Name: Upton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-07-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday feeder steers and heifers sold steady to 2.00 lower on a light test. There was moderate to good demand for feeder classes. Extremely hot and humid weather conditions restricting the movement of cattle and putting downward pressure on the market and demand. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold mostly steady. There was good demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $334.92/cwt on 33 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −66.15 against this barn's trailing median of $401.06.

Average price

$334.92

33 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,834

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$320

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

$36.10/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.67

vs KY average

−12.58 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	550	337.10	1,855	31
Medium and Large 2-3	510	301.00	1,535	2thin

One grade step is worth $36.10/cwt here — about $320 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 sale33 hd

334.92

—

KY average25 barns · 756 hd

338.59

−3.67

National average149 barns · 6,369 hd

347.50

−12.58

This barn, trailing median31 sales

401.06

−66.15

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	1,713	204.54	3,503	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,223	165.19	2,020	29
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,522	162.24	2,468	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	986	150.78	1,486	9thin

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)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,340	$2,671	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,192	$2,249	3thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,178	$2,037	21
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	800	$1,025	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,238	$2,881	2thin

Every lot, as filed

61 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 1-2	450–500	483	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,623	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,007	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	2,709	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	714	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,335	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	773	265.15/cwt	260.00–270.00	2,050	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	395	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,560	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	456	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,664	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	372	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	1,350	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	389	411.38/cwt	410.00–420.00	1,600	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	870	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,132	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1150–1200	1,165	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,738	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	559	320.15/cwt	319.00–322.00	1,790	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	969	254.61/cwt	245.00–262.50	2,467	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	710	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,917	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	810	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,863	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,049	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	2,486	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	602	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,987	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	400	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,540	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	638	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,748	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	250–300	283	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,274	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	500–550	516	351.84/cwt	350.00–354.00	1,815	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	800	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,940	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	586	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,969	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	670	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,869	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	508	324.39/cwt	322.50–325.00	1,648	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,227	162.11/cwt	159.00–169.00	1,989	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	988	141.39/cwt	140.00–144.00	1,397	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,138	152.54/cwt	152.00–153.00	1,736	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	952	151.34/cwt	150.00–154.00	1,441	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,233	172.95/cwt	170.00–179.00	2,132	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,500	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	2,505	1
Bulls	—	—	1,792	217.08/cwt	215.00–219.00	3,890	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,555	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	2,255	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,520	163.80/cwt	158.00–165.50	2,490	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,017	159.60/cwt	159.00–161.00	1,623	3
Bulls	—	—	1,705	208.03/cwt	205.00–210.00	3,547	3
Bulls	—	—	1,435	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	2,440	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,178	2,036.52/head	1,630.00–2,500.00	2,037	21
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	935	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,683	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	1,025.00/head	1,025.00–1,025.00	1,025	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,238	2,881.21/head	1,920.00–3,750.00	2,881	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,192	2,249.30/head	2,050.00–2,550.00	2,249	3
Bulls	—	—	1,775	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	3,390	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	790	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,936	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	510	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,535	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	662	275.36/cwt	273.00–280.00	1,823	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	430	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,516	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	473	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,466	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,340	2,670.71/head	2,250.00–3,175.00	2,671	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	879	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,751	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	671	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,268	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	813	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	2,203	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,877	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	400	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,310	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	500	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,538	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	445	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,591	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,752	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	549	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	1,889	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	762	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,454	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1100–1150	1,140	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	2,782	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	417	409.00/cwt	409.00–409.00	1,706	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	296	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,043	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 Jul 29, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 327Last week 344Year ago 765

Slaughter CattleReceipts 55Last week 13Year ago 67

Replacement CattleReceipts 56Last week 52Year ago 33

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	296	352.50	352.50
5	350–400	372	363.00	363.00
4	400–450	445	357.50	357.50
5	450–500	483	336.00	336.00
2	500–550	527	332.50	332.50
8	550–600	559	319.00–322.00	320.15
1	700–750	710	270.00	270.00
2	750–800	773	260.00–270.00	265.15
1	800–850	800	242.50	242.50
1	850–900	870	245.00	245.00
16	950–1000	969	245.00–262.50	254.61
6	1000–1050	1,049	237.00	237.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	400	327.50	327.50
2	450–500	473	310.00	310.00
2	500–550	510	301.00	301.00
3	650–700	662	273.00–280.00	275.36
1	750–800	790	245.00	245.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
21	500–550	549	344.00	344.00
32	650–700	671	338.00	338.00
11	750–800	762	322.00	322.00
27	800–850	813	271.00	271.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	395.00	395.00
2	400–450	417	409.00	409.00
3	500–550	520	361.00	361.00
2	600–650	602	330.00	330.00
7	700–750	714	327.00	327.00
9	850–900	879	313.00	313.00
7	1000–1050	1,007	269.00	269.00
1	1100–1150	1,140	244.00	244.00
1	1150–1200	1,165	235.00	235.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	389	410.00–420.00	411.38
1	400–450	400	385.00	385.00
3	450–500	456	365.00	365.00
4	500–550	508	322.50–325.00	324.39
4	550–600	586	336.00	336.00
3	600–650	638	274.00	274.00
6	650–700	670	279.00	279.00
2	800–850	810	230.00	230.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	283	450.00	450.00
11	500–550	516	350.00–354.00	351.84
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	430	352.50	352.50
2	500–550	500	307.50	307.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,227	159.00–169.00	162.11
2	—	1,138	152.00–153.00	152.54
10	—	1,233	170.00–179.00	172.95
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	988	140.00–144.00	141.39
3	—	952	150.00–154.00	151.34
3	—	1,017	159.00–161.00	159.60
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,500	167.00	167.00
1	—	1,555	145.00	145.00
8	—	1,520	158.00–165.50	163.80
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,792	215.00–219.00	217.08
3	—	1,705	205.00–210.00	208.03
1	—	1,435	170.00	170.00
1	—	1,775	191.00	191.00

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
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	21	—	1,178	1,630.00–2,500.00	2,036.52
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,192	2,050.00–2,550.00	2,249.30
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,340	2,250.00–3,175.00	2,670.71
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	935	180.00	180.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	800	1,025.00	1,025.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,238	1,920.00–3,750.00	2,881.21

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

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle