Name: Upton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-11-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher on a light test. 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 $116.58/cwt on 100 head.

Average price

$116.58

100 head · 512 lb average

Value per head Derived

$597

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$58

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

$12.65/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.30

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	510	121.14	618	64
Medium and Large 2-3	516	108.49	560	36

One grade step is worth $12.65/cwt here — about $58 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 sale100 hd

116.58

—

KY average26 barns · 3,900 hd

118.89

−2.30

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	1,514	77.20	1,169	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,446	56.00	810	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,273	49.99	637	35
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,027	39.96	410	9thin

Every lot, as filed

62 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	352	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	468	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	711	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	668	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	566	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	736	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	836	116.50/cwt	116.50–116.50	974	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	735	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	300	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	411	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	645	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	748	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	390	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	371	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	860.00/cwt	860.00–860.00	9,030	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	731	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	921	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	646	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	487	133.32/cwt	132.00–134.00	649	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	356	146.83/cwt	142.00–150.00	523	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	538	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,040	744.87/cwt	700.00–840.00	7,747	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	727	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	698	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	599	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	835.00/cwt	835.00–835.00	7,515	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,310	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	956	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	653	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	816	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	316	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	483	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,235	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	10,498	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	730.00/cwt	730.00–730.00	8,760	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	660.00/cwt	660.00–660.00	5,940	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	875	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	735	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,244	899.72/cwt	800.00–935.00	11,193	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,220	830.00/cwt	830.00–830.00	10,126	1
Bred Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	900	820.00/cwt	820.00–820.00	7,380	3
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	900	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	5,850	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,230	760.00/cwt	760.00–760.00	9,348	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	404	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	444	5
Bulls	—	—	1,561	80.40/cwt	74.00–84.50	1,255	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,446	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	810	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,282	51.25/cwt	42.00–55.00	657	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	580	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	644	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,207	40.19/cwt	32.00–43.00	485	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	912	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	274	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	1,200.00/cwt	1,200.00–1,200.00	13,800	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	980.00/cwt	980.00–980.00	9,800	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,193	772.04/cwt	730.00–840.00	9,210	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	453	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	535	3
Bulls	—	—	1,235	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	716	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,041	41.21/cwt	35.00–45.00	429	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	755	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	680	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	518	105.69/cwt	105.00–107.00	547	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	490	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	593	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	590	107.95/cwt	107.00–112.00	637	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	850	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	893	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,235	685.00/cwt	685.00–685.00	8,460	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	738	103.74/cwt	100.00–105.00	766	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	432	108.48/cwt	107.00–110.00	469	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	666	100.65/cwt	100.00–101.00	670	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	522	108.78/cwt	105.00–111.00	568	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	373	113.70/cwt	107.00–123.00	424	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	290	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	336	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	110.75/cwt	110.75–110.75	694	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	440	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	502	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	700	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	616	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	147.85/cwt	143.00–158.00	640	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	606	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	761	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	121.67/cwt	121.00–123.00	579	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	120.70/cwt	120.00–121.00	694	29

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 Nov 3, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 266Last week 593Year ago 680

Slaughter CattleReceipts 65Last week 120Year ago 123

Replacement CattleReceipts 30Last week 31Year ago 20

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher on a light test. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	352	133.00	133.00
5	—	300	137.00	137.00
16	—	521	124.00	124.00
5	—	420	128.00	128.00
4	—	738	100.00–105.00	103.74
13	—	627	110.75	110.75
18	—	476	121.00–123.00	121.67
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	711	94.00	94.00
3	—	580	111.00	111.00
3	—	453	118.00	118.00
2	—	432	107.00–110.00	108.48
3	—	666	100.00–101.00	100.65
13	—	522	105.00–111.00	108.78
8	—	373	107.00–123.00	113.70
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	566	130.00	130.00
4	—	836	116.50	116.50
1	—	525	140.00	140.00
9	—	731	126.00	126.00
6	—	653	125.00	125.00
3	—	433	143.00–158.00	147.85
5	—	606	125.50	125.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	850	105.00	105.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	645	116.00	116.00
6	—	487	132.00–134.00	133.32
5	—	356	142.00–150.00	146.83
4	—	727	96.00	96.00
1	—	425	141.00	141.00
5	—	316	153.00	153.00
29	—	575	120.00–121.00	120.70
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	390	95.00	95.00
1	—	755	90.00	90.00
3	—	518	105.00–107.00	105.69
2	—	490	121.00	121.00
5	—	590	107.00–112.00	107.95
2	—	290	116.00	116.00
1	—	440	114.00	114.00
1	—	700	88.00	88.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	404	110.00	110.00

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 (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,050	860.00	860.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,040	700.00–840.00	744.87
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	900	660.00	660.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,244	800.00–935.00	899.72
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,220	830.00	830.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,000	980.00	980.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,193	730.00–840.00	772.04
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,235	685.00	685.00
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	900	650.00	650.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,230	760.00	760.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	900	835.00	835.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,150	1,200.00	1,200.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,310	73.00	73.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	875	84.00	84.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,235	850.00	850.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,200	730.00	730.00
Bred Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	900	820.00	820.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,561	74.00–84.50	80.40
1	—	1,235	58.00	58.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,446	56.00	56.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,282	42.00–55.00	51.25
4	—	1,207	32.00–43.00	40.19
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	912	30.00	30.00
8	—	1,041	35.00–45.00	41.21

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