Name: Upton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-10-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold mostly steady to 3.00 higher. Feeder bulls sold steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter cows and slaughter sold steady to firm.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $125.05/cwt on 199 head.

Average price

$125.05

199 head · 698 lb average

Value per head Derived

$873

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$131

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

$18.03/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.17

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	699	128.40	897	162
Medium and Large 2-3	695	110.37	767	37

One grade step is worth $18.03/cwt here — about $131 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 sale199 hd

125.05

—

KY average27 barns · 4,437 hd

132.22

−7.17

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	1,715	78.34	1,344	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,299	53.11	690	63
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,563	51.59	806	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,022	44.90	459	19

Every lot, as filed

66 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	—	657	114.12/cwt	112.00–115.00	750	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	290	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	481	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	107.40/cwt	106.00–108.50	674	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	527	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	722	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	457	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	704	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	713	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	692	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	780	126.75/cwt	126.75–126.75	989	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	341	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	443	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	732	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	703	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	920	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	505	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	646	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	123.14/cwt	123.00–123.20	525	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	467	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	556	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	713	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	856	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	560	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	689	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	946	113.50/cwt	113.50–113.50	1,074	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	925	920.00/cwt	920.00–920.00	8,510	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	645	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	502	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	602	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	612	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	748	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	624	134.37/cwt	132.50–135.00	838	32
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	462	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	582	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	415	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	556	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	360	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	508	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	300	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	495	5
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	910	69.24/cwt	58.00–79.00	630	4
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	1,010.00/cwt	1,010.00–1,010.00	11,110	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	660.00/cwt	660.00–660.00	7,260	1
Bred Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	900	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	5,400	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	900	670.00/cwt	670.00–670.00	6,030	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	900	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	4,950	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	900	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	5,850	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,120	42.75/cwt	42.50–43.00	479	2
Bulls	—	—	1,535	74.50/cwt	74.50–74.50	1,144	1
Bulls	—	—	1,923	85.27/cwt	85.00–85.50	1,640	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,563	51.59/cwt	50.50–52.50	806	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,305	53.45/cwt	45.00–59.50	698	61
Bulls	—	—	1,698	77.63/cwt	72.00–83.50	1,318	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,022	44.90/cwt	35.00–49.00	459	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	983	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	954	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	516	102.91/cwt	101.00–105.00	531	26
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	810.00/cwt	810.00–810.00	8,100	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	10,500	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,207	863.99/cwt	770.00–940.00	10,428	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,238	829.20/cwt	800.00–840.00	10,265	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	569	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	626	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	671	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	684	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	337	111.56/cwt	111.00–114.00	376	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	825	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	784	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	440	104.53/cwt	102.00–114.00	460	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	555	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	555	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	513	106.03/cwt	105.50–107.00	544	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	330	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	429	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	703	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	815	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	440	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	466	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	372	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	454	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	845	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	761	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	109.42/cwt	108.00–110.00	681	28
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	850	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	893	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	760	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	836	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	603	103.01/cwt	101.00–105.00	621	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	459	106.86/cwt	105.00–108.00	490	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	380	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	494	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	563	112.58/cwt	108.00–116.00	634	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	633	99.82/cwt	99.00–102.00	632	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 Oct 27, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 593Last week 286Year ago 962

Slaughter CattleReceipts 120Last week 45Year ago 112

Replacement CattleReceipts 31Last week 31Year ago 22

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold mostly steady to 3.00 higher. Feeder bulls sold steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter cows and slaughter sold steady to firm.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	657	112.00–115.00	114.12
6	—	983	97.00	97.00
4	—	569	110.00	110.00
1	—	330	130.00	130.00
6	—	703	116.00	116.00
3	—	440	106.00	106.00
2	—	850	105.00	105.00
1	—	760	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	527	137.00	137.00
66	—	780	126.75	126.75
32	—	624	132.50–135.00	134.37
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	457	154.00	154.00
7	—	800	115.00	115.00
7	—	713	120.00	120.00
5	—	560	123.00	123.00
12	—	946	113.50	113.50
8	—	516	125.00	125.00
4	—	618	121.00	121.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	290	166.00	166.00
6	—	713	97.00	97.00
9	—	521	117.50	117.50
10	—	462	126.00	126.00
7	—	415	134.00	134.00
8	—	360	141.00	141.00
28	—	622	108.00–110.00	109.42
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	440	102.00–114.00	104.53
2	—	555	100.00	100.00
14	—	513	105.50–107.00	106.03
5	—	845	90.00	90.00
1	—	380	130.00	130.00
11	—	633	99.00–102.00	99.82
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	628	106.00–108.50	107.40
10	—	341	130.00	130.00
9	—	732	96.00	96.00
17	—	426	123.00–123.20	123.14
20	—	467	119.00	119.00
16	—	502	120.00	120.00
21	—	563	108.00–116.00	112.58
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	505	128.00	128.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	300	165.00	165.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	516	101.00–105.00	102.91
7	—	671	102.00	102.00
5	—	337	111.00–114.00	111.56
2	—	825	95.00	95.00
5	—	372	122.00	122.00
10	—	603	101.00–105.00	103.01
8	—	459	105.00–108.00	106.86

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	925	920.00	920.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	4	—	910	58.00–79.00	69.24
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,100	1,010.00	1,010.00
Bred Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	900	600.00	600.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,100	660.00	660.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,000	810.00	810.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	1,207	770.00–940.00	863.99
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,238	800.00–840.00	829.20
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	900	670.00	670.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	900	550.00	550.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	900	650.00	650.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,050	1,000.00	1,000.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,120	42.50–43.00	42.75
61	—	1,305	45.00–59.50	53.45
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,563	50.50–52.50	51.59
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,022	35.00–49.00	44.90
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,535	74.50	74.50
2	—	1,923	85.00–85.50	85.27
14	—	1,698	72.00–83.50	77.63

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

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

Slaughter Cattle