Name: Upton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-06-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold 4.00 to 8.00 higher. Instances of 10.00 higher. Strong demand for all classes of feeders. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to firm.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $364.61/cwt on 57 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −76.05 against this barn's trailing median of $440.66.

Average price

$364.61

57 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,008

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$59

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

$24.14/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.51

vs KY average

−16.40 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Large 1-2	535	380.00	2,033	8thin
Medium and Large 1-2	553	364.12	2,013	37
Medium and Large 2-3	555	355.86	1,974	12thin

One grade step is worth $24.14/cwt here — about $59 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 900–1000 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

28 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $487.92, low $378.39, median $440.66 across 28 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 sale57 hd

364.61

—

KY average22 barns · 760 hd

377.12

−12.51

National average158 barns · 9,089 hd

381.01

−16.40

This barn, trailing median28 sales

440.66

−76.05

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	—	High	1,643	207.45	3,409	33
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,212	168.87	2,046	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,277	157.50	2,011	61
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	996	142.92	1,423	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)	1,183	$2,656	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,294	$2,318	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,110	$2,025	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,150	$1,950	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,450	$1,925	1thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,100	$2,875	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	921	$2,056	12
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	725	$2,040	2thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,000	$1,750	1thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	850	$1,475	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	800	$2,525	2thin

Every lot, as filed

91 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 1-2Value Added	600–650	639	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,173	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	562	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,939	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	610	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,952	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	448	409.00/cwt	409.00–409.00	1,832	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	674	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,164	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	816	314.85/cwt	314.00–319.50	2,569	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	465	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,046	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1150–1200	1,180	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	2,584	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	242	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,016	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	741	301.50/cwt	301.50–301.50	2,234	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	590	351.33/cwt	351.00–351.50	2,073	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	741	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,282	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	621	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,993	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	326.60/cwt	323.00–332.00	1,871	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	1,604	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,954	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,669	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	460	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	1,776	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	322	441.00/cwt	441.00–441.00	1,420	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,671	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	368	383.15/cwt	377.00–392.50	1,410	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	708	299.25/cwt	298.75–301.00	2,119	33
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,884	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	912	298.75/cwt	298.75–298.75	2,725	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	641	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,981	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	465	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,674	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	336	438.93/cwt	420.00–442.50	1,475	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	700	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,135	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	626	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,016	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	350.10/cwt	344.00–356.00	1,856	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,669	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	360	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,674	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	653	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,018	12
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,183	2,655.99/head	2,450.00–2,785.00	2,656	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	1,950.00/head	1,950.00–1,950.00	1,950	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,450	1,925.00/head	1,925.00–1,925.00	1,925	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	921	2,055.66/head	1,940.00–2,650.00	2,056	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	466	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	1,729	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 1-2	—	800	2,525.00/head	2,525.00–2,525.00	2,525	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,278	157.84/cwt	145.00–169.00	2,017	58
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	999	148.71/cwt	140.00–161.00	1,486	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	993	138.10/cwt	121.00–150.00	1,371	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,230	158.30/cwt	156.00–160.00	1,947	2
Bulls	—	—	1,814	218.76/cwt	212.00–229.00	3,968	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,231	140.49/cwt	139.00–142.00	1,729	2
Steers	Large 1-2	500–550	535	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,033	8
Steers	Large 1-2	600–650	639	364.50/cwt	364.50–364.50	2,329	15
Heifers	Large 1-2	550–600	577	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,852	12
Bulls	—	—	1,558	201.79/cwt	180.00–211.00	3,144	22
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,175	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	2,233	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,300	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	2,236	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	1,750.00/head	1,750.00–1,750.00	1,750	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	1,475.00/head	1,475.00–1,475.00	1,475	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	155.95/cwt	145.00–170.00	1,482	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,294	2,317.61/head	1,850.00–2,625.00	2,318	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,110	2,025.00/head	2,025.00–2,025.00	2,025	1
Bred Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	725	2,040.17/head	1,975.00–2,110.00	2,040	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	1100–1150	1,111	230.50/cwt	230.50–230.50	2,561	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	718	278.32/cwt	200.00–286.00	1,998	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	676	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	2,075	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	559	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,068	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	384	403.00/cwt	403.00–403.00	1,548	7
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	2,875.00/head	2,875.00–2,875.00	2,875	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	950–1000	975	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,048	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	300	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,050	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	566	337.88/cwt	300.00–344.00	1,912	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	812	259.03/cwt	258.00–261.00	2,103	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	479	322.07/cwt	320.00–327.00	1,543	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	709	331.22/cwt	328.50–334.00	2,348	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	894	294.75/cwt	294.75–294.75	2,635	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	402	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,709	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	900–950	925	241.37/cwt	211.00–262.50	2,233	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	803	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,634	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	665	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,148	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	900–950	909	303.75/cwt	303.75–303.75	2,761	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	480	370.48/cwt	370.00–373.00	1,778	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	826	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	2,428	58
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	480	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,426	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	1150–1200	1,160	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	2,587	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	900–950	900	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	2,232	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	1050–1100	1,080	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	2,473	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	402	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,457	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	542	313.42/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,699	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	550	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,540	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	403	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,552	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	837	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	2,017	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	638	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,876	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	512	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,669	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	290	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,015	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	517	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,660	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	338	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,352	3

