Name: Upton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-07-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available due to no Sale last week for Holiday

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.00/cwt on 224 head.

Average price

$122.00

224 head · 575 lb average

Value per head Derived

$701

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$83

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

$4.73/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.31

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	589	123.48	727	154
Medium and Large 2-3	543	118.75	644	70

One grade step is worth $4.73/cwt here — about $83 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 sale224 hd

122.00

—

KY average17 barns · 1,927 hd

123.31

−1.31

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	1,586	94.40	1,497	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,611	65.25	1,051	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,278	61.73	789	81
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	974	46.96	458	9thin

Every lot, as filed

71 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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,258	1,259.50/cwt	1,050.00–1,500.00	15,845	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	474	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	692	21
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,350	1,280.00/cwt	1,280.00–1,280.00	17,280	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	870	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	635	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,040	720.00/cwt	720.00–720.00	7,488	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,060	1,063.77/cwt	990.00–1,160.00	11,276	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,231	1,095.65/cwt	1,025.00–1,200.00	13,487	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,240	939.09/cwt	900.00–1,040.00	11,645	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,400	760.00/cwt	760.00–760.00	10,640	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,065	760.00/cwt	760.00–760.00	8,094	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,285	940.00/cwt	940.00–940.00	12,079	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	437	131.06/cwt	125.00–138.00	573	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	787	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	937	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	677	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	846	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	393	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	605	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	475	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	689	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	520	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	712	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	636	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	779	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	415	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	614	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	289	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	480	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	832	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	765	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	577	119.41/cwt	114.00–122.00	689	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	408	139.36/cwt	138.00–142.00	569	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	512	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	635	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	330	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	449	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	136.82/cwt	134.00–141.00	647	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	513	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	680	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	739	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	534	136.35/cwt	135.50–138.00	728	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	135.92/cwt	133.50–140.00	773	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	845	117.49/cwt	117.00–119.00	993	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	724	124.45/cwt	123.50–125.00	901	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	130.47/cwt	130.25–131.00	806	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	414	147.15/cwt	141.00–148.00	609	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	855	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	983	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	536	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	630	112.86/cwt	112.00–114.00	711	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	488	121.09/cwt	119.00–125.00	591	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	418	125.87/cwt	119.00–128.00	526	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	300	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	408	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	695	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	799	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	506	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	597	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,009	48.77/cwt	42.50–54.00	492	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	900	34.00/cwt	33.00–35.00	306	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	915	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	567	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,615	65.07/cwt	62.00–65.50	1,051	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,585	66.50/cwt	66.50–66.50	1,054	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,218	60.81/cwt	54.00–65.00	741	45
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,376	66.01/cwt	63.00–67.50	908	30
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,242	47.19/cwt	42.50–51.00	586	6
Bulls	—	—	1,591	93.02/cwt	88.00–99.00	1,480	9
Bulls	—	—	1,790	106.51/cwt	103.00–110.00	1,907	4
Bulls	—	—	1,372	85.39/cwt	80.00–88.00	1,172	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	925	57.00/cwt	57.00–57.00	527	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	900	780.00/cwt	710.00–850.00	7,020	2
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,000	730.00/cwt	730.00–730.00	7,300	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,265	1,335.00/cwt	1,335.00–1,335.00	16,888	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,080	1,200.00/cwt	1,200.00–1,200.00	12,960	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	870	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	870	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	537	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	693	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	566	124.22/cwt	124.00–125.00	703	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	119.85/cwt	119.50–120.00	797	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	726	112.62/cwt	110.50–113.75	818	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	124.82/cwt	122.00–129.00	662	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	462	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	624	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	848	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	899	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	421	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	573	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	367	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	506	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	310	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	434	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	500	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	650	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	482	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	583	6

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 Jul 7, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 597Last week 567Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 134Last week 132Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 36Last week 16Year ago 0

No trends available due to no Sale last week for Holiday

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	3	—	1,258	1,050.00–1,500.00	1,259.50
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,350	1,280.00	1,280.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,285	940.00	940.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,265	1,335.00	1,335.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,080	1,200.00	1,200.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	870	73.00	73.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	925	57.00	57.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,040	720.00	720.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	1,060	990.00–1,160.00	1,063.77
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	1,231	1,025.00–1,200.00	1,095.65
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,240	900.00–1,040.00	939.09
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,400	760.00	760.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,065	760.00	760.00
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	900	710.00–850.00	780.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,000	730.00	730.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	474	146.00	146.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	437	125.00–138.00	131.06
7	—	787	119.00	119.00
6	—	677	125.00	125.00
6	—	393	154.00	154.00
4	—	475	145.00	145.00
3	—	520	137.00	137.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	534	135.50–138.00	136.35
32	—	569	133.50–140.00	135.92
24	—	845	117.00–119.00	117.49
20	—	724	123.50–125.00	124.45
16	—	618	130.25–131.00	130.47
8	—	414	141.00–148.00	147.15
2	—	855	115.00	115.00
2	—	335	160.00	160.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	636	122.50	122.50
4	—	415	148.00	148.00
4	—	289	166.00	166.00
12	—	473	134.00–141.00	136.82
11	—	513	132.50	132.50
8	—	577	128.00	128.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	832	92.00	92.00
3	—	577	114.00–122.00	119.41
3	—	408	138.00–142.00	139.36
2	—	512	124.00	124.00
1	—	330	136.00	136.00
6	—	482	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	630	112.00–114.00	112.86
14	—	488	119.00–125.00	121.09
8	—	418	119.00–128.00	125.87
7	—	300	136.00	136.00
6	—	695	115.00	115.00
6	—	506	118.00	118.00
1	—	870	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	537	129.00	129.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	566	124.00–125.00	124.22
25	—	665	119.50–120.00	119.85
23	—	726	110.50–113.75	112.62
19	—	530	122.00–129.00	124.82
12	—	462	135.00	135.00
8	—	848	106.00	106.00
6	—	421	136.00	136.00
3	—	367	138.00	138.00
3	—	310	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	500	130.00	130.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,009	42.50–54.00	48.77
2	—	900	33.00–35.00	34.00
1	—	915	62.00	62.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,615	62.00–65.50	65.07
1	—	1,585	66.50	66.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	1,218	54.00–65.00	60.81
30	—	1,376	63.00–67.50	66.01
6	—	1,242	42.50–51.00	47.19
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,591	88.00–99.00	93.02
4	—	1,790	103.00–110.00	106.51
4	—	1,372	80.00–88.00	85.39

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

Replacement Cattle

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle