Name: Upton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-06-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday feeder steers sold mostly steady. Feeder heifers sold steady to 3.00 higher. There was good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $330.46/cwt on 40 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −70.60 against this barn's trailing median of $401.06.

Average price

$330.46

40 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,785

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$388

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

$72.53/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.79

vs KY average

−5.45 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	540	339.53	1,833	35
Medium and Large 2-3	541	267.00	1,445	5thin

One grade step is worth $72.53/cwt here — about $388 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale40 hd

330.46

—

KY average24 barns · 1,022 hd

335.25

−4.79

National average145 barns · 7,340 hd

335.91

−5.45

This barn, trailing median31 sales

401.06

−70.60

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	—	Low	1,534	203.97	3,128	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,488	162.80	2,422	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,238	161.80	2,004	30
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	919	144.37	1,327	6thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,575	168.00	2,646	2thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,260	180.00	2,268	1thin
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,360	184.55	2,510	2thin

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)	1,339	$2,718	9
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,229	$2,424	5
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,199	$1,943	6
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	950	$1,310	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,218	$3,299	7
Heifer Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	975	$1,825	1thin

Every lot, as filed

71 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	537	340.88/cwt	338.50–350.00	1,831	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	353.63/cwt	340.00–356.00	1,839	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	564	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,839	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	331	410.62/cwt	405.00–415.00	1,359	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	467	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,588	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	619	331.27/cwt	330.00–332.00	2,051	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	286	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,073	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	386.79/cwt	385.00–390.00	1,663	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	514	335.90/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,727	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	495	339.18/cwt	339.00–340.00	1,679	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	287	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,069	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	685	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,788	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,672	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	683	278.18/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,900	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	1,549	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	790	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,896	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	768	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,035	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	585	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,018	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	560	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,624	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	997	222.11/cwt	220.00–235.00	2,214	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,865	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	875	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,859	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	590	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,593	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	479	315.92/cwt	310.00–318.00	1,513	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	426	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,474	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	293	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,113	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	513	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,193	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	1000–1050	1,015	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	2,157	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	460	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,518	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,202	169.08/cwt	165.00–171.00	2,032	14
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,575	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	2,646	2
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,260	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	2,268	1
Bulls	—	—	1,415	170.46/cwt	170.00–171.00	2,412	2
Bulls	—	—	1,503	205.95/cwt	200.00–208.00	3,095	8
Bulls	—	—	1,841	224.19/cwt	216.00–230.00	4,127	6
Bulls	—	—	1,261	189.93/cwt	187.00–194.00	2,395	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,625	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	2,470	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,500	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	2,625	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,464	163.58/cwt	160.00–168.00	2,395	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,266	158.52/cwt	155.00–163.00	2,007	9
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,360	184.55/cwt	184.00–185.00	2,510	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	540	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,661	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	800–850	805	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,449	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,276	151.47/cwt	147.00–154.00	1,933	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	980	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,617	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	925	151.78/cwt	150.00–154.00	1,404	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	895	132.55/cwt	130.00–137.00	1,186	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	899	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,203	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	393	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,199	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	610	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,327	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	605	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,286	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	440	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,353	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	270	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	851	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,199	1,942.69/head	1,550.00–2,100.00	1,943	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	534	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,869	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	280	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,190	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	2,124	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	1,310.00/head	1,310.00–1,310.00	1,310	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,653	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	330	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,229	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	822	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,973	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	855	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,497	53
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,810	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,339	2,717.79/head	2,600.00–2,750.00	2,718	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,229	2,423.90/head	1,810.00–3,000.00	2,424	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	697	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,154	11
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,218	3,299.34/head	2,250.00–3,750.00	3,299	7
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	975	1,825.00/head	1,825.00–1,825.00	1,825	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,025	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	2,142	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	616	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,830	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	338.54/cwt	338.00–340.00	1,439	14

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 24, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 420Last week 991Year ago 532

Slaughter CattleReceipts 76Last week 84Year ago 108

Replacement CattleReceipts 0Last week 59Year ago 54

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	286	375.00	375.00
9	300–350	331	405.00–415.00	410.62
4	350–400	380	407.50	407.50
6	400–450	435	380.00	380.00
11	450–500	495	339.00–340.00	339.18
9	500–550	537	338.50–350.00	340.88
2	550–600	565	330.00	330.00
4	600–650	620	292.00	292.00
18	650–700	683	275.00–285.00	278.18
8	750–800	768	265.00	265.00
4	800–850	822	240.00	240.00
1	1000–1050	1,025	209.00	209.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	293	380.00	380.00
3	400–450	426	346.00	346.00
1	500–550	535	312.50	312.50
2	750–800	790	240.00	240.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	315.00	315.00
1	450–500	460	330.00	330.00
2	550–600	590	270.00	270.00
1	600–650	610	217.50	217.50
3	850–900	875	212.50	212.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	280	425.00	425.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	400–450	430	385.00–390.00	386.79
20	500–550	520	340.00–356.00	353.63
17	600–650	619	330.00–332.00	331.27
11	650–700	697	309.00	309.00
1	700–750	730	291.00	291.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	540	307.50	307.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	287	372.50	372.50
6	300–350	330	372.50	372.50
14	400–450	425	338.00–340.00	338.54
2	450–500	467	340.00	340.00
15	500–550	514	330.00–345.00	335.90
5	550–600	564	326.00	326.00
5	600–650	616	297.00	297.00
1	650–700	685	261.00	261.00
5	850–900	899	245.00	245.00
7	950–1000	997	220.00–235.00	222.11
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	534	350.00	350.00
7	550–600	585	345.00	345.00
53	850–900	855	292.00	292.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	393	305.00	305.00
2	400–450	440	307.50	307.50
2	500–550	513	232.50	232.50
3	550–600	560	290.00	290.00
2	600–650	605	212.50	212.50
1	1000–1050	1,015	212.50	212.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	479	310.00–318.00	315.92
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	800–850	805	180.00	180.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,202	165.00–171.00	169.08
9	—	1,266	155.00–163.00	158.52
7	—	1,276	147.00–154.00	151.47
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,625	152.00	152.00
1	—	1,500	175.00	175.00
12	—	1,464	160.00–168.00	163.58
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	980	165.00	165.00
2	—	925	150.00–154.00	151.78
3	—	895	130.00–137.00	132.55
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,575	168.00	168.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,260	180.00	180.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,415	170.00–171.00	170.46
8	—	1,503	200.00–208.00	205.95
6	—	1,841	216.00–230.00	224.19
5	—	1,261	187.00–194.00	189.93
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,360	184.00–185.00	184.55

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	1,199	1,550.00–2,100.00	1,942.69
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	1,339	2,600.00–2,750.00	2,717.79
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,229	1,810.00–3,000.00	2,423.90
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	950	1,310.00	1,310.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,218	2,250.00–3,750.00	3,299.34
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	975	1,825.00	1,825.00

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

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