Name: Upton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-03-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available due to no report last week;

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $143.89/cwt on 180 head.

Average price

$143.89

180 head · 583 lb average

Value per head Derived

$839

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$32

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

$2.79/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.42

vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2-3	558	145.98	815	45
Medium and Large 1-2	591	143.19	846	135

One grade step is worth $2.79/cwt here — about −$32 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 sale180 hd

143.89

—

KY average21 barns · 6,324 hd

148.30

−4.42

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	1,416	103.18	1,461	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,329	75.85	1,008	39
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	914	59.98	548	4thin

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	415	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	689	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,097	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	433	142.60/cwt	137.00–148.00	617	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	925	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,249	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	465	162.83/cwt	162.00–165.00	757	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	710	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,015	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	848	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,187	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	565	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	896	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	555	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	808	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	913	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,068	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	575	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	880	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	159.13/cwt	158.00–160.00	987	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	626	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	820	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	340	160.46/cwt	160.00–162.00	546	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	515	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	773	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	676	150.88/cwt	150.00–151.50	1,020	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	312	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	534	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	600	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	900	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,020	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,122	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	509	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	881	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	466	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	792	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	716	145.18/cwt	144.00–147.00	1,039	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	796	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,091	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	496	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	719	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	633	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	858	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	353	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	600	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	450	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	743	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	555	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	838	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	712	127.69/cwt	126.00–129.00	909	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	633	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	899	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	407	162.86/cwt	160.00–165.00	663	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	813	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	951	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	790	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,011	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	131.96/cwt	130.00–135.00	823	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	313	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	532	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	817	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	387	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	623	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	712	127.03/cwt	120.00–134.00	904	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	906	57.01/cwt	55.00–59.00	517	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,373	80.25/cwt	80.00–84.00	1,102	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	922	62.95/cwt	61.00–65.00	580	2
Bulls	—	—	1,477	105.63/cwt	101.00–110.00	1,560	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,305	73.39/cwt	65.00–76.50	958	25
Bulls	—	—	1,092	84.31/cwt	80.00–88.00	921	3
Bulls	—	—	1,720	124.12/cwt	118.00–130.00	2,135	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	710	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	866	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	457	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	704	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,046	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,297	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	320	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	416	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	500	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	650	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	413	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	727	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	345	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	704	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	7,500	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	804	85.77/cwt	75.00–95.00	690	4
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	890	856.57/cwt	750.00–890.00	7,623	5
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	950.00/cwt	950.00–950.00	9,500	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,275	1,102.94/cwt	980.00–1,170.00	14,062	2
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	950	910.00/cwt	910.00–910.00	8,645	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	800	685.00/cwt	685.00–685.00	5,480	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,140	1,042.34/cwt	940.00–1,220.00	11,883	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	830.00/cwt	830.00–830.00	8,715	1
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	940	640.00/cwt	640.00–640.00	6,016	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	1,100.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,100.00	12,650	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	800	950.00/cwt	950.00–950.00	7,600	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	1,450.00/cwt	1,450.00–1,450.00	16,675	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	514	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	771	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	855	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	829	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	706	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	957	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	658	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	888	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	747	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,031	11

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 Mar 8, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 483Last week 704Year ago 950

Slaughter CattleReceipts 77Last week 84Year ago 73

Replacement CattleReceipts 45Last week 91Year ago 75

No trends available due to no report last week;

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	415	166.00	166.00
16	—	850	129.00	129.00
6	—	555	145.50	145.50
16	—	340	160.00–162.00	160.46
23	—	624	130.00–135.00	131.96
9	—	457	154.00	154.00
1	—	1,046	124.00	124.00
17	—	514	150.00	150.00
9	—	658	135.00	135.00
11	—	747	138.00	138.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	433	137.00–148.00	142.60
15	—	565	158.50	158.50
4	—	790	128.00	128.00
9	—	387	161.00	161.00
10	—	712	120.00–134.00	127.03
2	—	320	130.00	130.00
1	—	500	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	515	150.00	150.00
8	—	706	135.50	135.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	925	135.00	135.00
21	—	620	158.00–160.00	159.13
16	—	676	150.00–151.50	150.88
9	—	509	173.00	173.00
7	—	466	170.00	170.00
10	—	716	144.00–147.00	145.18
4	—	796	137.00	137.00
6	—	413	176.00	176.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	465	162.00–165.00	162.83
8	—	710	143.00	143.00
2	—	913	117.00	117.00
9	—	575	153.00	153.00
6	—	626	131.00	131.00
4	—	312	171.00	171.00
2	—	1,020	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	848	140.00	140.00
4	—	600	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	345	204.00	204.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	496	145.00	145.00
5	—	633	135.50	135.50
3	—	710	122.00	122.00
1	—	855	97.00	97.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	353	170.00	170.00
3	—	450	165.00	165.00
6	—	555	151.00	151.00
16	—	712	126.00–129.00	127.69
8	—	633	142.00	142.00
7	—	407	160.00–165.00	162.86
2	—	813	117.00	117.00
4	—	313	170.00	170.00
16	—	524	156.00	156.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	906	55.00–59.00	57.01
2	—	922	61.00–65.00	62.95
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,373	80.00–84.00	80.25
25	—	1,305	65.00–76.50	73.39
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,477	101.00–110.00	105.63
3	—	1,092	80.00–88.00	84.31
2	—	1,720	118.00–130.00	124.12

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
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,000	750.00	750.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,275	980.00–1,170.00	1,102.94
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,140	940.00–1,220.00	1,042.34
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,050	830.00	830.00
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	950	910.00	910.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	800	685.00	685.00
Bred Cows — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	940	640.00	640.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	4	—	804	75.00–95.00	85.77
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	890	750.00–890.00	856.57
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,000	950.00	950.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,150	1,100.00	1,100.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	—	800	950.00	950.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,150	1,450.00	1,450.00

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

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