Name: Upton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-12-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold steady to 3.00 lower. 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 $117.72/cwt on 362 head.

Average price

$117.72

362 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$664

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$68

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

$12.78/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.15

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	563	121.53	684	254
Medium and Large 2-3	566	108.75	616	108

One grade step is worth $12.78/cwt here — about $68 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 sale362 hd

117.72

—

KY average30 barns · 10,114 hd

122.86

−5.15

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	1,908	82.83	1,580	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,589	53.36	848	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,202	50.19	603	42
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	949	36.08	342	10

Every lot, as filed

72 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	—	417	128.34/cwt	128.00–130.00	535	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	718	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	363	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	526	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	120.99/cwt	120.00–122.00	697	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	466	142.51/cwt	141.00–144.00	664	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	422	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	591	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	712	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	748	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	563	124.92/cwt	122.00–133.00	703	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	300	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	390	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	763	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	916	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	512	122.90/cwt	120.00–123.00	629	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	112.77/cwt	112.00–119.00	704	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	829	110.50/cwt	110.50–110.50	916	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	613	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	775	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	564	133.80/cwt	131.00–134.50	755	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	721	120.32/cwt	120.00–121.00	868	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	407	144.94/cwt	142.00–147.00	590	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	138.01/cwt	136.00–143.00	711	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	368	128.95/cwt	121.00–133.00	475	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	843	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,096	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	865	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,038	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	362	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	525	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	548	129.56/cwt	127.50–131.00	710	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	671	125.52/cwt	124.50–131.00	842	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	656	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	810	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	458	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	632	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	300	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	441	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	635	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	889	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,035	63.35/cwt	62.00–65.00	656	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	888	724.93/cwt	700.00–750.00	6,437	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,110	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	666	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,215	50.62/cwt	45.00–57.00	615	38
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,067	41.50/cwt	40.00–44.00	443	3
Bulls	—	—	1,808	72.09/cwt	70.50–73.50	1,303	2
Bulls	—	—	2,247	93.50/cwt	93.50–93.50	2,101	1
Bulls	—	—	1,895	83.81/cwt	78.00–89.00	1,588	11
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	945	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	6,615	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	427	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	431	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	904	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	271	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	960	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	432	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	953	35.72/cwt	32.00–42.50	340	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,589	53.36/cwt	53.00–55.00	848	13
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,309	793.03/cwt	680.00–910.00	10,381	13
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	8,250	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,025	1,100.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,100.00	11,275	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	850	640.00/cwt	640.00–640.00	5,440	1
Bred Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	875	680.00/cwt	680.00–680.00	5,950	5
Bred Cows	Medium 1	—	900	720.00/cwt	720.00–720.00	6,480	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	430	113.61/cwt	112.00–115.00	489	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	490	110.60/cwt	106.50–120.00	542	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	606	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	630	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,123	1,066.17/cwt	850.00–1,270.00	11,973	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	975	966.15/cwt	810.00–1,100.00	9,420	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,221	839.92/cwt	700.00–1,250.00	10,255	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	338	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	433	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	714	103.50/cwt	103.50–103.50	739	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	625	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	675	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	533	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	666	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	567	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	646	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	688	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	647	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	953	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,086	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	621	117.49/cwt	110.00–122.00	730	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	441	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	534	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	580	108.81/cwt	105.00–117.50	631	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	521	112.75/cwt	106.00–114.00	587	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	512	118.87/cwt	116.00–120.00	609	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	650	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	650	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	560	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	700	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	370	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	492	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	466	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	587	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	113.00/cwt	111.00–114.00	819	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	513	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	644	28

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 8, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 990Last week 656Year ago 742

Slaughter CattleReceipts 89Last week 89Year ago 174

Replacement CattleReceipts 58Last week 44Year ago 31

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold steady to 3.00 lower. 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
17	—	417	128.00–130.00	128.34
46	—	576	120.00–122.00	120.99
9	—	300	130.00	130.00
31	—	512	120.00–123.00	122.90
27	—	624	112.00–119.00	112.77
18	—	829	110.50	110.50
18	—	368	121.00–133.00	128.95
27	—	466	126.00	126.00
24	—	725	111.00–114.00	113.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	548	127.50–131.00	129.56
20	—	656	123.50	123.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	430	112.00–115.00	113.61
13	—	490	106.50–120.00	110.60
8	—	606	104.00	104.00
24	—	714	103.50	103.50
2	—	688	94.00	94.00
23	—	580	105.00–117.50	108.81
19	—	521	106.00–114.00	112.75
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	630	114.00	114.00
3	—	363	145.00	145.00
9	—	422	140.00	140.00
19	—	712	105.00	105.00
30	—	563	122.00–133.00	124.92
17	—	458	138.00	138.00
11	—	300	147.00	147.00
28	—	513	125.50	125.50
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	427	101.00	101.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	338	128.00	128.00
7	—	625	108.00	108.00
7	—	441	121.00	121.00
15	—	512	116.00–120.00	118.87
8	—	650	100.00	100.00
2	—	560	125.00	125.00
1	—	370	133.00	133.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	466	141.00–144.00	142.51
7	—	763	120.00	120.00
16	—	613	126.50	126.50
15	—	564	131.00–134.50	133.80
13	—	721	120.00–121.00	120.32
12	—	407	142.00–147.00	144.94
18	—	515	136.00–143.00	138.01
61	—	843	130.00	130.00
32	—	865	120.00	120.00
7	—	362	145.00	145.00
17	—	671	124.50–131.00	125.52
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	635	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	533	125.00	125.00
2	—	567	114.00	114.00
12	—	953	114.00	114.00
8	—	621	110.00–122.00	117.49

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,035	62.00–65.00	63.35
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	888	700.00–750.00	724.93
Bred Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	875	680.00	680.00
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	945	700.00	700.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	850	640.00	640.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	—	1,309	680.00–910.00	793.03
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,100	750.00	750.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	15	—	1,221	700.00–1,250.00	839.92
Bred Cows — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	900	720.00	720.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,025	1,100.00	1,100.00
(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	—	975	810.00–1,100.00	966.15
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,123	850.00–1,270.00	1,066.17

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,110	60.00	60.00
38	—	1,215	45.00–57.00	50.62
3	—	1,067	40.00–44.00	41.50
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	904	30.00	30.00
1	—	960	45.00	45.00
8	—	953	32.00–42.50	35.72
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,589	53.00–55.00	53.36
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,808	70.50–73.50	72.09
1	—	2,247	93.50	93.50
11	—	1,895	78.00–89.00	83.81

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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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