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 Jun 10, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,085Last week 859Year ago 537

Slaughter CattleReceipts 108Last week 95Year ago 83

Replacement CattleReceipts 52Last week 56Year ago 82

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold 4.00 to 8.00 higher. Instances of 10.00 higher. Strong demand for all classes of feeders. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to firm.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	402	425.00	425.00
1	450–500	465	440.00	440.00
12	600–650	639	340.00	340.00
42	700–750	709	328.50–334.00	331.22
63	800–850	803	328.00	328.00
60	850–900	894	294.75	294.75
58	900–950	909	303.75	303.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	322	441.00	441.00
8	350–400	375	445.00	445.00
13	400–450	448	409.00	409.00
7	450–500	460	386.00	386.00
20	500–550	521	375.00	375.00
17	550–600	590	351.00–351.50	351.33
14	600–650	621	321.00	321.00
12	650–700	674	321.00	321.00
9	700–750	741	308.00	308.00
106	800–850	816	314.00–319.50	314.85
55	900–950	912	298.75	298.75
1	1150–1200	1,180	219.00	219.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	535	380.00	380.00
15	600–650	639	364.50	364.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	542	300.00–320.00	313.42
9	550–600	559	370.00	370.00
10	650–700	676	307.00	307.00
3	900–950	925	211.00–262.50	241.37
1	1050–1100	1,080	229.00	229.00
2	1150–1200	1,160	223.00	223.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
30	450–500	480	370.00–373.00	370.48
11	550–600	562	345.00	345.00
19	600–650	610	320.00	320.00
31	650–700	665	323.00	323.00
26	700–750	741	301.50	301.50
58	800–850	826	294.00	294.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	242	420.00	420.00
21	350–400	368	377.00–392.50	383.15
19	400–450	420	382.00	382.00
11	450–500	465	360.00	360.00
16	500–550	530	344.00–356.00	350.10
13	550–600	573	323.00–332.00	326.60
7	600–650	641	309.00	309.00
12	650–700	653	309.00	309.00
33	700–750	708	298.75–301.00	299.25
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	550–600	577	321.00	321.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	350.00	350.00
2	400–450	402	362.50	362.50
7	450–500	479	320.00–327.00	322.07
4	500–550	517	321.00	321.00
1	550–600	550	280.00	280.00
11	700–750	718	200.00–286.00	278.32
9	800–850	812	258.00–261.00	259.03
1	900–950	900	248.00	248.00
4	950–1000	975	210.00	210.00
17	1100–1150	1,111	230.50	230.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	336	420.00–442.50	438.93
3	350–400	375	445.00	445.00
8	400–450	423	395.00	395.00
4	450–500	466	371.00	371.00
12	500–550	522	361.00	361.00
5	600–650	626	322.00	322.00
5	700–750	700	305.00	305.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	360	465.00	465.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	350.00	350.00
3	300–350	338	400.00	400.00
7	350–400	384	403.00	403.00
3	400–450	403	385.00	385.00
1	450–500	480	297.00	297.00
8	500–550	512	326.00	326.00
18	550–600	566	300.00–344.00	337.88
12	600–650	638	294.00	294.00
10	800–850	837	241.00	241.00

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,183	2,450.00–2,785.00	2,655.99
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,150	1,950.00	1,950.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,450	1,925.00	1,925.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,294	1,850.00–2,625.00	2,317.61
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,110	2,025.00	2,025.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	—	921	1,940.00–2,650.00	2,055.66
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,000	1,750.00	1,750.00
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	850	1,475.00	1,475.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,100	2,875.00	2,875.00
Bred Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	725	1,975.00–2,110.00	2,040.17
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	800	2,525.00	2,525.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	950	145.00–170.00	155.95

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	1,278	145.00–169.00	157.84
2	—	1,231	139.00–142.00	140.49
1	—	1,300	172.00	172.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	999	140.00–161.00	148.71
6	—	993	121.00–150.00	138.10
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,230	156.00–160.00	158.30
1	—	1,175	190.00	190.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,814	212.00–229.00	218.76
22	—	1,558	180.00–211.00	201.79

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

Steers · 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

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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Mid-Kentucky Livestock Market - Upton, KY

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