Name: Upton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold mostly steady. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $351.70/cwt on 42 head. That ranks 3 of 31 comparable sales and sits −49.36 against this barn's trailing median of $401.06.

Average price

$351.70

42 head · 535 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,882

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$170

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

$32.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.09

vs KY average

−32.69 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	361.00	1,931	30
Medium and Large 2-3	536	328.46	1,761	12thin

One grade step is worth $32.54/cwt here — about $170 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale42 hd

351.70

—

KY average24 barns · 944 hd

346.61

+5.09

National average182 barns · 15,418 hd

384.39

−32.69

This barn, trailing median31 sales

401.06

−49.36

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	1,804	194.06	3,502	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,265	158.59	2,006	54
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	870	122.66	1,067	4thin

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)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,124	$3,023	8
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,300	$2,875	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,154	$2,865	6
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,050	$2,500	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	800	$2,250	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	914	$2,583	5
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	810	$2,285	5
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	650	$1,400	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	850	$2,400	1thin

Every lot, as filed

64 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	450–500	470	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,645	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	278	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,140	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	518	319.01/cwt	262.50–340.00	1,652	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	374.45/cwt	366.00–380.00	1,782	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	358	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,486	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	719	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,495	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	621	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,111	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	600	356.25/cwt	356.25–356.25	2,138	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	359	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,490	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	1,940	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	451	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	1,718	16
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	700	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,967	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	586	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,063	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	773	336.10/cwt	336.10–336.10	2,598	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	416	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,518	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,124	3,023.08/head	2,200.00–3,400.00	3,023	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	2,250.00/head	2,250.00–2,250.00	2,250	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	348	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,340	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	360	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,404	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,003	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,949	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,952	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	509	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,883	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	417	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	1,589	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,876	31
Bulls	—	—	1,967	208.62/cwt	207.00–211.00	4,104	3
Bulls	—	—	1,761	194.05/cwt	183.00–205.00	3,417	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	850	133.41/cwt	132.00–135.00	1,134	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	890	111.92/cwt	105.00–119.00	996	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,142	141.36/cwt	132.00–148.00	1,614	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,326	173.22/cwt	170.00–176.00	2,297	5
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	2,650.00/head	2,650.00–2,650.00	2,650	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Bred Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	750	2,042.22/head	1,700.00–2,250.00	2,042	3
Bred Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	650	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	3
Bulls	—	—	1,815	179.56/cwt	177.00–182.00	3,259	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,266	158.12/cwt	152.00–167.00	2,002	46
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	460	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,564	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	351	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,272	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,300	2,875.00/head	2,875.00–2,875.00	2,875	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	903	212.91/cwt	175.00–260.00	1,923	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,154	2,865.34/head	2,700.00–2,900.00	2,865	6
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	914	2,583.04/head	2,150.00–2,800.00	2,583	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	413	341.39/cwt	290.00–350.00	1,410	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	1100–1150	1,129	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,540	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	466	326.02/cwt	295.00–330.00	1,519	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	291	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	890	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	607	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,948	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	629	327.49/cwt	321.00–347.00	2,060	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	745	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,198	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	838	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,606	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	410	346.10/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,419	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	1000–1050	1,041	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	2,436	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	556	306.36/cwt	285.00–322.50	1,703	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	508	359.40/cwt	306.00–395.00	1,826	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	601	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,170	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,038	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	349	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	1,399	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	337	350.49/cwt	340.00–355.00	1,181	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	839	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	2,022	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	622	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,804	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	729	309.57/cwt	309.00–310.00	2,257	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	619	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,012	17

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 Oct 7, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 578Last week 753Year ago 621

Slaughter CattleReceipts 83Last week 98Year ago 118

Replacement CattleReceipts 76Last week 103Year ago 81

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold mostly steady. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	250–300	278	410.00	410.00
8	400–450	410	340.00–350.00	346.10
1	450–500	470	350.00	350.00
5	500–550	518	262.50–340.00	319.01
5	600–650	622	290.00	290.00
5	800–850	839	241.00	241.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	358	415.00	415.00
2	400–450	417	381.00	381.00
16	450–500	451	381.00	381.00
31	500–550	521	360.00	360.00
7	550–600	565	345.00	345.00
16	600–650	620	323.00	323.00
13	700–750	700	281.00	281.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	348	385.00	385.00
7	350–400	360	390.00	390.00
10	400–450	416	365.00	365.00
15	450–500	476	366.00–380.00	374.45
19	500–550	509	370.00	370.00
6	550–600	574	340.00	340.00
17	600–650	619	325.00	325.00
9	700–750	729	309.00–310.00	309.57
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	586	352.00	352.00
25	600–650	600	356.25	356.25
52	750–800	773	336.10	336.10
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	291	306.00	306.00
13	300–350	337	340.00–355.00	350.49
4	350–400	351	362.50	362.50
7	400–450	413	290.00–350.00	341.39
17	450–500	466	295.00–330.00	326.02
5	500–550	508	306.00–395.00	359.40
7	550–600	556	285.00–322.50	306.36
3	600–650	607	321.00	321.00
3	700–750	745	295.00	295.00
4	1100–1150	1,129	225.00	225.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	349	401.00	401.00
8	350–400	359	415.00	415.00
7	500–550	520	373.00	373.00
3	550–600	571	357.00	357.00
4	600–650	621	340.00	340.00
7	700–750	719	347.00	347.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	340.00	340.00
20	600–650	629	321.00–347.00	327.49
7	800–850	838	311.00	311.00
6	1000–1050	1,041	234.00	234.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	601	361.00	361.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	850	2,400.00	2,400.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,124	2,200.00–3,400.00	3,023.08
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	800	2,250.00	2,250.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,050	2,500.00	2,500.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,300	2,875.00	2,875.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,154	2,700.00–2,900.00	2,865.34
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	900	2,650.00	2,650.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	914	2,150.00–2,800.00	2,583.04
Bred Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	750	1,700.00–2,250.00	2,042.22
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	650	1,400.00	1,400.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	903	175.00–260.00	212.91

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,967	207.00–211.00	208.62
12	—	1,761	183.00–205.00	194.05
3	—	1,815	177.00–182.00	179.56
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	850	132.00–135.00	133.41
2	—	890	105.00–119.00	111.92
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,142	132.00–148.00	141.36
5	—	1,326	170.00–176.00	173.22
46	—	1,266	152.00–167.00	158.12

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