Sale reports / Kentucky / Upton Livestock Auction / 2022-06-14

Upton Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Upton, Kentucky · Tue, Jun 14
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2211
Feeder Cattle receipts
263 head
423 vs last sale 686 305 vs year ago 568 · 53.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
59 head
11 vs last sale 70 19 vs year ago 40 · +47.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
6 vs last sale 16 7 vs year ago 17 · 41.2%
View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: No trends available on Feeder steers due to low receipts of steers. Feeder bulls and feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower . All feeders sold under pressure from the extreme heat. 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 $138.52/cwt on 109 head.
Average price
$138.52
109 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$754
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$81
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$14.96/cwt at this weight
vs the market
9.54
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2511142.5072980
Medium and Large 2-3635127.5481029
One grade step is worth $14.96/cwt here — about −$81 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 sale109 hd
138.52
KY average26 barns · 4,776 hd
148.06
−9.54
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsHigh1,999125.652,5113thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,38485.001,1766thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,30679.271,03538
CowsLean 85-90%Average99365.066467thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,037$9013thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,028$8522thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)910$8001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)800$7201thin

Every lot, as filed

40 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1-2667135.50/cwt135.50–135.509045
BullsMedium and Large 2-3925105.00/cwt105.00–105.009715
BullsMedium and Large 1-2558154.50/cwt154.50–154.508622
BullsMedium and Large 1-2315171.00/cwt171.00–171.005392
BullsMedium and Large 1-2515150.00/cwt150.00–150.007733
BullsMedium and Large 2-3538133.00/cwt133.00–133.007166
SteersMedium and Large 1-2838129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,0813
SteersMedium and Large 1-2580153.00/cwt153.00–153.008871
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3623120.00/cwt120.00–120.007483
SteersMedium and Large 1-2525150.00/cwt150.00–150.007884
SteersMedium and Large 1-2621160.00/cwt160.00–160.009944
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3519128.98/cwt127.00–130.006696
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2573142.67/cwt132.00–144.008179
Dairy SteersLarge 391088.00/cwt88.00–88.008014
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3872123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,07310
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2624141.44/cwt135.00–144.0088317
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2404146.00/cwt146.00–146.005909
SteersMedium and Large 1-2724144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,0437
SteersMedium and Large 1-2670147.00/cwt147.00–147.009852
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2511140.00/cwt140.00–140.007156
BullsMedium and Large 1-2435155.00/cwt155.00–155.0067415
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300151.00/cwt151.00–151.004532
BullsMedium and Large 1-2631141.50/cwt141.50–141.508933
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2456143.20/cwt143.00–143.5065333
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700132.50/cwt132.50–132.509284
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3471133.48/cwt120.00–137.0062910
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,100102.00/cwt102.00–102.001,1221
Bred CowsMedium 1-2910800.00/head800.00–800.008001
Bred CowsMedium 1-2800720.00/head720.00–720.007201
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,028852.41/head820.00–880.008522
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,037900.58/head790.00–970.009013
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,10098.00/cwt98.00–98.001,0782
Bulls2,068132.47/cwt130.00–135.002,7392
CowsBoner 80-85%1,05867.74/cwt65.00–71.007173
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,38485.00/cwt85.00–85.001,1766
CowsLean 85-90%1,00663.40/cwt59.00–68.006386
CowsLean 85-90%91275.00/cwt75.00–75.006841
Bulls1,860112.00/cwt112.00–112.002,0831
CowsBoner 80-85%1,45990.39/cwt90.00–94.001,3197
CowsBoner 80-85%1,29477.72/cwt70.00–85.001,00628

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.