Name: Upton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-08-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold mostly steady. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady. Extreme heat slowed the movement of cattle.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $355.68/cwt on 19 head. That ranks 4 of 31 comparable sales and sits −45.38 against this barn's trailing median of $401.06.

Average price

$355.68

19 head · 534 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,899

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$213

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

$33.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.03

vs KY average

−4.12 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	535	365.00	1,953	12thin
Large 1-2	543	350.00	1,901	3thin
Medium and Large 2-3	524	332.00	1,740	4thin

One grade step is worth $33.00/cwt here — about $213 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 sale19 hd

355.68

—

KY average25 barns · 1,049 hd

356.71

−1.03

National average158 barns · 7,895 hd

359.80

−4.12

This barn, trailing median31 sales

401.06

−45.38

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	1,790	210.31	3,765	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,291	161.46	2,084	34
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,459	160.59	2,343	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	991	153.67	1,522	14
Steers	Choice	Average	1,465	177.77	2,604	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)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,550	$2,900	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,250	$2,500	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,205	$2,389	5
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	950	$2,200	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,233	$2,137	4thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,082	$1,901	5
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	963	$2,277	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,000	$3,050	3thin

Every lot, as filed

57 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	350–400	359	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,382	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	1100–1150	1,140	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	2,633	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	410	415.50/cwt	415.50–415.50	1,704	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	300	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	1,221	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	567	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,087	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	255	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,122	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	424	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	1,577	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	701	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,201	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	464	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,786	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	350	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	1,549	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	367	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	1,642	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	455	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,911	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	459	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	1,680	20
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,082	1,901.25/head	1,675.00–1,975.00	1,901	5
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	945	175.32/cwt	166.00–189.00	1,657	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,163	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	733	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,199	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	566	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,953	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	1,876	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	276	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,228	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	660	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,046	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,270	161.49/cwt	153.00–170.00	2,051	24
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,272	150.24/cwt	148.00–155.00	1,911	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	855	105.32/cwt	100.00–110.00	900	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,052	166.02/cwt	159.00–167.00	1,747	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	959	155.73/cwt	143.00–169.00	1,493	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,459	160.59/cwt	158.00–168.00	2,343	10
Heifers	Large 1-2	500–550	543	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,901	3
Bulls	Large 1-2	550–600	552	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,946	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,443	178.15/cwt	172.00–191.00	2,571	4
Bulls	—	—	1,758	208.54/cwt	185.00–219.00	3,666	18
Steers	Choice	—	1,465	177.77/cwt	175.00–182.00	2,604	3
Bulls	—	—	1,985	220.94/cwt	219.00–223.00	4,386	3
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	963	2,277.16/head	2,150.00–2,500.00	2,277	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,205	2,389.42/head	1,825.00–2,575.00	2,389	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	3,050.00/head	3,050.00–3,050.00	3,050	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,233	2,137.44/head	2,000.00–2,425.00	2,137	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,550	2,900.00/head	2,900.00–2,900.00	2,900	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	650	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,723	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	675	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,890	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	1050–1100	1,066	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	2,372	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	454	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,571	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	365	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,478	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	340	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,190	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	900–950	930	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	2,581	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	450	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,575	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,953	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	370	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,388	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	461	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,637	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	524	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,740	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	642	344.25/cwt	335.00–347.00	2,210	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	621	317.19/cwt	315.00–319.00	1,970	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	517	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,939	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	774	269.45/cwt	260.00–274.00	2,086	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	525	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	1,832	4

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 19, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 339Last week 618Year ago 669

Slaughter CattleReceipts 83Last week 68Year ago 64

Replacement CattleReceipts 50Last week 30Year ago 21

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold mostly steady. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady. Extreme heat slowed the movement of cattle.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	440.00	440.00
7	300–350	300	407.00	407.00
15	350–400	359	385.00	385.00
6	400–450	424	372.00	372.00
20	450–500	459	366.00	366.00
12	500–550	535	365.00	365.00
7	600–650	625	346.00	346.00
4	700–750	701	314.00	314.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	543	350.00	350.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	350.00	350.00
1	350–400	370	375.00	375.00
4	450–500	454	346.00	346.00
4	500–550	524	332.00	332.00
2	650–700	650	265.00	265.00
7	1050–1100	1,066	222.50	222.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	450	350.00	350.00
4	500–550	525	349.00	349.00
2	900–950	930	277.50	277.50
6	1100–1150	1,140	231.00	231.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	367	447.50	447.50
7	450–500	455	420.00	420.00
6	500–550	517	375.00	375.00
6	550–600	567	368.00	368.00
13	600–650	642	335.00–347.00	344.25
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	276	445.00	445.00
8	350–400	350	442.50	442.50
12	400–450	410	415.50	415.50
8	450–500	464	385.00	385.00
6	500–550	527	356.00	356.00
9	550–600	566	345.00	345.00
11	600–650	621	315.00–319.00	317.19
2	650–700	660	310.00	310.00
8	700–750	733	300.00	300.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	552	352.50	352.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	365	405.00	405.00
4	450–500	461	355.00	355.00
3	650–700	675	280.00	280.00
6	750–800	774	260.00–274.00	269.45

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	1,082	1,675.00–1,975.00	1,901.25
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	950	2,200.00	2,200.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,205	1,825.00–2,575.00	2,389.42
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,250	2,500.00	2,500.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,233	2,000.00–2,425.00	2,137.44
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,550	2,900.00	2,900.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	945	166.00–189.00	175.32
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	963	2,150.00–2,500.00	2,277.16
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,000	3,050.00	3,050.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,270	153.00–170.00	161.49
6	—	1,272	148.00–155.00	150.24
4	—	1,443	172.00–191.00	178.15
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	855	100.00–110.00	105.32
7	—	1,052	159.00–167.00	166.02
5	—	959	143.00–169.00	155.73
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,459	158.00–168.00	160.59
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,758	185.00–219.00	208.54
3	—	1,985	219.00–223.00	220.94
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,465	175.00–182.00	177.77

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