Sale reports / Kentucky / Upton Livestock Auction / 2021-11-09

Upton Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Upton, Kentucky · Tue, Nov 9
● Final70 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2211
Feeder Cattle receipts
875 head
258 vs last sale 617 163 vs year ago 712 · +22.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
101 head
19 vs last sale 82 27 vs year ago 74 · +36.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
30 head
9 vs last sale 21 54 vs year ago 84 · 64.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Week: Weaned and Preconditioned Feeder steers sold steady. All other classes of feeders sold 2.00 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 $125.21/cwt on 311 head.
Average price
$125.21
311 head · 566 lb average
Value per head Derived
$709
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$31
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$10.84/cwt at this weight
vs the market
6.03
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2541128.76697209
Medium and Large 2-3617117.92728102
One grade step is worth $10.84/cwt here — about −$31 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 sale311 hd
125.21
KY average24 barns · 8,027 hd
131.24
−6.03
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
BullsHigh1,61885.521,38418
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,53157.2287616
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,22953.0065238
CowsLean 85-90%Average96538.563729thin

Every lot, as filed

70 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
BullsMedium and Large 1-2411136.50/cwt135.00–138.0056130
BullsMedium and Large 1-2562128.00/cwt128.00–128.0071914
BullsMedium and Large 1-2726110.50/cwt110.50–110.5080215
BullsMedium and Large 1-2675120.00/cwt120.00–120.0081012
BullsMedium and Large 2-3303145.00/cwt145.00–145.004396
BullsMedium and Large 1-2504135.00/cwt135.00–135.0068025
Dairy SteersLarge 360194.00/cwt94.00–94.005654
SteersMedium and Large 1-2681145.38/cwt143.00–148.0099025
SteersMedium and Large 1-2643140.31/cwt135.00–143.009026
SteersMedium and Large 1-2953125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,1913
SteersMedium and Large 1-2410144.02/cwt142.00–145.005906
SteersMedium and Large 1-2864135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,16615
Dairy SteersLarge 3703118.00/cwt118.00–118.008303
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2642120.00/cwt120.00–120.0077020
SteersMedium and Large 1-2455142.00/cwt142.00–142.006469
SteersMedium and Large 1-2511139.00/cwt139.00–139.0071015
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added579150.00/cwt150.00–150.0086923
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added715143.75/cwt143.75–143.751,02835
SteersMedium and Large 1-2583138.19/cwt135.50–140.0080625
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3571127.75/cwt127.75–127.7572910
SteersMedium and Large 2-3785123.00/cwt123.00–123.009662
SteersMedium and Large 2-3607135.66/cwt134.00–137.2582324
SteersMedium and Large 1-2706136.46/cwt132.00–138.0096312
SteersMedium and Large 2-3460112.00/cwt112.00–112.005152
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3867117.33/cwt117.00–118.001,0173
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added632134.00/cwt134.00–134.0084722
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2457127.00/cwt127.00–127.0058025
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2526131.68/cwt131.00–133.0069345
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2683126.48/cwt125.00–130.0086410
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2360132.00/cwt132.00–132.0047518
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3952104.37/cwt100.00–105.009948
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3671121.50/cwt121.50–121.508158
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3465114.00/cwt114.00–114.0053011
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2303132.50/cwt132.50–132.5040110
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3438118.84/cwt117.00–122.0052119
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3731116.87/cwt115.00–118.0085431
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2746126.00/cwt126.00–126.0094014
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2863118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,0188
BullsMedium and Large 2-382091.00/cwt91.00–91.007467
BullsMedium and Large 2-3476120.00/cwt120.00–120.005714
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3325122.18/cwt110.00–126.003974
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2423130.00/cwt130.00–130.0055023
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3534121.00/cwt121.00–121.006468
BullsMedium and Large 1-2627122.65/cwt120.00–125.0076940
BullsMedium and Large 2-3667103.00/cwt103.00–103.006877
BullsMedium and Large 2-3364125.00/cwt125.00–125.004557
BullsMedium and Large 1-2374140.00/cwt140.00–140.005246
BullsMedium and Large 2-3566119.50/cwt119.50–119.506768
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2564128.50/cwt128.50–128.5072514
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2001,201.56/cwt1,175.00–1,225.0014,4192
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,090850.00/cwt850.00–850.009,2651
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,193693.49/cwt650.00–750.008,2733
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2681,130.00/cwt1,130.00–1,130.0014,3281
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,120955.83/cwt860.00–1,000.0010,7053
Bred CowsMedium 1-21,000790.00/cwt790.00–790.007,9001
Bred CowsMedium 1-2845700.00/cwt700.00–700.005,9151
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,099949.73/cwt750.00–1,020.0010,4389
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2850770.00/cwt770.00–770.006,5451
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-291073.39/cwt64.00–84.006684
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,200840.00/cwt840.00–840.0010,0801
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1601,010.00/cwt1,010.00–1,010.0011,7161
Bulls1,69194.89/cwt91.00–101.001,6056
Bulls1,64184.80/cwt81.00–87.001,3928
CowsLean 85-90%95936.56/cwt32.00–40.003517
CowsLean 85-90%98645.58/cwt44.00–47.004492
Bulls1,46372.89/cwt65.00–78.001,0664
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25154.44/cwt48.00–57.0068132
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,53157.22/cwt52.00–58.0087616
CowsBoner 80-85%1,11242.38/cwt40.00–46.004715
CowsBoner 80-85%1,12560.00/cwt60.00–60.006751

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.