Name: Upton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-02-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-02-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher and some instances sharply higher. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $146.84/cwt on 389 head.

Average price

$146.84

389 head · 669 lb average

Value per head Derived

$982

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$198

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

$9.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.51

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	680	147.88	1,006	344
Medium and Large 2-3	582	138.89	808	45

One grade step is worth $9.00/cwt here — about $198 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 sale389 hd

146.84

—

KY average22 barns · 3,308 hd

143.34

+3.51

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	1,569	102.30	1,605	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,695	86.50	1,466	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,358	75.71	1,028	35
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,024	48.23	494	5thin

Every lot, as filed

80 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	—	610	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	854	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	704	132.21/cwt	130.00–135.00	931	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	526	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	731	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	750	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	1,084	24
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	831	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	1,151	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	384	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	768	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	773	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	828	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	1,039	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	320	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	464	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	403	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	629	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	507	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	821	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	688	141.90/cwt	140.00–143.50	976	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	141.79/cwt	135.50–145.00	886	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	768	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,121	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	704	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,056	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	591	170.50/cwt	170.50–170.50	1,008	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	461	179.39/cwt	174.00–183.00	827	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	746	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,126	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	834	139.25/cwt	139.25–139.25	1,161	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	584	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	894	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	280	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	582	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	759	152.03/cwt	150.00–153.00	1,154	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	680	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,047	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	355	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	675	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	166.15/cwt	164.00–170.00	945	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	680	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	932	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	926	140.25/cwt	140.25–140.25	1,299	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	834	148.75/cwt	148.75–148.75	1,241	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	502	181.77/cwt	179.00–183.00	912	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	600	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,002	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	644	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	1,001	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	653	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,012	5
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	510	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	495	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	415	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	436	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	315	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	580	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	631	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	921	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	390	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	554	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	960	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	845	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	368	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	696	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	538	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	834	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,585	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	1,331	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,484	84.08/cwt	81.00–87.00	1,248	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,050	63.57/cwt	63.00–64.00	667	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,120	42.00/cwt	42.00–42.00	470	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,805	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	1,606	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,274	70.13/cwt	64.00–78.00	893	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	950	36.00/cwt	36.00–36.00	342	2
Bulls	—	—	2,025	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	2,288	1
Bulls	—	—	1,573	103.59/cwt	100.00–107.00	1,629	2
Bulls	—	—	1,105	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	983	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,162	943.29/cwt	910.00–970.00	10,961	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	9,450	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	1,037.08/cwt	950.00–1,140.00	12,445	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	980.00/cwt	980.00–980.00	9,800	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	790	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	703	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	1,035.00/cwt	1,035.00–1,035.00	11,385	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	900	810.00/cwt	810.00–810.00	7,290	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250	1,850.00/cwt	1,850.00–1,850.00	23,125	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	761	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	547	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	749	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	819	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	461	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	705	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	840	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	882	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	250	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	425	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	995	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,104	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	601	128.00/cwt	122.00–130.00	769	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,072	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,254	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	867	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,110	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	701	124.75/cwt	124.50–125.00	874	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	466	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	843	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	741	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,052	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	156.31/cwt	154.00–158.00	738	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	371	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	627	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	270	160.17/cwt	156.00–165.00	432	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	327	161.23/cwt	161.00–162.50	527	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	870	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,153	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	414	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	625	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	685	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,028	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	144.72/cwt	144.50–145.00	826	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	579	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	793	13

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 Feb 8, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 713Last week 587Year ago 846

Slaughter CattleReceipts 51Last week 113Year ago 91

Replacement CattleReceipts 17Last week 38Year ago 30

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher and some instances sharply higher. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	610	140.00	140.00
3	—	831	138.50	138.50
1	—	680	137.00	137.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	384	200.00	200.00
16	—	591	170.50	170.50
18	—	680	154.00	154.00
28	—	926	140.25	140.25
25	—	834	148.75	148.75
23	—	502	179.00–183.00	181.77
11	—	600	167.00	167.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	507	162.00	162.00
12	—	704	150.00	150.00
5	—	461	174.00–183.00	179.39
1	—	280	208.00	208.00
32	—	759	150.00–153.00	152.03
8	—	355	190.00	190.00
11	—	569	164.00–170.00	166.15
8	—	644	155.50	155.50
5	—	653	155.00	155.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	704	130.00–135.00	132.21
5	—	526	139.00	139.00
2	—	828	125.50	125.50
1	—	320	145.00	145.00
1	—	995	111.00	111.00
2	—	870	132.50	132.50
12	—	414	151.00	151.00
13	—	579	137.00	137.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	750	144.50	144.50
10	—	515	150.00	150.00
2	—	403	156.00	156.00
21	—	688	140.00–143.50	141.90
28	—	625	135.50–145.00	141.79
3	—	1,072	117.00	117.00
3	—	867	128.00	128.00
4	—	741	142.00	142.00
21	—	472	154.00–158.00	156.31
5	—	371	169.00	169.00
2	—	270	156.00–165.00	160.17
6	—	327	161.00–162.50	161.23
9	—	571	144.50–145.00	144.72
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	768	146.00	146.00
67	—	746	151.00	151.00
26	—	834	139.25	139.25
14	—	584	153.00	153.00
72	—	685	150.00	150.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	97.00	97.00
1	—	415	105.00	105.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	315	184.00	184.00
12	—	631	146.00	146.00
3	—	368	189.00	189.00
5	—	538	155.00	155.00
3	—	423	180.00	180.00
3	—	573	143.00	143.00
10	—	701	124.50–125.00	124.75
7	—	466	181.00	181.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	142.00	142.00
1	—	960	88.00	88.00
3	—	547	137.00	137.00
9	—	461	153.00	153.00
3	—	840	105.00	105.00
1	—	250	170.00	170.00
8	—	601	122.00–130.00	128.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,585	84.00	84.00
1	—	1,805	89.00	89.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,484	81.00–87.00	84.08
21	—	1,274	64.00–78.00	70.13
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,050	63.00–64.00	63.57
1	—	1,120	42.00	42.00
2	—	950	36.00	36.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,025	113.00	113.00
2	—	1,573	100.00–107.00	103.59
1	—	1,105	89.00	89.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,162	910.00–970.00	943.29
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,050	900.00	900.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,200	950.00–1,140.00	1,037.08
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,000	980.00	980.00
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	900	810.00	810.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	790	89.00	89.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,100	1,035.00	1,035.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,250	1,850.00	1,850.00

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

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle