Name: Upton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-10-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week : Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold steady. 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 $133.80/cwt on 207 head.

Average price

$133.80

207 head · 517 lb average

Value per head Derived

$691

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$65

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

$16.76/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.19

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	514	136.07	700	179
Medium and Large 2-3	532	119.30	635	28

One grade step is worth $16.76/cwt here — about $65 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 sale207 hd

133.80

—

KY average25 barns · 5,283 hd

133.98

−0.19

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	—	High	1,815	85.14	1,545	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,411	55.00	776	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,222	50.48	617	49
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	963	37.47	361	6thin

Every lot, as filed

57 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	—	545	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	681	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	658	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	895	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	475	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	594	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	391	168.19/cwt	168.00–170.00	658	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	355	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	568	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	508	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	671	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	655	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	740	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	754	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	984	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	657	144.75/cwt	144.75–144.75	951	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	960	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	960	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	505	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	606	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	275	144.85/cwt	138.00–147.00	398	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	416	123.39/cwt	122.00–128.00	513	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	587	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	646	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	879	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	356	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	536	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	563	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	749	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	325	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	436	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	513	136.72/cwt	135.00–143.00	701	32
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	558	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	742	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	710	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	959	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	501	140.67/cwt	140.00–141.00	705	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	926	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,158	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	713	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	873	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	613	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	769	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	345	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	552	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	557	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	727	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	504	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	731	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	603	126.25/cwt	126.25–126.25	761	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	368	144.18/cwt	135.00–153.00	531	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	515	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	603	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	624	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	724	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	723	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	835	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	416	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	624	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	703	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	703	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	465	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	644	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	589	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	707	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	616	21
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	710.00/cwt	710.00–710.00	6,390	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	970.00/cwt	970.00–970.00	10,670	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,160	830.00/cwt	830.00–830.00	9,628	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,364	913.99/cwt	840.00–1,020.00	12,467	5
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	850	840.00/cwt	840.00–840.00	7,140	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	860.00/cwt	860.00–860.00	9,030	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	930.00/cwt	930.00–930.00	10,695	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,225	1,014.80/cwt	900.00–1,125.00	12,431	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Large 1-2	—	1,145	1,100.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,100.00	12,595	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250	890.00/cwt	890.00–890.00	11,125	1
Bulls	—	—	2,200	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	2,090	1
Bulls	—	—	1,330	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	958	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,411	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	776	9
Bulls	—	—	1,835	85.79/cwt	75.00–92.00	1,574	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	963	37.47/cwt	36.00–40.00	361	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,090	41.28/cwt	35.00–48.50	450	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,231	51.08/cwt	43.00–58.00	629	46
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	637	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	284	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	442	5

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 19, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 501Last week 474Year ago 286

Slaughter CattleReceipts 61Last week 128Year ago 45

Replacement CattleReceipts 25Last week 70Year ago 31

Compared to last week : Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold steady. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	545	125.00	125.00
6	—	658	136.00	136.00
1	—	475	125.00	125.00
6	—	558	133.00	133.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	391	168.00–170.00	168.19
18	—	657	144.75	144.75
2	—	710	135.00	135.00
15	—	501	140.00–141.00	140.67
7	—	926	125.00	125.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	355	160.00	160.00
15	—	508	132.00	132.00
1	—	345	160.00	160.00
9	—	557	130.50	130.50
24	—	603	126.25	126.25
11	—	723	115.50	115.50
10	—	416	150.00	150.00
14	—	472	135.00	135.00
5	—	284	155.50	155.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	368	135.00–153.00	144.18
2	—	515	117.00	117.00
3	—	703	100.00	100.00
5	—	465	138.50	138.50
9	—	589	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	655	113.00	113.00
2	—	960	100.00	100.00
7	—	505	120.00	120.00
9	—	416	122.00–128.00	123.39
2	—	325	134.00	134.00
6	—	624	116.00	116.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	754	130.50	130.50
26	—	275	138.00–147.00	144.85
14	—	425	138.00	138.00
6	—	356	150.50	150.50
15	—	563	133.00	133.00
32	—	513	135.00–143.00	136.72
5	—	713	122.50	122.50
13	—	613	125.50	125.50
21	—	470	131.00	131.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	646	136.00	136.00
4	—	504	145.00	145.00

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
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	900	710.00	710.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,225	900.00–1,125.00	1,014.80
Cow-Calf Pairs — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,145	1,100.00	1,100.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,100	970.00	970.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,160	830.00	830.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	1,364	840.00–1,020.00	913.99
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,050	860.00	860.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,150	930.00	930.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,250	890.00	890.00
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	850	840.00	840.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,200	95.00	95.00
1	—	1,330	72.00	72.00
5	—	1,835	75.00–92.00	85.79
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,411	55.00	55.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	963	36.00–40.00	37.47
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,090	35.00–48.50	41.28
46	—	1,231	43.00–58.00	51.08

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