwt	51.50–51.50	850	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,311	44.38/cwt	40.00–48.00	582	55
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,227	31.23/cwt	28.00–35.00	383	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	348	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	400	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	670	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	858	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	730	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,022	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	358	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	458	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	712	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	826	17
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	970	547.37/cwt	475.00–610.00	5,309	2
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	885	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	4,425	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	7,700	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	7,500	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	887	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	4,435	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,265	710.00/cwt	710.00–710.00	8,982	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,193	701.96/cwt	690.00–720.00	8,374	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	985	670.00/cwt	670.00–670.00	6,600	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	785.00/cwt	785.00–785.00	7,850	1
Stock Cows	Large 1	—	901	47.00/cwt	47.00–47.00	423	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,100	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	660	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	970	49.10/cwt	47.00–51.00	476	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	990	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	634	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	120.58/cwt	120.00–121.50	621	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	123.29/cwt	122.50–124.00	705	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	618	123.56/cwt	123.25–124.00	764	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	416	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	591	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	359	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	513	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	287	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	431	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	507	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	654	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	701	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	743	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	653	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	605	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	756	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	562	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	703	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	275	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	388	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	826	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	768	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	553	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	658	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	483	118.49/cwt	110.00–120.00	572	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	420	123.35/cwt	115.00–127.00	518	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	424	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	551	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	760	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	901	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	571	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	638	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	759	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	685	120.18/cwt	117.50–121.50	823	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	411	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	514	17

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 Dec 10, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 742Last week 808Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 174Last week 65Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 31Last week 19Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	512	123.00	123.00
3	—	410	125.00	125.00
5	—	460	133.00	133.00
5	—	989	112.00	112.00
9	—	705	126.25	126.25
11	—	628	130.00	130.00
2	—	348	115.00	115.00
1	—	670	128.00	128.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	771	140.00	140.00
5	—	650	144.50	144.50
65	—	730	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	632	131.00–137.00	135.22
29	—	722	132.00–136.50	134.66
23	—	771	131.00–137.25	136.46
22	—	521	133.00–135.00	134.11
10	—	557	132.00–138.00	133.80
9	—	469	136.00–141.00	138.30
6	—	359	142.00	142.00
5	—	416	142.00	142.00
1	—	815	119.00	119.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	517	142.00	142.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	663	110.00	110.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	477	67.00	67.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	586	108.00–112.50	111.03
16	—	430	114.00–116.00	115.12
15	—	508	114.00–117.00	115.39
10	—	371	110.00–112.00	110.58
8	—	704	107.00	107.00
5	—	684	118.50	118.50
4	—	789	105.00–110.00	106.23
1	—	610	95.00	95.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	358	128.00	128.00
17	—	712	116.00	116.00
27	—	515	120.00–121.50	120.58
32	—	572	122.50–124.00	123.29
8	—	760	118.50	118.50
11	—	468	122.00	122.00
11	—	638	119.00	119.00
12	—	685	117.50–121.50	120.18
17	—	411	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	618	123.25–124.00	123.56
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	424	130.00	130.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	416	142.00	142.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	359	143.00	143.00
6	—	287	150.00	150.00
9	—	507	129.00	129.00
9	—	701	106.00	106.00
11	—	470	139.00	139.00
11	—	605	125.00	125.00
13	—	562	125.00	125.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	275	141.00	141.00
5	—	826	93.00	93.00
6	—	553	119.00	119.00
13	—	483	110.00–120.00	118.49
15	—	420	115.00–127.00	123.35

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	900	500.00	500.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	970	475.00–610.00	547.37
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	885	500.00	500.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,100	700.00	700.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,250	600.00	600.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	887	500.00	500.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,265	710.00	710.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,193	690.00–720.00	701.96
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	985	670.00	670.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,000	785.00	785.00
Stock Cows — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	901	47.00	47.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,100	60.00	60.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	970	47.00–51.00	49.10
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	990	64.00	64.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,226	50.00	50.00
55	—	1,311	40.00–48.00	44.38
4	—	1,227	28.00–35.00	31.23
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	994	30.00–40.00	33.84
8	—	997	22.00–28.00	25.93
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,512	44.00–47.00	45.67
1	—	1,650	51.50	51.50
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,914	70.00–81.00	78.43
3	—	1,977	83.50–85.00	84.14

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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Steers · 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

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