Name: Upton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-11-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Feeder heifers and feeder bulls sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Plain quality feeders sold 4.00 to 5.00 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 $122.34/cwt on 259 head.

Average price

$122.34

259 head · 589 lb average

Value per head Derived

$720

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$87

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

$12.21/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.50

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	547	126.16	690	178
Medium and Large 2-3	682	113.95	777	81

One grade step is worth $12.21/cwt here — about −$87 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 sale259 hd

122.34

—

KY average25 barns · 7,033 hd

129.85

−7.50

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	—	Average	1,622	83.77	1,359	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,347	52.31	705	43
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,585	51.00	808	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,019	35.96	366	9thin

Every lot, as filed

76 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
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,009	34.95/cwt	32.00–39.00	353	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,585	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	808	1
Bulls	—	—	1,784	85.14/cwt	80.00–88.00	1,519	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	461	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	590	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	553	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	688	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	365	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	496	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	616	118.04/cwt	115.00–122.00	727	33
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	880	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	774	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	510	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	663	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	765	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	1,121	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	654	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	938	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	567	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	799	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	691	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	947	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	146.55/cwt	139.00–150.00	768	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	817	137.92/cwt	137.00–138.50	1,127	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	755	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	966	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	760	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	357	134.01/cwt	130.00–135.00	478	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	506	112.99/cwt	90.00–115.00	572	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	433	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	606	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	583	153.50/cwt	153.50–153.50	895	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	525	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	709	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	146.23/cwt	141.00–149.00	907	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	863	114.38/cwt	109.00–118.00	987	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	768	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	968	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	488	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	673	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	822	121.10/cwt	101.00–126.00	995	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	915	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,135	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	740	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	962	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	670	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	603	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	869	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,043	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	561	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	718	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	732	123.02/cwt	121.00–125.00	901	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	772	140.90/cwt	135.50–143.50	1,088	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	634	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	951	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	679	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	883	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	410	130.49/cwt	130.00–131.00	535	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	563	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	687	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	633	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	741	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	415	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	457	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	463	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	565	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	492	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	541	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	731	112.81/cwt	110.00–113.50	825	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	589	118.00/cwt	110.00–119.00	695	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	820	115.52/cwt	107.00–118.00	947	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	390	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	468	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	791	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	902	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	725	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	580	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	641	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	785	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	255	125.06/cwt	122.00–131.00	319	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	820	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	795	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	514	126.39/cwt	124.00–127.00	650	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	984	105.47/cwt	100.00–109.00	1,038	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	367	114.13/cwt	100.00–121.00	419	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	405	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	531	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	568	112.63/cwt	105.00–120.00	640	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	109.27/cwt	109.00–110.00	781	30
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	520	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	598	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	982	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	815	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,425	1,550.00/cwt	1,550.00–1,550.00	22,088	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	720.00/cwt	720.00–720.00	7,920	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,425	880.00/cwt	880.00–880.00	12,540	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	770.00/cwt	770.00–770.00	7,700	3
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	985	651.00/cwt	651.00–651.00	6,412	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	950	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	5,510	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,122	796.48/cwt	730.00–865.00	8,937	11
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,060	656.60/cwt	600.00–720.00	6,960	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	980	948.57/cwt	720.00–1,000.00	9,296	5
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	810.00/cwt	810.00–810.00	8,100	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	710.00/cwt	710.00–710.00	8,520	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	967	674.14/cwt	625.00–700.00	6,519	3
Bulls	—	—	1,733	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	1,664	3
Bulls	—	—	1,296	74.24/cwt	72.00–77.00	962	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,100	44.00/cwt	44.00–44.00	484	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,118	43.10/cwt	40.00–44.50	482	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,371	53.26/cwt	47.00–57.00	730	39

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 Nov 16, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 797Last week 875Year ago 822

Slaughter CattleReceipts 69Last week 101Year ago 110

Replacement CattleReceipts 23Last week 30Year ago 31

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,009	32.00–39.00	34.95
1	—	1,100	44.00	44.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,585	51.00	51.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,118	40.00–44.50	43.10
39	—	1,371	47.00–57.00	53.26
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,784	80.00–88.00	85.14
3	—	1,733	96.00	96.00
5	—	1,296	72.00–77.00	74.24

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	461	128.00	128.00
13	—	553	124.50	124.50
8	—	365	136.00	136.00
33	—	616	115.00–122.00	118.04
24	—	510	130.00	130.00
13	—	405	131.00	131.00
30	—	715	109.00–110.00	109.27
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	880	88.00	88.00
1	—	725	80.00	80.00
3	—	255	122.00–131.00	125.06
13	—	820	97.00	97.00
3	—	367	100.00–121.00	114.13
8	—	568	105.00–120.00	112.63
4	—	520	115.00	115.00
1	—	982	83.00	83.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	765	146.50	146.50
7	—	654	143.50	143.50
4	—	583	153.50	153.50
18	—	634	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	567	141.00	141.00
2	—	755	128.00	128.00
13	—	433	140.00	140.00
1	—	525	135.00	135.00
3	—	488	138.00	138.00
5	—	822	101.00–126.00	121.10
7	—	740	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	691	137.00	137.00
40	—	524	139.00–150.00	146.55
18	—	817	137.00–138.50	137.92
5	—	567	134.00	134.00
22	—	620	141.00–149.00	146.23
1	—	915	124.00	124.00
22	—	772	135.50–143.50	140.90
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	357	130.00–135.00	134.01
4	—	768	126.00	126.00
7	—	869	120.00	120.00
16	—	732	121.00–125.00	123.02
13	—	679	130.00	130.00
26	—	410	130.00–131.00	130.49
24	—	563	122.00	122.00
21	—	463	122.00	122.00
8	—	641	122.50	122.50
31	—	514	124.00–127.00	126.39
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	506	90.00–115.00	112.99
5	—	863	109.00–118.00	114.38
1	—	670	90.00	90.00
16	—	633	117.00	117.00
1	—	415	110.00	110.00
2	—	492	110.00	110.00
15	—	731	110.00–113.50	112.81
9	—	589	110.00–119.00	118.00
9	—	820	107.00–118.00	115.52
1	—	390	120.00	120.00
4	—	791	114.00	114.00
5	—	984	100.00–109.00	105.47
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	561	128.00	128.00

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,425	1,550.00	1,550.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,100	720.00	720.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,425	880.00	880.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,000	770.00	770.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	—	1,122	730.00–865.00	796.48
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,060	600.00–720.00	656.60
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,200	710.00	710.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	967	625.00–700.00	674.14
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	985	651.00	651.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	950	580.00	580.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	980	720.00–1,000.00	948.57
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,000	810.00	810.00

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

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How it compared 0–100 lb

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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Mid-Kentucky Livestock Market - Upton, KY

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