Name: Upton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-09-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-09-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold steady to 3.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower. There was moderate to good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold steady. There was moderate demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $147.75/cwt on 247 head.

Average price

$147.75

247 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$810

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$92

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

$22.69/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.14

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	547	148.85	814	235
Medium and Large 2-3	572	126.17	722	12thin

One grade step is worth $22.69/cwt here — about $92 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 sale247 hd

147.75

—

KY average25 barns · 5,522 hd

150.89

−3.14

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	1,566	108.00	1,692	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,648	81.50	1,343	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,264	75.31	952	50
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	923	70.43	650	20
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,370	100.00	1,370	1thin
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,290	111.00	1,432	1thin

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,000	$1,070	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,055	$920	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,137	$916	3thin

Every lot, as filed

59 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 2-3	—	612	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	747	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,070	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	1,134	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	740	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	851	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	561	147.34/cwt	145.00–148.50	827	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	1,245	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	513	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	667	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	355	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	540	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	146.58/cwt	140.00–151.00	1,055	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	517	148.61/cwt	144.00–149.50	768	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	151.66/cwt	143.00–155.00	643	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	168.50/cwt	168.50–168.50	966	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	645	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	845	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	295	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	404	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	632	154.33/cwt	154.00–155.00	975	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	793	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,110	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	505	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	818	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	760	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	737	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	718	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,134	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	632	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	948	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	839	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,259	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	679	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,052	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	410	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	750	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	425	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	591	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	361	171.67/cwt	160.00–173.00	620	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	706	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	957	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	295	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	496	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	636	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	954	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	422	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	717	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	785	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	895	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,165	69.16/cwt	65.00–73.50	806	14
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,370	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,370	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,309	77.26/cwt	74.00–81.00	1,011	35
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,550	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	1,163	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,070	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	995	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	844	78.06/cwt	75.00–80.00	659	6
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,290	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,432	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	985	61.03/cwt	59.50–63.00	601	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	949	68.84/cwt	66.50–71.50	653	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,745	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	1,536	1
Bulls	—	—	1,635	109.24/cwt	105.00–112.00	1,786	4
Bulls	—	—	1,825	120.51/cwt	120.00–121.00	2,199	2
Bulls	—	—	1,302	98.02/cwt	96.00–100.00	1,276	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,137	916.45/head	910.00–930.00	916	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	1,070.00/head	1,070.00–1,070.00	1,070	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,055	920.00/head	920.00–920.00	920	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	388	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	563	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	653	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	705	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	481	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	717	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	557	151.50/cwt	151.50–151.50	844	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	519	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	701	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	155.75/cwt	153.50–157.00	802	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	814	138.73/cwt	133.00–143.00	1,129	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	138.23/cwt	130.00–141.00	860	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	293	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	454	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	160.50/cwt	160.50–160.50	746	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,025	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	974	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	806	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	435	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	587	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	151.72/cwt	140.00–154.00	705	24

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 Sep 27, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 558Last week 552Year ago 457

Slaughter CattleReceipts 102Last week 128Year ago 71

Replacement CattleReceipts 15Last week 32Year ago 30

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	612	122.00	122.00
1	—	1,070	106.00	106.00
1	—	740	115.00	115.00
4	—	513	130.00	130.00
1	—	295	137.00	137.00
2	—	435	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	561	145.00–148.50	147.34
14	—	850	146.50	146.50
21	—	355	152.00	152.00
27	—	720	140.00–151.00	146.58
30	—	517	144.00–149.50	148.61
35	—	424	143.00–155.00	151.66
4	—	814	133.00–143.00	138.73
13	—	622	130.00–141.00	138.23
10	—	293	155.00	155.00
24	—	465	140.00–154.00	151.72
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	632	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	573	168.50	168.50
24	—	632	154.00–155.00	154.33
4	—	793	140.00	140.00
1	—	505	162.00	162.00
4	—	718	158.00	158.00
6	—	839	150.00	150.00
5	—	679	155.00	155.00
1	—	410	183.00	183.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	645	131.00	131.00
3	—	425	139.00	139.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	760	97.00	97.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	361	160.00–173.00	171.67
10	—	706	135.50	135.50
5	—	295	168.00	168.00
19	—	422	170.00	170.00
14	—	785	114.00	114.00
19	—	557	151.50	151.50
31	—	515	153.50–157.00	155.75
12	—	465	160.50	160.50
13	—	630	128.00	128.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	636	150.00	150.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	388	145.00	145.00
2	—	653	108.00	108.00
4	—	481	149.00	149.00
11	—	519	135.00	135.00
1	—	1,025	95.00	95.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,165	65.00–73.50	69.16
35	—	1,309	74.00–81.00	77.26
1	—	1,070	93.00	93.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,550	75.00	75.00
1	—	1,745	88.00	88.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	844	75.00–80.00	78.06
3	—	985	59.50–63.00	61.03
11	—	949	66.50–71.50	68.84
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,370	100.00	100.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,290	111.00	111.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,635	105.00–112.00	109.24
2	—	1,825	120.00–121.00	120.51
3	—	1,302	96.00–100.00	98.02

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,137	910.00–930.00	916.45
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,000	1,070.00	1,070.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,055	920.00	920.00

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

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Mid-Kentucky Livestock Market - Upton, KY

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

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