Name: Upton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-10-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Weaned feeders sold 4.00 to 6.00 higher in some instances. Strong demand for weaned and preconditioned feeders. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher while slaughter bulls sold steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $133.52/cwt on 336 head.

Average price

$133.52

336 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$738

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

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

$9.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.49

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	544	135.81	739	255
Medium and Large 2-3	581	126.31	734	81

One grade step is worth $9.50/cwt here — about $5 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 sale336 hd

133.52

—

KY average24 barns · 4,768 hd

132.03

+1.49

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	1,720	83.74	1,440	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,653	59.50	983	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,285	52.82	679	48
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	947	39.92	378	4thin

Every lot, as filed

68 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 1-2	—	628	142.48/cwt	140.00–150.50	895	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	842	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,116	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	382	170.33/cwt	160.00–177.00	651	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	627	139.84/cwt	138.00–142.00	877	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	723	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	875	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	592	151.36/cwt	150.50–152.00	896	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	679	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,019	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	653	132.51/cwt	132.00–135.00	865	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	584	145.65/cwt	139.50–146.50	851	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	684	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	923	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	416	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	568	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	851	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	133.88/cwt	132.00–141.00	698	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	287	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	399	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	685	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	925	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	419	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	494	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	717	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	846	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	320	112.05/cwt	111.00–114.00	359	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	575	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	736	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	474	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	578	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	652	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	838	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	556	133.66/cwt	130.00–137.00	743	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	—	620	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	831	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	522	143.54/cwt	140.00–146.00	749	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	342	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	462	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	458	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	618	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	412	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	577	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	568	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	733	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	300	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	435	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	627	125.89/cwt	120.00–127.00	789	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	519	123.54/cwt	115.00–125.00	641	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	352	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	510	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	630	117.95/cwt	113.00–125.00	743	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	700	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	770	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	415	128.44/cwt	128.00–129.00	533	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	534	116.66/cwt	116.00–118.00	623	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	134.52/cwt	134.00–139.00	626	30
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	860.00/cwt	860.00–860.00	8,600	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,245	938.32/cwt	880.00–980.00	11,682	5
Bred Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	870	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	5,220	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,010	825.25/cwt	800.00–850.00	8,335	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	870	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	757	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	850	780.00/cwt	780.00–780.00	6,630	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,257	803.45/cwt	700.00–850.00	10,099	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	720.00/cwt	720.00–720.00	7,560	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,215	691.15/cwt	650.00–730.00	8,397	2
Bulls	—	—	1,700	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	1,241	1
Bulls	—	—	1,723	85.53/cwt	82.00–89.00	1,474	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	947	39.92/cwt	35.00–44.00	378	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,133	43.61/cwt	42.50–45.00	494	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,292	53.22/cwt	48.50–56.75	688	46
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,805	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	1,065	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,500	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	900	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	411	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	596	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	505	144.04/cwt	142.50–145.75	727	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	310	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	453	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	647	156.25/cwt	156.25–156.25	1,011	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	524	149.11/cwt	148.50–150.00	781	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	806	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,136	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	743	144.41/cwt	133.00–147.00	1,073	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	676	144.14/cwt	141.00–145.00	974	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	419	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	629	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	900	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	509	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	667	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	126.37/cwt	125.00–126.50	791	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	840	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	868	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	368	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	626	2

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 26, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 813Last week 501Year ago 593

Slaughter CattleReceipts 73Last week 61Year ago 120

Replacement CattleReceipts 20Last week 25Year ago 31

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	628	140.00–150.50	142.48
3	—	842	132.50	132.50
3	—	382	160.00–177.00	170.33
15	—	592	150.50–152.00	151.36
21	—	505	142.50–145.75	144.04
32	—	743	133.00–147.00	144.41
18	—	676	141.00–145.00	144.14
5	—	419	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	679	150.00	150.00
24	—	647	156.25	156.25
20	—	524	148.50–150.00	149.11
4	—	806	141.00	141.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	653	132.00–135.00	132.51
40	—	584	139.50–146.50	145.65
7	—	411	145.00	145.00
1	—	310	146.00	146.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	627	138.00–142.00	139.84
22	—	685	135.00	135.00
10	—	522	140.00–146.00	143.54
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	723	121.00	121.00
12	—	684	135.00	135.00
16	—	416	136.50	136.50
10	—	635	134.00	134.00
49	—	521	132.00–141.00	133.88
6	—	287	139.00	139.00
36	—	556	130.00–137.00	133.66
15	—	342	135.00	135.00
30	—	465	134.00–139.00	134.52
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	419	118.00	118.00
2	—	717	118.00	118.00
3	—	320	111.00–114.00	112.05
12	—	575	128.00	128.00
4	—	474	122.00	122.00
6	—	652	128.50	128.50
27	—	627	120.00–127.00	125.89
7	—	519	115.00–125.00	123.54
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	620	134.00	134.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	458	135.00	135.00
12	—	412	140.00	140.00
17	—	352	145.00	145.00
1	—	900	100.00	100.00
13	—	509	131.00	131.00
11	—	626	125.00–126.50	126.37
14	—	730	115.00	115.00
6	—	577	150.50	150.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	568	129.00	129.00
1	—	300	145.00	145.00
3	—	630	113.00–125.00	117.95
1	—	700	110.00	110.00
9	—	415	128.00–129.00	128.44
6	—	534	116.00–118.00	116.66
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	368	170.00	170.00

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	—	1,000	860.00	860.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,245	880.00–980.00	938.32
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,257	700.00–850.00	803.45
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,050	720.00	720.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,215	650.00–730.00	691.15
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	850	780.00	780.00
Bred Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	870	600.00	600.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,010	800.00–850.00	825.25
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	870	87.00	87.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,700	73.00	73.00
6	—	1,723	82.00–89.00	85.53
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	947	35.00–44.00	39.92
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,133	42.50–45.00	43.61
46	—	1,292	48.50–56.75	53.22
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,805	59.00	59.00
1	—	1,500	60.00	60.00

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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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