Name: Upton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-08-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold 4.00 to 8.00 higher. Strong demand for feeders. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $343.56/cwt on 74 head. That ranks 3 of 31 comparable sales and sits −57.50 against this barn's trailing median of $401.06.

Average price

$343.56

74 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,912

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

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

$3.76/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.12

vs KY average

−7.01 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	556	343.76	1,912	70
Medium and Large 2-3	561	340.00	1,907	4thin

One grade step is worth $3.76/cwt here — about $4 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 sale74 hd

343.56

—

KY average24 barns · 1,000 hd

344.69

−1.12

National average149 barns · 9,537 hd

350.57

−7.01

This barn, trailing median31 sales

401.06

−57.50

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	1,594	209.10	3,333	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,256	166.88	2,096	52
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,813	163.53	2,965	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	928	138.78	1,288	5thin

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)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,300	$2,500	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,000	$2,100	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	950	$1,750	2thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	978	$2,687	11
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	900	$2,600	1thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	880	$2,200	1thin
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,150	$3,500	1thin
Bulls	N/A	(<2 yrs)	875	$2,820	4thin

Every lot, as filed

69 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 2-3	750–800	793	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	2,070	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,932	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,181	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	366	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,354	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	658	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,448	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	817	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	2,390	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	368	440.44/cwt	440.00–442.50	1,621	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	605	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,335	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	419	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,508	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	472	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,628	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	768	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,312	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	408	425.09/cwt	420.00–430.00	1,734	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,060	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	2,470	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	711	288.92/cwt	284.00–305.00	2,054	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	306	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,163	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	359.27/cwt	357.50–362.50	1,872	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	509	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,960	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	329.53/cwt	320.00–344.00	2,043	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	519	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,754	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	2,026	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	678	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,136	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,300	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	364	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,602	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	601	354.50/cwt	354.50–354.50	2,131	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	762	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,499	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	403	439.00/cwt	439.00–439.00	1,769	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	1,867	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	569	345.76/cwt	342.00–355.00	1,967	52
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,371	182.68/cwt	179.00–188.00	2,505	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	800	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	720	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	908	146.47/cwt	146.00–147.00	1,330	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,013	155.48/cwt	155.00–156.00	1,575	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,813	163.53/cwt	162.00–165.00	2,965	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,234	166.69/cwt	157.00–176.00	2,057	40
Bred Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	880	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	1
Steers	Large 1-2	650–700	666	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	2,351	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,287	152.33/cwt	149.00–155.00	1,960	6
Bulls	—	—	1,746	217.31/cwt	211.00–223.00	3,794	6
Bulls	—	—	1,565	207.67/cwt	200.00–217.00	3,250	12
Bulls	—	—	1,030	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,823	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	978	2,687.22/head	2,575.00–2,825.00	2,687	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	3,500.00/head	3,500.00–3,500.00	3,500	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	2,600.00/head	2,600.00–2,600.00	2,600	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	875	2,820.00/head	2,325.00–3,350.00	2,820	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	900	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	586	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,010	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	429	356.41/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,529	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	523	325.59/cwt	321.00–328.00	1,703	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	417	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,414	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	662	306.81/cwt	305.00–308.00	2,031	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	561	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,907	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	601	299.39/cwt	273.00–310.00	1,799	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	833	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	2,532	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	320	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,104	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	950–1000	980	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,646	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	760	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,318	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	900–950	918	233.68/cwt	230.00–237.50	2,145	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	678	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,898	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	712	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,392	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	462	328.86/cwt	312.50–335.00	1,519	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	714	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,071	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	759	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	2,156	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	905	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,557	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	716	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,442	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	673	338.56/cwt	333.00–350.00	2,279	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	629	265.10/cwt	215.00–340.00	1,667	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	630	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,985	20

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 Aug 5, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 598Last week 327Year ago 566

Slaughter CattleReceipts 105Last week 55Year ago 53

Replacement CattleReceipts 44Last week 56Year ago 44

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold 4.00 to 8.00 higher. Strong demand for feeders. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
14	400–450	429	340.00–360.00	356.41
9	500–550	523	321.00–328.00	325.59
20	600–650	630	315.00	315.00
2	650–700	678	280.00	280.00
4	750–800	793	261.00	261.00
2	900–950	918	230.00–237.50	233.68
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	364	440.00	440.00
3	400–450	403	439.00	439.00
21	450–500	490	381.00	381.00
14	500–550	521	357.50–362.50	359.27
10	550–600	574	353.00	353.00
14	600–650	601	354.50	354.50
6	650–700	678	315.00	315.00
22	700–750	711	284.00–305.00	288.92
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	368	440.00–442.50	440.44
2	400–450	408	420.00–430.00	425.09
9	450–500	477	405.00	405.00
13	500–550	509	385.00	385.00
8	550–600	574	380.00	380.00
13	600–650	605	386.00	386.00
6	650–700	673	333.00–350.00	338.56
6	700–750	716	341.00	341.00
11	750–800	762	328.00	328.00
12	800–850	817	292.50	292.50
1	900–950	905	282.50	282.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
18	650–700	658	372.00	372.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	666	353.00	353.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	586	343.00	343.00
5	600–650	629	215.00–340.00	265.10
1	750–800	760	305.00	305.00
2	800–850	833	304.00	304.00
1	950–1000	980	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	306	380.00	380.00
10	350–400	366	370.00	370.00
8	400–450	419	360.00	360.00
17	450–500	472	345.00	345.00
18	500–550	519	338.00	338.00
52	550–600	569	342.00–355.00	345.76
30	600–650	620	320.00–344.00	329.53
11	750–800	768	301.00	301.00
6	1050–1100	1,060	233.00	233.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	345.00	345.00
9	400–450	417	339.00	339.00
6	450–500	462	312.50–335.00	328.86
4	550–600	561	340.00	340.00
7	600–650	601	273.00–310.00	299.39
5	650–700	662	305.00–308.00	306.81
5	700–750	714	290.00	290.00
4	750–800	759	284.00	284.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
69	700–750	712	336.00	336.00

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
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,300	2,500.00	2,500.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,000	2,100.00	2,100.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,000	1,800.00	1,800.00
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	900	1,700.00	1,700.00
Bred Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	880	2,200.00	2,200.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	—	978	2,575.00–2,825.00	2,687.22
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	900	2,600.00	2,600.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,150	3,500.00	3,500.00
(<2 yrs)	N/A	4	—	875	2,325.00–3,350.00	2,820.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,371	179.00–188.00	182.68
40	—	1,234	157.00–176.00	166.69
6	—	1,287	149.00–155.00	152.33
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	800	90.00	90.00
2	—	908	146.00–147.00	146.47
2	—	1,013	155.00–156.00	155.48
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,813	162.00–165.00	163.53
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,746	211.00–223.00	217.31
12	—	1,565	200.00–217.00	207.67
1	—	1,030	177.00	177.00

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