Sale reports / Kentucky / Upton Livestock Auction / 2022-11-29

Upton Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Upton, Kentucky · Tue, Nov 29
● Final75 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2211
Feeder Cattle receipts
968 head
99 vs last sale 869 203 vs year ago 765 · +26.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
118 head
11 vs last sale 129 14 vs year ago 132 · 10.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
21 head
6 vs last sale 27 4 vs year ago 25 · 16.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available due to no sale for Thanksgiving Holiday.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $142.43/cwt on 312 head.
Average price
$142.43
312 head · 575 lb average
Value per head Derived
$819
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$201
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$12.30/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.76
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2586143.77842278
Medium and Large 2-3488131.4864134
One grade step is worth $12.30/cwt here — about $201 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 sale312 hd
142.43
KY average13 barns · 3,155 hd
146.19
−3.76
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
BullsHigh1,71894.351,62120
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,55273.031,1335thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,31767.7589276
CowsLean 85-90%Low94748.2745718

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)983$8502thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,000$7504thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,200$7401thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,065$6801thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,100$1,1251thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)1,050$9501thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)970$8552thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)980$7101thin
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,150$1,4101thin

Every lot, as filed

75 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
SteersMedium and Large 2-3626155.00/cwt155.00–155.0097017
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3380140.00/cwt140.00–140.005322
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2404148.71/cwt146.50–150.0060138
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3440124.40/cwt124.00–125.005475
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3616126.00/cwt126.00–126.007767
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2565143.00/cwt143.00–143.0080833
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2464152.50/cwt152.50–152.5070830
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2781142.50/cwt142.50–142.501,1135
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added658150.00/cwt150.00–150.009878
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2724137.05/cwt135.00–140.0099227
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2348150.50/cwt150.50–150.5052410
SteersMedium and Large 2-3666156.15/cwt155.00–158.001,04016
SteersMedium and Large 2-3511147.00/cwt147.00–147.0075133
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3302145.00/cwt145.00–145.004388
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2868134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,1633
SteersMedium and Large 2-3922134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,2353
SteersMedium and Large 2-3720128.00/cwt128.00–128.009222
SteersMedium and Large 1-2422176.39/cwt173.50–179.0074420
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3515131.61/cwt123.00–138.006787
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2686144.37/cwt142.00–146.0099027
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2813140.46/cwt139.25–141.001,14216
SteersMedium and Large 1-2611161.61/cwt161.00–162.0098718
SteersMedium and Large 1-2729154.50/cwt154.50–154.501,1267
SteersMedium and Large 1-2830150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,2456
SteersMedium and Large 2-31,014125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,2685
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added723165.58/cwt165.00–166.001,19747
SteersMedium and Large 1-2480182.00/cwt182.00–182.008746
Dairy SteersLarge 3617102.00/cwt102.00–102.006294
SteersMedium and Large 1-2677161.09/cwt160.00–162.251,09134
SteersMedium and Large 1-2577173.45/cwt172.50–178.001,00126
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500172.00/cwt172.00–172.0086012
BullsMedium and Large 2-3614127.00/cwt127.00–127.0078016
BullsMedium and Large 2-3517145.54/cwt141.00–148.0075214
BullsMedium and Large 1-2681132.41/cwt132.00–133.0090242
BullsMedium and Large 1-2285172.00/cwt172.00–172.004901
BullsMedium and Large 1-2555147.00/cwt147.00–147.008166
BullsMedium and Large 1-2626145.00/cwt145.00–145.0090829
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,53171.91/cwt70.00–74.001,1014
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24453.87/cwt46.00–59.006706
CowsBoner 80-85%1,45775.04/cwt75.00–75.501,09313
CowsLean 85-90%90238.04/cwt33.00–47.003436
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,63577.50/cwt77.50–77.501,2671
CowsLean 85-90%90064.50/cwt64.50–64.505811
CowsLean 85-90%97552.38/cwt50.00–57.0051111
CowsBoner 80-85%1,29367.55/cwt61.00–72.5087357
Bulls1,823105.85/cwt105.00–106.501,9302
Bulls1,77495.24/cwt88.00–101.501,69014
Bulls1,47185.49/cwt81.50–87.501,2584
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,200740.00/head740.00–740.007401
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,065680.00/head680.00–680.006801
Bred CowsMedium 1-2900850.00/head850.00–850.008501
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,1001,125.00/head1,125.00–1,125.001,1251
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,050950.00/head950.00–950.009501
Bred HeifersMedium 1-2875810.00/head810.00–810.008101
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,065900.00/head900.00–900.009001
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2980710.00/head710.00–710.007101
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,100719.32/head600.00–850.007192
Bred CowsMedium 1-2900780.00/head780.00–780.007802
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,065850.00/head850.00–850.008501
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,1501,410.00/head1,410.00–1,410.001,4101
BullsMedium and Large 1-2479165.50/cwt165.50–165.5079315
BullsMedium and Large 1-2410163.74/cwt161.00–166.5067133
BullsMedium and Large 1-2300165.00/cwt165.00–165.004953
BullsMedium and Large 2-391096.00/cwt96.00–96.008741
BullsMedium and Large 2-3655111.00/cwt111.00–111.007272
BullsMedium and Large 2-3440125.00/cwt125.00–125.005502
BullsMedium and Large 2-3487140.00/cwt140.00–140.0068211
BullsMedium and Large 2-3840110.00/cwt110.00–110.0092410
BullsMedium and Large 1-2518156.00/cwt156.00–156.0080822
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2919128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,1765
BullsMedium and Large 2-3379146.08/cwt138.00–151.005549
BullsMedium and Large 1-2354166.00/cwt166.00–166.0058810
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2637142.08/cwt141.50–143.0090538
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2522140.00/cwt140.00–140.0073138
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3658121.00/cwt121.00–121.007965

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.