Sale reports / Kentucky / Upton Livestock Auction / 2021-02-23

Upton Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Upton, Kentucky · Tue, Feb 23
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2211
Feeder Cattle receipts
482 head
364 vs last sale 846 188 vs year ago 670 · 28.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
47 head
44 vs last sale 91 33 vs year ago 80 · 41.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
46 head
16 vs last sale 30 22 vs year ago 24 · +91.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available due to no sale last week .

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $119.26/cwt on 269 head.
Average price
$119.26
269 head · 717 lb average
Value per head Derived
$855
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$182
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$11.64/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.31
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2729120.91882231
Medium and Large 2-3641109.2770038
One grade step is worth $11.64/cwt here — about $182 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 sale269 hd
119.26
KY average14 barns · 1,157 hd
122.57
−3.31
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsLow1,38387.331,2083thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,25064.1680247
CowsLean 85-90%Average94540.043782thin

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 1-2519153.29/cwt152.00–156.0079613
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2669117.00/cwt117.00–117.0078310
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added839116.95/cwt116.95–116.95981116
BullsMedium and Large 2-3632101.00/cwt101.00–101.006382
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added713122.05/cwt119.50–123.0087058
SteersMedium and Large 1-2762120.00/cwt120.00–120.0091423
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2524129.10/cwt128.50–129.5067612
BullsMedium and Large 1-2568128.25/cwt128.25–128.2572816
SteersMedium and Large 1-2468156.25/cwt156.00–157.007314
SteersMedium and Large 1-2664136.00/cwt136.00–136.009034
SteersMedium and Large 1-2413161.00/cwt161.00–161.0066512
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2571121.00/cwt120.50–122.0069115
SteersMedium and Large 1-2862120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,03420
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2478132.50/cwt132.50–132.506338
BullsMedium and Large 1-2453156.00/cwt156.00–156.007073
BullsMedium and Large 1-2718107.00/cwt107.00–107.007682
BullsMedium and Large 1-2300160.00/cwt160.00–160.004801
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added660139.90/cwt139.75–140.0092315
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600135.00/cwt135.00–135.008105
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400147.00/cwt147.00–147.005883
BullsMedium and Large 1-2360161.00/cwt161.00–161.005804
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1801,015.90/cwt970.00–1,100.0011,9883
BullsMedium and Large 1-2521140.00/cwt140.00–140.0072911
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,105903.96/cwt850.00–950.009,9894
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,100860.00/cwt860.00–860.009,4601
CowsLean 85-90%94540.04/cwt39.00–41.003782
CowsBoner 80-85%1,28070.00/cwt70.00–70.008961
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25664.50/cwt55.00–66.0081045
CowsBoner 80-85%94443.00/cwt43.00–43.004061
Bulls1,39080.99/cwt80.00–82.001,1262
Bulls1,370100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,3701
Bred CowsMedium 1-2890840.00/cwt840.00–840.007,4761
Bred CowsMedium 1-29001,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.009,0001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,024959.41/cwt890.00–1,000.009,8244
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0001,080.00/cwt1,080.00–1,080.0010,8002
Bred CowsMedium 1-2920720.00/cwt720.00–720.006,6241
Bred CowsMedium 1-2950850.00/cwt850.00–850.008,0751
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1931,043.71/cwt960.00–1,070.0012,4514
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1701,050.00/cwt1,050.00–1,050.0012,2851
BullsMedium and Large 2-3488120.50/cwt120.50–120.505882
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3682109.00/cwt109.00–109.0074310
Bred CowsMedium 11,000790.00/cwt790.00–790.007,9001
Bred CowsMedium 1-2924840.00/cwt840.00–840.007,7621
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3705106.00/cwt106.00–106.007472
SteersMedium and Large 2-3839115.00/cwt115.00–115.009657
HeifersMedium and Large 2-375090.00/cwt90.00–90.006751
HeifersMedium and Large 2-384594.00/cwt94.00–94.007944
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-292570.92/cwt68.00–74.006562
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,0001,200.00/cwt1,200.00–1,200.0012,0001
SteersMedium and Large 2-3713115.00/cwt115.00–115.008203
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3417110.00/cwt110.00–110.004592
BullsMedium and Large 2-3365128.00/cwt128.00–128.004671
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2402141.00/cwt141.00–141.005677
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2322140.62/cwt140.00–141.004535
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3523112.82/cwt110.00–113.505905
SteersMedium and Large 2-3879114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,0028
SteersMedium and Large 2-3518144.00/cwt144.00–144.007468
BullsMedium and Large 1-2624117.60/cwt116.00–119.0073413
SteersMedium and Large 1-2828120.10/cwt120.00–120.5099420
SteersMedium and Large 1-21,055100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,0552
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3610114.29/cwt111.50–116.0069714
BullsMedium and Large 2-379392.00/cwt92.00–92.007304

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.