Name: Upton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-11-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-11-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday: Feeder steers and feeder bulls under 500 lbs sold steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder heifers over 500 lbs sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder steers over 500 lbs sold steady . 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 $145.23/cwt on 384 head.

Average price

$145.23

384 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$799

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$90

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

$11.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.72

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	554	147.29	815	315
Medium and Large 2-3	534	135.83	726	69

One grade step is worth $11.46/cwt here — about $90 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 sale384 hd

145.23

—

KY average23 barns · 6,728 hd

147.95

−2.72

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	1,580	98.62	1,558	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,462	70.81	1,035	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,267	69.02	875	53
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	959	57.89	555	11

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)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,250	$1,119	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,011	$914	9
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	905	$840	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,002	$671	3thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	875	$625	1thin

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 2-3	—	510	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	750	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	465	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	698	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	283	137.96/cwt	130.00–140.00	390	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	670	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	985	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	414	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	590	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	712	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,068	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	710	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,001	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	732	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,120	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	563	156.78/cwt	155.00–158.00	883	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,368	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	614	154.69/cwt	152.50–156.00	950	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	980	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,176	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	147.06/cwt	143.00–151.25	910	47
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	500	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	793	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	634	161.96/cwt	161.00–163.00	1,027	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	166.65/cwt	164.00–168.00	955	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	453	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	707	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	679	28
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	668	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,029	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,035	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,408	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	637	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	1,035	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	614	151.69/cwt	125.00–156.00	931	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	851	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	571	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	857	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	684	160.50/cwt	160.50–160.50	1,098	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	355	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	575	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	810	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	810	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,223	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	742	161.45/cwt	161.00–162.00	1,198	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	484	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	668	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	292	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	491	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	400	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	640	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	950	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	513	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	759	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	640	144.21/cwt	142.00–148.00	923	35
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,463	71.16/cwt	70.00–72.50	1,041	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,450	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	972	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,200	67.05/cwt	63.00–70.00	805	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,050	67.10/cwt	65.00–69.00	705	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	939	55.84/cwt	52.00–60.00	524	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,366	73.70/cwt	71.50–80.00	1,007	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,159	58.95/cwt	50.00–64.50	683	6
Bulls	—	—	1,607	103.02/cwt	100.00–104.50	1,656	3
Bulls	—	—	1,566	96.42/cwt	92.00–98.50	1,510	6
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	902	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	947	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	915	95.26/cwt	88.00–114.00	872	8
Bred Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	875	625.00/head	625.00–625.00	625	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,011	914.07/head	850.00–1,010.00	914	9
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	900	670.00/head	670.00–670.00	670	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,053	670.87/head	600.00–735.00	671	2
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	905	840.00/head	840.00–840.00	840	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250	1,119.33/head	1,075.00–1,150.00	1,119	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	509	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	702	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	369	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	554	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	805	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	910	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	582	126.60/cwt	120.00–130.00	737	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	356	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	580	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	704	109.21/cwt	108.00–111.00	769	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	370	131.11/cwt	129.00–138.00	485	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	446	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	665	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	506	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	759	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	144.41/cwt	144.00–145.00	819	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	463	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	704	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	331	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	472	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	144.43/cwt	144.25–145.00	745	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	285	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	425	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	566	143.89/cwt	143.75–144.00	814	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	737	130.05/cwt	124.00–131.00	958	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	576	136.60/cwt	128.00–142.00	787	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	493	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	661	2

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 Nov 15, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 869Last week 945Year ago 797

Slaughter CattleReceipts 129Last week 70Year ago 69

Replacement CattleReceipts 27Last week 35Year ago 23

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	510	147.00	147.00
9	—	283	130.00–140.00	137.96
10	—	670	147.00	147.00
4	—	980	120.00	120.00
17	—	370	129.00–138.00	131.11
7	—	737	124.00–131.00	130.05
16	—	576	128.00–142.00	136.60
2	—	493	134.00	134.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	465	150.00	150.00
27	—	712	150.00	150.00
51	—	614	152.50–156.00	154.69
20	—	571	150.00	150.00
6	—	446	149.00	149.00
4	—	506	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	414	142.50	142.50
13	—	710	141.00	141.00
47	—	619	143.00–151.25	147.06
28	—	470	144.50	144.50
15	—	331	142.50	142.50
39	—	516	144.25–145.00	144.43
5	—	285	149.00	149.00
29	—	566	143.75–144.00	143.89
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	732	153.00	153.00
5	—	563	155.00–158.00	156.78
7	—	500	158.50	158.50
3	—	453	156.00	156.00
10	—	668	154.00	154.00
17	—	614	125.00–156.00	151.69
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	950	144.00	144.00
42	—	634	161.00–163.00	161.96
12	—	573	164.00–168.00	166.65
11	—	1,035	136.00	136.00
11	—	516	165.00	165.00
12	—	684	160.50	160.50
5	—	355	162.00	162.00
4	—	485	167.00	167.00
3	—	810	151.00	151.00
11	—	742	161.00–162.00	161.45
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	637	162.50	162.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	484	138.00	138.00
4	—	509	138.00	138.00
4	—	369	150.00	150.00
15	—	805	113.00	113.00
15	—	582	120.00–130.00	126.60
5	—	704	108.00–111.00	109.21
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	292	168.00	168.00
11	—	400	160.00	160.00
12	—	725	131.00	131.00
25	—	513	148.00	148.00
35	—	640	142.00–148.00	144.21
3	—	356	163.00	163.00
24	—	567	144.00–145.00	144.41
21	—	463	152.00	152.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,463	70.00–72.50	71.16
1	—	1,450	67.00	67.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,200	63.00–70.00	67.05
23	—	1,366	71.50–80.00	73.70
6	—	1,159	50.00–64.50	58.95
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,050	65.00–69.00	67.10
9	—	939	52.00–60.00	55.84
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,607	100.00–104.50	103.02
6	—	1,566	92.00–98.50	96.42

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	902	105.00	105.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	8	—	915	88.00–114.00	95.26
Bred Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	875	625.00	625.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	1,011	850.00–1,010.00	914.07
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,053	600.00–735.00	670.87
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,250	1,075.00–1,150.00	1,119.33
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	900	670.00	670.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	905	840.00	840.00

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

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How it compared 0–100 lb

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Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Mid-Kentucky Livestock Market - Upton, KY

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