Name: Upton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-05-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. 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 $145.17/cwt on 288 head.

Average price

$145.17

288 head · 626 lb average

Value per head Derived

$908

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$132

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

$7.53/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.40

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	643	147.37	948	204
Medium and Large 2-3	583	139.84	816	84

One grade step is worth $7.53/cwt here — about $132 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 sale288 hd

145.17

—

KY average27 barns · 5,578 hd

149.57

−4.40

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	1,512	101.31	1,532	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,638	79.15	1,296	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,304	76.38	996	58
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	987	63.06	622	7thin

Every lot, as filed

79 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	—	420	170.50/cwt	170.50–170.50	716	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	750	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	593	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	700	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	755	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,072	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	615	137.00/cwt	133.50–138.00	843	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	532	141.00/cwt	132.00–144.00	750	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	443	161.62/cwt	152.00–162.50	716	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	700	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	875	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	154.45/cwt	153.75–155.50	806	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	705	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	987	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	773	132.46/cwt	132.25–134.00	1,024	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	659	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	909	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	315	140.56/cwt	137.00–144.00	443	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	459	151.52/cwt	151.00–153.00	695	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	511	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	925	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	923	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	614	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	958	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	929	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	358	170.73/cwt	170.00–172.00	611	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	902	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,118	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	556	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	867	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	800	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	1,100	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	751	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,066	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	500	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	735	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	910	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	956	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	873	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,179	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	426	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	839	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	350	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	711	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	461	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	830	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	917	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	305	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	625	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	826	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	1,177	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	618	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,038	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	607	145.25/cwt	145.25–145.25	882	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	490	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	809	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	508	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	838	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	407	181.32/cwt	179.00–182.75	738	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	516	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	808	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	308	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	594	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,183	65.02/cwt	57.00–68.00	769	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,113	74.20/cwt	70.00–77.00	826	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	936	58.60/cwt	55.00–65.00	548	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,638	79.15/cwt	75.00–87.00	1,296	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,455	89.37/cwt	88.00–91.00	1,300	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,334	79.21/cwt	69.00–83.00	1,057	43
Bulls	—	—	2,005	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	2,506	1
Bulls	—	—	1,694	110.30/cwt	100.00–117.00	1,868	8
Bulls	—	—	1,234	87.66/cwt	80.00–95.00	1,082	7
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	970	921.13/cwt	710.00–970.00	8,935	5
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	875	870.00/cwt	870.00–870.00	7,613	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	826	103.20/cwt	80.00–116.00	852	6
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	900	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	5,850	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	1,090.00/cwt	1,090.00–1,090.00	10,900	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	890.00/cwt	890.00–890.00	8,900	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	8,075	2
Bred Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	893	807.44/cwt	780.00–850.00	7,210	5
Bred Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	825	830.00/cwt	830.00–830.00	6,848	3
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	900	620.00/cwt	620.00–620.00	5,580	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,210	1,033.28/cwt	910.00–1,210.00	12,503	5
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	810.00/cwt	810.00–810.00	6,885	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,170	931.10/cwt	900.00–960.00	10,894	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,134	985.82/cwt	910.00–1,020.00	11,179	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	910.00/cwt	910.00–910.00	10,010	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	751	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	950	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	711	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	953	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	400	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	628	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	912	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	353	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	625	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	945	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	888	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	559	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	822	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	750	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	840	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	363	160.40/cwt	137.00–167.00	582	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	320	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	608	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	557	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	872	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	810	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	943	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,113	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	831	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,022	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	311	178.50/cwt	178.50–178.50	555	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	655	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	865	5

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 May 3, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 585Last week 685Year ago 386

Slaughter CattleReceipts 91Last week 123Year ago 46

Replacement CattleReceipts 49Last week 118Year ago 34

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold steady

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	420	170.50	170.50
12	—	469	160.00	160.00
28	—	522	153.75–155.50	154.45
16	—	773	132.25–134.00	132.46
17	—	630	147.50	147.50
8	—	358	170.00–172.00	170.73
14	—	902	124.00	124.00
9	—	559	147.00	147.00
3	—	831	123.00	123.00
6	—	311	178.50	178.50
5	—	655	132.00	132.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	593	118.00	118.00
18	—	615	133.50–138.00	137.00
16	—	532	132.00–144.00	141.00
11	—	443	152.00–162.50	161.62
11	—	700	125.00	125.00
7	—	659	138.00	138.00
2	—	315	137.00–144.00	140.56
4	—	459	151.00–153.00	151.52
1	—	750	112.00	112.00
6	—	363	137.00–167.00	160.40
6	—	943	118.00	118.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	755	142.00	142.00
6	—	614	156.00	156.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	705	140.00	140.00
11	—	615	150.00	150.00
1	—	350	203.00	203.00
11	—	461	180.00	180.00
22	—	524	175.00	175.00
1	—	305	205.00	205.00
6	—	826	142.50	142.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	511	181.00	181.00
7	—	426	197.00	197.00
21	—	618	168.00	168.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	556	156.00	156.00
7	—	800	137.50	137.50
3	—	751	142.00	142.00
2	—	500	147.00	147.00
1	—	910	105.00	105.00
6	—	873	135.00	135.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	607	145.25	145.25
8	—	490	165.00	165.00
5	—	516	156.50	156.50
4	—	751	126.50	126.50
1	—	400	157.00	157.00
2	—	353	177.00	177.00
1	—	945	94.00	94.00
1	—	320	190.00	190.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	508	165.00	165.00
16	—	407	179.00–182.75	181.32
4	—	308	193.00	193.00
9	—	711	134.00	134.00
8	—	618	147.50	147.50
9	—	557	156.50	156.50
5	—	471	172.00	172.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,183	57.00–68.00	65.02
2	—	1,455	88.00–91.00	89.37
43	—	1,334	69.00–83.00	79.21
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,113	70.00–77.00	74.20
5	—	936	55.00–65.00	58.60
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,638	75.00–87.00	79.15
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,005	125.00	125.00
8	—	1,694	100.00–117.00	110.30
7	—	1,234	80.00–95.00	87.66

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	970	710.00–970.00	921.13
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	950	850.00	850.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	850	810.00	810.00
Bred Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	893	780.00–850.00	807.44
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	825	830.00	830.00
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	875	870.00	870.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	900	650.00	650.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	900	620.00	620.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,000	1,090.00	1,090.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,000	890.00	890.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,210	910.00–1,210.00	1,033.28
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,170	900.00–960.00	931.10
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	1,134	910.00–1,020.00	985.82
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,100	910.00	910.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	6	—	826	80.00–116.00	103.20

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