Name: Upton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-01-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher. There was good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady to firm. There was good demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $152.93/cwt on 345 head.

Average price

$152.93

345 head · 588 lb average

Value per head Derived

$900

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$77

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

$16.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.23

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	587	154.40	907	314
Medium and Large 2-3	601	138.00	830	31

One grade step is worth $16.41/cwt here — about $77 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 sale345 hd

152.93

—

KY average24 barns · 7,641 hd

158.16

−5.23

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	1,724	104.99	1,810	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,587	76.08	1,207	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,257	75.27	946	60
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	978	63.79	624	17
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,400	95.00	1,330	1thin
Steers	Select	High	1,105	120.00	1,326	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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,076	$762	6

Every lot, as filed

67 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	395	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	790	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	505	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	732	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	291	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	466	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	564	155.14/cwt	150.00–164.50	875	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	820	126.59/cwt	123.00–130.00	1,038	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	657	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	787	168.50/cwt	168.50–168.50	1,326	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	344	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	550	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	713	154.40/cwt	150.00–160.50	1,101	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	710	178.93/cwt	178.00–181.00	1,270	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	172.54/cwt	171.50–174.00	1,234	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	173.76/cwt	167.00–178.00	1,083	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	180.71/cwt	172.00–183.00	1,048	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,008	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,159	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	980	119.01/cwt	118.00–120.00	1,166	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	834	163.50/cwt	163.50–163.50	1,364	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	340	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	578	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	679	173.25/cwt	168.00–177.00	1,176	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	470	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	752	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	1,220	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	1,232	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	644	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	892	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	620	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,128	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,057	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,406	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	660	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	513	185.53/cwt	182.00–191.00	952	29
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	333	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	396	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	456	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	866	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	645	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,000	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	462	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	841	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	510	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	867	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	660	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	255	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	507	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	860	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,032	1
Steers	Select	—	1,105	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,326	1
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,400	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	1,330	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	978	56.79/cwt	54.00–60.50	555	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,010	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	737	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,587	76.08/cwt	73.50–79.00	1,207	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,275	86.56/cwt	84.00–90.00	1,104	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,291	77.22/cwt	74.00–82.00	997	28
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,219	71.16/cwt	69.00–73.50	867	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	975	64.70/cwt	61.00–68.50	631	13
Bulls	—	—	1,645	104.44/cwt	100.00–107.00	1,718	11
Bulls	—	—	2,085	112.23/cwt	110.50–114.00	2,340	4
Bulls	—	—	1,433	93.53/cwt	92.00–95.00	1,340	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,076	762.05/head	560.00–1,080.00	762	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	738	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,011	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	300	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	549	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	1,075	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,075	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	645	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	909	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	665	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	805	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	912	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	151.84/cwt	145.00–161.00	796	42
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	389	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	622	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	667	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	964	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	844	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	962	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	354	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	669	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	404	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	760	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	785	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,178	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	570	130.39/cwt	130.00–133.00	743	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	443	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	576	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	457	155.83/cwt	145.50–158.00	712	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	858	128.56/cwt	122.00–135.00	1,103	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	158.27/cwt	154.50–164.00	1,065	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	157.29/cwt	153.50–163.00	985	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	905	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,204	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	607	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	838	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 Jan 10, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 762Last week 992Year ago 521

Slaughter CattleReceipts 174Last week 78Year ago 76

Replacement CattleReceipts 6Last week 13Year ago 38

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	395	200.00	200.00
17	—	787	168.50	168.50
50	—	715	171.50–174.00	172.54
29	—	623	167.00–178.00	173.76
16	—	580	172.00–183.00	180.71
13	—	834	163.50	163.50
22	—	679	168.00–177.00	173.25
2	—	1,057	133.00	133.00
1	—	330	200.00	200.00
29	—	513	182.00–191.00	185.53
14	—	456	190.00	190.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	710	178.00–181.00	178.93
8	—	620	182.00	182.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	340	170.00	170.00
1	—	470	160.00	160.00
6	—	644	138.50	138.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	505	145.00	145.00
12	—	667	144.50	144.50
10	—	570	130.00–133.00	130.39
2	—	443	130.00	130.00
5	—	607	138.00	138.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	291	160.00	160.00
38	—	564	150.00–164.50	155.14
2	—	820	123.00–130.00	126.59
13	—	420	156.50	156.50
25	—	344	160.00	160.00
48	—	713	150.00–160.50	154.40
4	—	1,008	115.00	115.00
2	—	980	118.00–120.00	119.01
42	—	524	145.00–161.00	151.84
13	—	785	150.00	150.00
36	—	457	145.50–158.00	155.83
2	—	858	122.00–135.00	128.56
36	—	673	154.50–164.00	158.27
47	—	626	153.50–163.00	157.29
2	—	905	133.00	133.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,220	101.00	101.00
2	—	333	119.00	119.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	645	155.00	155.00
18	—	462	182.00	182.00
16	—	510	170.00	170.00
1	—	330	200.00	200.00
1	—	255	199.00	199.00
1	—	860	120.00	120.00
12	—	738	137.00	137.00
13	—	570	160.00	160.00
12	—	844	114.00	114.00
13	—	354	189.00	189.00
7	—	404	188.00	188.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	300	183.00	183.00
1	—	1,075	100.00	100.00
1	—	645	141.00	141.00
2	—	665	121.00	121.00
7	—	389	160.00	160.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,105	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,400	95.00	95.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	978	54.00–60.50	56.79
1	—	1,010	73.00	73.00
13	—	975	61.00–68.50	64.70
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,587	73.50–79.00	76.08
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,275	84.00–90.00	86.56
28	—	1,291	74.00–82.00	77.22
27	—	1,219	69.00–73.50	71.16
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,645	100.00–107.00	104.44
4	—	2,085	110.50–114.00	112.23
2	—	1,433	92.00–95.00	93.53

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)	6	—	1,076	560.00–1,080.00	762.05

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

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

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