Name: Upton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-05-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold steady to firm. Slaughter cows sold mostly steady and slaughter bulls sold steady to 2.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $258.21/cwt on 42 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −142.85 against this barn's trailing median of $401.06.

Average price

$258.21

42 head · 534 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,379

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$145

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

$19.90/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.13

vs KY average

−9.41 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	539	263.90	1,421	30
Medium and Large 2-3	523	244.00	1,276	12thin

One grade step is worth $19.90/cwt here — about $145 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

31 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $424.92, low $337.41, median $401.06 across 31 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale42 hd

258.21

—

KY average18 barns · 773 hd

263.34

−5.13

National average129 barns · 6,320 hd

267.62

−9.41

This barn, trailing median31 sales

401.06

−142.85

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	1,558	163.30	2,545	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,256	129.04	1,620	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	970	104.69	1,016	4thin

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)	1,288	$1,966	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,200	$1,400	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,002	$1,380	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,013	$1,378	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	930	$1,128	2thin

Every lot, as filed

63 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 2-3	850–900	870	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,001	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	522	252.90/cwt	245.00–261.00	1,320	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	291.07/cwt	286.00–297.00	1,674	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	624	234.65/cwt	230.00–235.50	1,464	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	803	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,767	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	568	290.50/cwt	290.50–290.50	1,650	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	285	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	730	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	407	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,327	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	427	286.99/cwt	281.00–290.00	1,225	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	568	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,477	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	662	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,781	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	516	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,625	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	465	263.42/cwt	250.00–276.00	1,225	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	413	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,270	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,376	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	300	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	915	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	720	230.50/cwt	230.50–230.50	1,660	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	283	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	849	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	789	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,957	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	756	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,724	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	336	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	991	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	588	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,570	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,344	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	519	266.50/cwt	266.50–266.50	1,383	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	788	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,797	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,002	1,380.00/head	1,380.00–1,380.00	1,380	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	980.00/head	980.00–980.00	980	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	371	327.20/cwt	320.00–332.00	1,214	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,518	3
Bulls	—	—	1,426	158.55/cwt	156.00–162.50	2,261	6
Bulls	—	—	1,300	142.60/cwt	140.00–144.50	1,854	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,237	111.31/cwt	104.00–118.50	1,377	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,210	151.50/cwt	151.50–151.50	1,833	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	967	100.59/cwt	92.00–116.00	973	3
Bulls	—	—	1,777	174.95/cwt	170.00–186.50	3,109	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	696	233.50/cwt	233.50–233.50	1,625	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	488	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,493	9
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	910	1,275.00/head	1,275.00–1,275.00	1,275	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	925	1,375.00/head	1,375.00–1,375.00	1,375	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,265	131.83/cwt	124.00–141.50	1,668	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	980	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,147	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	510	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,071	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	685	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,363	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	750–800	762	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,657	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,288	1,966.19/head	1,900.00–2,000.00	1,966	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	1,380.00/head	1,380.00–1,380.00	1,380	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	645	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,567	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	1100–1150	1,118	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	2,208	46
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	428	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,138	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	318	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	819	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	523	244.00/cwt	231.00–247.50	1,276	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	339	275.86/cwt	272.50–277.50	935	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	615	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,353	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	461	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,503	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	472	263.67/cwt	222.50–275.00	1,245	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	428	259.31/cwt	237.50–270.00	1,110	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	558	277.74/cwt	265.00–280.00	1,550	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	711	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,593	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	638	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,518	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,746	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	706	245.50/cwt	245.50–245.50	1,733	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	387	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,006	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 May 28, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 525Last week 803Year ago 526

Slaughter CattleReceipts 107Last week 90Year ago 108

Replacement CattleReceipts 14Last week 46Year ago 21

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold steady to firm. Slaughter cows sold mostly steady and slaughter bulls sold steady to 2.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	285	256.00	256.00
3	300–350	318	257.50	257.50
5	350–400	387	260.00	260.00
5	400–450	428	266.00	266.00
4	450–500	465	250.00–276.00	263.42
1	500–550	510	210.00	210.00
7	550–600	558	265.00–280.00	277.74
2	600–650	638	238.00	238.00
12	700–750	706	245.50	245.50
2	850–900	870	230.00	230.00
46	1100–1150	1,118	197.50	197.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	371	320.00–332.00	327.20
4	400–450	413	307.50	307.50
17	450–500	461	326.00	326.00
7	500–550	516	315.00	315.00
17	550–600	575	286.00–297.00	291.07
10	600–650	628	278.00	278.00
7	650–700	662	269.00	269.00
7	800–850	803	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	407	326.00	326.00
6	550–600	568	290.50	290.50
22	750–800	789	248.00	248.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	522	245.00–261.00	252.90
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	300	305.00	305.00
4	400–450	430	320.00	320.00
9	450–500	488	306.00	306.00
3	500–550	527	288.00	288.00
7	550–600	588	267.00	267.00
2	600–650	645	243.00	243.00
10	650–700	696	233.50	233.50
3	750–800	788	228.00	228.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	283	300.00	300.00
4	300–350	336	295.00	295.00
15	400–450	427	281.00–290.00	286.99
22	450–500	470	286.00	286.00
18	500–550	519	266.50	266.50
12	550–600	568	260.00	260.00
13	600–650	624	230.00–235.50	234.65
15	700–750	720	230.50	230.50
25	750–800	756	228.00	228.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	339	272.50–277.50	275.86
18	400–450	428	237.50–270.00	259.31
18	450–500	472	222.50–275.00	263.67
12	500–550	523	231.00–247.50	244.00
8	600–650	615	220.00	220.00
2	650–700	685	199.00	199.00
14	700–750	711	224.00	224.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	750–800	762	217.50	217.50

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 (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,002	1,380.00	1,380.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,200	1,400.00	1,400.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	950	980.00	980.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,288	1,900.00–2,000.00	1,966.19
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,100	1,380.00	1,380.00
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	910	1,275.00	1,275.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	925	1,375.00	1,375.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,426	156.00–162.50	158.55
2	—	1,300	140.00–144.50	142.60
6	—	1,777	170.00–186.50	174.95
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,237	104.00–118.50	111.31
1	—	1,210	151.50	151.50
11	—	1,265	124.00–141.50	131.83
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	967	92.00–116.00	100.59
1	—	980	117.00	117.00

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 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Mid-Kentucky Livestock Market - Upton, KY

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle