Name: Upton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-02-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold steady . Receipts was low due to flooding and winter weather warning. Slaughter cows sold 4.00 to 6.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher with high dressing bulls 10.00 higher.

Groups of 20 or more:

Steers:

47 hd 858 lbs 253.50 mix

Heifers:

29 hd 736 lbs 238.25 bl

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $264.66/cwt on 26 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −136.40 against this barn's trailing median of $401.06.

Average price

$264.66

26 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,419

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$55

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

$10.80/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.67

vs KY average

−33.17 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	536	267.15	1,432	20
Medium and Large 2-3	537	256.35	1,377	6thin

One grade step is worth $10.80/cwt here — about $55 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale26 hd

264.66

—

KY average21 barns · 588 hd

271.32

−6.67

National average119 barns · 5,510 hd

297.83

−33.17

This barn, trailing median31 sales

401.06

−136.40

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	1,979	178.53	3,532	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,405	146.14	2,053	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,325	142.18	1,883	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,003	113.24	1,136	3thin

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)	1,265	$2,150	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,041	$1,893	5
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,250	$1,800	3thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	962	$1,502	5
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,000	$1,475	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,140	$1,431	2thin

Every lot, as filed

46 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	500–550	537	256.35/cwt	240.00–259.50	1,377	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	736	238.25/cwt	238.25–238.25	1,754	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	536	267.15/cwt	263.00–271.00	1,432	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	613	233.00/cwt	232.50–234.00	1,428	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	809	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	2,006	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	563	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,621	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,710	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	815	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,638	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	705	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,481	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	308	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	955	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	1000–1050	1,030	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	2,204	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	356	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,178	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	858	253.50/cwt	253.50–253.50	2,175	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	669	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,579	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,338	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	437	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,333	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	634	267.37/cwt	267.00–268.00	1,695	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	950–1000	970	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,775	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	550	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,337	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	309	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	970	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	757	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,696	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	1000–1050	1,015	158.00/cwt	157.00–159.00	1,604	2
Bulls	Large 2-3	700–750	708	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,558	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	920	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,024	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	630	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,361	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	517	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,448	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	615	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,519	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,189	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	464	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,369	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	395	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,067	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	950–1000	980	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	2,009	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250	1,799.80/head	1,650.00–2,040.00	1,800	3
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,000	1,475.00/head	1,475.00–1,475.00	1,475	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	4
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,010	1,510.00/head	1,510.00–1,510.00	1,510	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,265	2,150.00/head	2,150.00–2,150.00	2,150	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,041	1,892.58/head	1,775.00–1,925.00	1,893	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,140	1,430.79/head	1,385.00–1,475.00	1,431	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,208	159.25/cwt	138.00–171.00	1,924	4
Bulls	—	—	1,850	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	2,831	1
Bulls	—	—	2,043	191.29/cwt	190.00–192.50	3,908	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,246	122.77/cwt	115.00–126.00	1,530	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,208	139.65/cwt	132.00–147.00	1,687	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,405	146.14/cwt	144.00–149.00	2,053	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,003	113.24/cwt	108.00–117.50	1,136	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,459	151.54/cwt	148.00–164.00	2,211	11

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 Feb 18, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 239Last week 245Year ago 821

Slaughter CattleReceipts 34Last week 38Year ago 131

Replacement CattleReceipts 24Last week 57Year ago 27

Groups of 20 or more:

Steers:

47 hd 858 lbs 253.50 mix

Heifers:

29 hd 736 lbs 238.25 bl

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	537	240.00–259.50	256.35
2	600–650	630	216.00	216.00
1	700–750	705	210.00	210.00
1	800–850	815	201.00	201.00
1	950–1000	980	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	423	281.00	281.00
9	450–500	478	280.00	280.00
20	500–550	536	263.00–271.00	267.15
12	600–650	613	232.50–234.00	233.00
8	650–700	669	236.00	236.00
29	700–750	736	238.25	238.25
8	900–950	920	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	308	310.00	310.00
6	350–400	356	331.00	331.00
9	400–450	437	305.00	305.00
5	550–600	570	300.00	300.00
13	600–650	634	267.00–268.00	267.37
6	800–850	809	248.00	248.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	563	288.00	288.00
1	1000–1050	1,030	214.00	214.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
47	850–900	858	253.50	253.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	270.00	270.00
1	550–600	550	243.00	243.00
1	950–1000	970	183.00	183.00
2	1000–1050	1,015	157.00–159.00	158.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	309	314.00	314.00
10	450–500	464	295.00	295.00
5	500–550	517	280.00	280.00
4	600–650	615	247.00	247.00
2	750–800	757	224.00	224.00
Bulls — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	700–750	708	220.00	220.00

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,250	1,650.00–2,040.00	1,799.80
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	950	1,500.00	1,500.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,265	2,150.00	2,150.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,041	1,775.00–1,925.00	1,892.58
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,140	1,385.00–1,475.00	1,430.79
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,000	1,475.00	1,475.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,010	1,510.00	1,510.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,208	138.00–171.00	159.25

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,850	153.00	153.00
2	—	2,043	190.00–192.50	191.29
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,246	115.00–126.00	122.77
10	—	1,208	132.00–147.00	139.65
11	—	1,459	148.00–164.00	151.54
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,405	144.00–149.00	146.14
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,003	108.00–117.50	113.24

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