Name: Upton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-01-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available due to Holidays

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $151.22/cwt on 377 head.

Average price

$151.22

377 head · 653 lb average

Value per head Derived

$988

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$245

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

$9.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.49

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	677	153.01	1,036	305
Medium and Large 2-3	551	143.64	791	72

One grade step is worth $9.37/cwt here — about $245 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 sale377 hd

151.22

—

KY average11 barns · 2,102 hd

155.71

−4.49

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	—	Average	1,397	91.74	1,282	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,308	53.13	695	41
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,588	52.70	837	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	941	42.82	403	6thin

Every lot, as filed

73 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	—	662	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	980	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	434	156.29/cwt	150.00–165.00	678	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	760	144.87/cwt	142.00–146.50	1,101	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	719	147.85/cwt	146.50–148.75	1,063	34
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	563	144.29/cwt	142.00–150.00	812	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	837	146.97/cwt	146.00–147.50	1,230	48
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	496	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	694	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	500	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	820	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	606	167.25/cwt	167.25–167.25	1,014	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	583	161.22/cwt	160.75–162.50	940	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	734	147.75/cwt	147.75–147.75	1,084	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	153.23/cwt	150.00–159.50	958	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	383	147.09/cwt	137.00–154.00	563	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	577	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	739	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	466	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	722	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	690	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	932	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	741	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	978	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	620	143.25/cwt	143.25–143.25	888	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	640	133.10/cwt	130.00–138.00	852	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	510	129.15/cwt	128.00–130.00	659	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	691	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	898	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	435	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	674	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	521	144.88/cwt	143.00–152.00	755	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	593	158.25/cwt	158.25–158.25	938	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	161.57/cwt	160.00–172.00	761	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	134.20/cwt	133.50–135.50	896	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	416	136.19/cwt	135.00–137.00	567	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	715	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	865	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	581	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	700	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	682	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,030	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	286	144.06/cwt	142.50–152.00	412	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	431	141.64/cwt	140.00–143.00	610	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	518	142.36/cwt	141.75–142.50	737	35
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	612	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	783	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	359	160.50/cwt	160.50–160.50	576	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	674	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	142.36/cwt	130.50–156.00	811	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	425	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	625	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	652	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	864	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	135.67/cwt	134.00–138.00	718	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	774	121.29/cwt	105.00–126.50	939	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	475	124.00/cwt	121.00–130.00	589	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	312	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	505	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	707	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	845	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	640	134.92/cwt	132.00–138.00	863	50
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	621	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	745	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	704	134.25/cwt	133.50–135.00	945	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	1,085.00/cwt	1,085.00–1,085.00	10,850	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250	1,170.00/cwt	1,170.00–1,170.00	14,625	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	900	990.00/cwt	990.00–990.00	8,910	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,014	847.63/cwt	720.00–950.00	8,595	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,265	1,010.00/cwt	1,010.00–1,010.00	12,777	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	918	812.76/cwt	700.00–890.00	7,461	6
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	850	670.00/cwt	670.00–670.00	5,695	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	875	695.00/cwt	695.00–695.00	6,081	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	720.00/cwt	720.00–720.00	7,200	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	785	860.00/cwt	860.00–860.00	6,751	1
Bred Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	850	670.00/cwt	670.00–670.00	5,695	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Large 1-2	—	1,300	1,125.00/cwt	1,125.00–1,125.00	14,625	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,525	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	12,963	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,010	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	7,575	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	730.00/cwt	690.00–770.00	7,300	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,320	1,200.00/cwt	1,200.00–1,200.00	15,840	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	931	72.56/cwt	55.00–96.00	676	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,123	59.36/cwt	58.00–62.00	667	6
Bulls	—	—	1,588	88.25/cwt	84.50–91.50	1,401	2
Bulls	—	—	1,399	94.37/cwt	92.00–100.00	1,320	9
Bulls	—	—	1,000	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	750	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,263	39.77/cwt	30.00–46.00	502	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,350	53.65/cwt	48.00–57.00	724	31
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,588	52.70/cwt	51.50–54.00	837	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	934	41.01/cwt	38.50–44.00	383	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	956	46.43/cwt	45.00–48.00	444	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 Jan 4, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 957Last week 460Year ago 1,167

Slaughter CattleReceipts 61Last week 97Year ago 103

Replacement CattleReceipts 34Last week 100Year ago 35

No trends available due to Holidays

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	662	148.00	148.00
7	—	434	150.00–165.00	156.29
54	—	760	142.00–146.50	144.87
34	—	719	146.50–148.75	147.85
48	—	837	146.00–147.50	146.97
28	—	625	150.00–159.50	153.23
6	—	593	158.25	158.25
15	—	471	160.00–172.00	161.57
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	563	142.00–150.00	144.29
5	—	496	140.00	140.00
11	—	620	143.25	143.25
6	—	691	130.00	130.00
5	—	435	155.00	155.00
31	—	521	143.00–152.00	144.88
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	500	164.00	164.00
34	—	606	167.25	167.25
23	—	583	160.75–162.50	161.22
18	—	734	147.75	147.75
13	—	682	151.00	151.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	383	137.00–154.00	147.09
3	—	577	128.00	128.00
3	—	475	121.00–130.00	124.00
12	—	621	120.00	120.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	466	155.00	155.00
11	—	612	128.00	128.00
11	—	359	160.50	160.50
3	—	435	155.00	155.00
3	—	312	162.00	162.00
9	—	707	119.50	119.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	690	135.00	135.00
16	—	741	132.00	132.00
33	—	640	130.00–138.00	133.10
35	—	518	141.75–142.50	142.36
22	—	425	147.00	147.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	510	128.00–130.00	129.15
10	—	416	135.00–137.00	136.19
5	—	715	121.00	121.00
4	—	581	120.50	120.50
6	—	652	132.50	132.50
4	—	774	105.00–126.50	121.29
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	668	133.50–135.50	134.20
11	—	286	142.50–152.00	144.06
19	—	431	140.00–143.00	141.64
39	—	570	130.50–156.00	142.36
43	—	529	134.00–138.00	135.67
50	—	640	132.00–138.00	134.92
16	—	704	133.50–135.00	134.25

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	1,085.00	1,085.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,250	1,170.00	1,170.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	900	990.00	990.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,265	1,010.00	1,010.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,300	1,125.00	1,125.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,014	720.00–950.00	847.63
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,000	720.00	720.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	1,525	850.00	850.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,000	690.00–770.00	730.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,320	1,200.00	1,200.00
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	850	670.00	670.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	875	695.00	695.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,010	750.00	750.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	918	700.00–890.00	812.76
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	785	860.00	860.00
Bred Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	850	670.00	670.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	931	55.00–96.00	72.56

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,123	58.00–62.00	59.36
4	—	1,263	30.00–46.00	39.77
31	—	1,350	48.00–57.00	53.65
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,588	51.50–54.00	52.70
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	934	38.50–44.00	41.01
2	—	956	45.00–48.00	46.43
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,588	84.50–91.50	88.25
9	—	1,399	92.00–100.00	94.37
1	—	1,000	75.00	75.00

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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Upton Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Steers · 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