Name: Upton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-02-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold mostly steady to 2.00 lower. There was moderate demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows mostly steady to 1.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. There was moderate demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $130.27/cwt on 288 head.

Average price

$130.27

288 head · 698 lb average

Value per head Derived

$910

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$223

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

$15.42/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−14.53

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	703	131.08	922	273
Medium and Large 2-3	604	115.66	699	15thin

One grade step is worth $15.42/cwt here — about $223 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 sale288 hd

130.27

—

KY average29 barns · 6,657 hd

144.81

−14.53

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	1,759	93.55	1,646	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,472	61.50	905	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,225	55.95	685	49
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	924	46.20	427	13

Every lot, as filed

74 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
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,255	710.00/cwt	710.00–710.00	8,911	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,148	698.61/cwt	525.00–925.00	8,020	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	510	120.71/cwt	113.00–124.00	616	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	776	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	916	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	598	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	670	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	678	109.55/cwt	105.00–110.00	743	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	348	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	539	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	310	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	372	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	905	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	950	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	557	120.29/cwt	117.00–123.00	670	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	600	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	780	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	776	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	347	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	538	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	475	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	580	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	663	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	278	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	445	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	372	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	525	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	395	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	438	1
Bulls	—	—	1,503	88.41/cwt	84.00–94.50	1,329	3
Bulls	—	—	1,800	81.71/cwt	81.00–82.00	1,471	3
Bulls	—	—	1,889	103.73/cwt	97.00–110.00	1,959	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	681	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	804	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	126.35/cwt	123.00–127.00	714	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,184	45.69/cwt	43.00–48.50	541	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,465	70.50/cwt	70.50–70.50	1,033	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	915	46.40/cwt	44.00–50.00	425	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,337	63.38/cwt	62.00–64.50	847	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,475	57.00/cwt	56.50–57.50	841	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	955	36.67/cwt	31.00–39.00	350	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,172	55.19/cwt	50.50–59.50	647	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	887	61.76/cwt	60.00–65.00	548	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	757	125.77/cwt	125.00–126.00	952	45
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	725	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	754	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	925	98.90/cwt	90.00–108.00	915	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	912	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,003	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	546	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	764	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	148.95/cwt	143.50–155.50	703	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	135.51/cwt	125.00–142.00	776	31
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	650	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	585	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	418	134.58/cwt	130.00–139.00	563	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	605	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	726	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	305	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	406	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,042	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,094	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	611	143.32/cwt	133.00–148.00	876	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	132.09/cwt	122.00–136.75	882	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	736	133.60/cwt	133.60–133.60	983	40
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	835	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	710	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	480	125.32/cwt	125.00–126.00	602	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	846	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,024	60
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	486	140.95/cwt	138.00–149.00	685	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	830	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	772	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	10,000	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	875.00/cwt	875.00–875.00	10,500	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,360	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	979	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	464	130.71/cwt	129.50–131.50	606	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	694	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	888	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	375	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	431	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	476	113.28/cwt	111.00–119.00	539	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	290	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	394	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	351	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	484	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	115.83/cwt	112.00–122.00	725	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	144.15/cwt	135.00–151.50	603	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	118.56/cwt	114.00–121.50	794	22
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	788	509.52/cwt	325.00–700.00	4,015	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	821	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	985	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	729	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	937	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	153.08/cwt	148.00–157.00	649	22
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,001	702.23/cwt	550.00–875.00	7,029	9
Dairy Steers	Large 1-2	—	415	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	324	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	719	112.04/cwt	111.00–115.00	806	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	815	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	839	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	472	150.66/cwt	150.50–151.00	711	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	421	119.21/cwt	117.00–120.00	502	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	325	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	354	1

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 Feb 25, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 670Last week 382Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 80Last week 78Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 24Last week 13Year ago 0

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,255	710.00	710.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	1,148	525.00–925.00	698.61
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	1,001	550.00–875.00	702.23
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,000	1,000.00	1,000.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,200	875.00	875.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,360	72.00	72.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	788	325.00–700.00	509.52

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	510	113.00–124.00	120.71
1	—	310	120.00	120.00
8	—	905	105.00	105.00
10	—	557	117.00–123.00	120.29
18	—	464	129.50–131.50	130.71
1	—	290	136.00	136.00
4	—	351	138.00	138.00
16	—	626	112.00–122.00	115.83
17	—	418	135.00–151.50	144.15
22	—	670	114.00–121.50	118.56
15	—	719	111.00–115.00	112.04
3	—	815	103.00	103.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	776	118.00	118.00
32	—	694	128.00	128.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	598	112.00	112.00
11	—	678	105.00–110.00	109.55
1	—	375	115.00	115.00
6	—	476	111.00–119.00	113.28
4	—	421	117.00–120.00	119.21
1	—	325	109.00	109.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	348	155.00	155.00
9	—	472	150.50–151.00	150.66
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	600	130.00	130.00
5	—	725	107.00	107.00
9	—	347	155.00	155.00
1	—	535	124.00	124.00
5	—	278	160.00	160.00
7	—	372	141.00	141.00
2	—	681	118.00	118.00
6	—	565	123.00–127.00	126.35
14	—	486	138.00–149.00	140.95
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	475	122.00	122.00
1	—	395	111.00	111.00
2	—	830	93.00	93.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	757	125.00–126.00	125.77
2	—	912	110.00	110.00
7	—	546	140.00	140.00
11	—	472	143.50–155.50	148.95
31	—	573	125.00–142.00	135.51
6	—	1,042	105.00	105.00
10	—	611	133.00–148.00	143.32
25	—	668	122.00–136.75	132.09
6	—	821	120.00	120.00
8	—	729	128.50	128.50
22	—	424	148.00–157.00	153.08
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	725	104.00	104.00
2	—	925	90.00–108.00	98.90
1	—	650	90.00	90.00
2	—	418	130.00–139.00	134.58
4	—	605	120.00	120.00
1	—	305	133.00	133.00
1	—	835	85.00	85.00
3	—	480	125.00–126.00	125.32
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	736	133.60	133.60
60	—	846	121.00	121.00
Dairy Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	415	78.00	78.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,503	84.00–94.50	88.41
3	—	1,800	81.00–82.00	81.71
5	—	1,889	97.00–110.00	103.73
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,184	43.00–48.50	45.69
15	—	1,337	62.00–64.50	63.38
25	—	1,172	50.50–59.50	55.19
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,465	70.50	70.50
2	—	1,475	56.50–57.50	57.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	915	44.00–50.00	46.40
5	—	955	31.00–39.00	36.67
3	—	887	60.00–65.00	61.76

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

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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

Replacement Cattle

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle