Name: Upton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-01-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons available due to Christmas Holidays.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $369.40/cwt on 84 head, up $28.52 from the prior sale. That ranks 6 of 31 comparable sales and sits −31.66 against this barn's trailing median of $401.06.

Average price

$369.40

▲ 28.52 vs prior sale

84 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,048

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$168

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

$17.72/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.15

vs KY average

−40.70 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	561	374.89	2,101	58
Medium and Large 2-3	541	357.17	1,933	26

One grade step is worth $17.72/cwt here — about $168 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 sale84 hd

369.40

—

KY average14 barns · 948 hd

369.56

−0.15

National average199 barns · 28,725 hd

410.10

−40.70

This barn, trailing median31 sales

401.06

−31.66

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	1,750	191.52	3,351	26
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,573	154.26	2,427	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,313	148.62	1,951	45
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,006	127.44	1,282	52

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)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,450	$2,900	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,099	$2,467	8
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	960	$2,290	9
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,100	$1,850	1thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,025	$2,339	2thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	912	$2,252	2thin
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	963	$3,542	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,033	$2,992	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	985	$2,250	1thin

Every lot, as filed

84 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	880	325.34/cwt	320.00–330.00	2,863	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	918	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,809	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	2,498	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	461	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,982	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	619	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	2,309	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	360.23/cwt	357.50–365.00	2,396	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	808	352.74/cwt	347.00–354.50	2,850	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	569	378.33/cwt	375.00–379.00	2,153	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	367	425.59/cwt	422.50–430.00	1,562	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	433	373.89/cwt	360.00–381.00	1,619	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	508	380.02/cwt	354.00–387.50	1,931	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	950–1000	985	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	2,778	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	677	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,200	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	823	326.75/cwt	326.75–326.75	2,689	63
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	515	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,996	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	440	327.72/cwt	310.00–382.50	1,442	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	672	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,466	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	610	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,288	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	777	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,370	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	721	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,423	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	367.12/cwt	363.00–371.00	2,122	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	595	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,077	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	1050–1100	1,093	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	2,273	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	756	331.75/cwt	331.75–331.75	2,508	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	700	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,373	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	560	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,128	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	665	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,334	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	352.29/cwt	336.50–355.50	2,255	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	427	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	1,798	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	834	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,969	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	731	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,347	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	491	364.67/cwt	351.00–400.00	1,791	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	571	396.50/cwt	396.50–396.50	2,264	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	796	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,587	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	1100–1150	1,137	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	2,854	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	623	409.00/cwt	408.00–410.00	2,548	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	559	445.50/cwt	445.50–445.50	2,490	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	749	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,614	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	517	411.91/cwt	408.00–415.00	2,130	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	510	442.00/cwt	442.00–442.00	2,254	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	950–1000	992	296.50/cwt	296.50–296.50	2,941	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	781	353.12/cwt	349.00–357.50	2,758	44
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,023	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	355	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,669	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	630	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,066	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	417	441.00/cwt	441.00–441.00	1,839	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	955	323.50/cwt	323.50–323.50	3,089	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	955	99.47/cwt	90.00–106.00	950	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,126	140.16/cwt	140.00–141.00	1,578	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	997	128.56/cwt	110.00–138.00	1,282	43
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,573	154.26/cwt	153.00–161.00	2,427	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,423	154.50/cwt	145.00–165.00	2,199	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,210	139.86/cwt	121.00–143.00	1,692	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,073	168.62/cwt	167.00–170.00	1,809	2
Bulls	—	—	1,764	188.36/cwt	181.00–195.00	3,323	16
Bulls	—	—	1,273	167.46/cwt	154.00–176.00	2,132	4
Bulls	—	—	2,030	216.00/cwt	209.00–223.00	4,385	6
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,025	2,339.02/head	2,325.00–2,350.00	2,339	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	912	2,251.97/head	2,100.00–2,400.00	2,252	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,099	2,466.67/head	2,200.00–2,800.00	2,467	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,450	2,900.00/head	2,900.00–2,900.00	2,900	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	1,850.00/head	1,850.00–1,850.00	1,850	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	900	2,328.57/head	2,025.00–2,450.00	2,329	7
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	917	183.53/cwt	175.00–192.00	1,683	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,170	2,155.56/head	1,850.00–2,500.00	2,156	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,300	2,275.00/head	2,275.00–2,275.00	2,275	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 1-2	—	600	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	4,300.00/head	4,300.00–4,300.00	4,300	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	985	2,250.00/head	2,250.00–2,250.00	2,250	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	963	3,541.56/head	3,475.00–3,600.00	3,542	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,172	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	513	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,001	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	375	394.32/cwt	340.00–400.00	1,479	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	496	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,637	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	900–950	925	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,405	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	883	223.32/cwt	210.00–260.00	1,972	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	509	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	1,980	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	295	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	1,202	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	781	280.04/cwt	230.00–290.00	2,187	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	457	415.50/cwt	415.50–415.50	1,899	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	525	359.62/cwt	323.00–381.00	1,888	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	729	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	2,121	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	828	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	2,327	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	655	346.50/cwt	346.50–346.50	2,270	19

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 Jan 6, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,255Last week 590Year ago 780

Slaughter CattleReceipts 180Last week 97Year ago 17

Replacement CattleReceipts 100Last week 142Year ago 16

No comparisons available due to Christmas Holidays.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	450–500	461	430.00	430.00
23	500–550	517	408.00–415.00	411.91
8	600–650	623	401.00	401.00
43	650–700	665	357.50–365.00	360.23
8	750–800	796	325.00	325.00
26	800–850	808	347.00–354.50	352.74
28	850–900	880	320.00–330.00	325.34
11	900–950	918	306.00	306.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	440	310.00–382.50	327.72
1	500–550	515	387.50	387.50
12	550–600	571	396.50	396.50
1	600–650	610	375.00	375.00
7	650–700	672	367.00	367.00
17	700–750	721	336.00	336.00
6	750–800	777	305.00	305.00
5	1100–1150	1,137	251.00	251.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	510	442.00	442.00
22	550–600	559	445.50	445.50
25	600–650	623	408.00–410.00	409.00
10	700–750	749	349.00	349.00
44	750–800	781	349.00–357.50	353.12
60	800–850	834	356.00	356.00
26	950–1000	992	296.50	296.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
18	550–600	560	380.00	380.00
17	600–650	619	373.00	373.00
10	650–700	665	351.00	351.00
34	700–750	700	339.00	339.00
57	750–800	756	331.75	331.75
63	800–850	823	326.75	326.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	295	407.50	407.50
13	350–400	367	422.50–430.00	425.59
14	400–450	427	421.00	421.00
29	450–500	457	415.50	415.50
10	500–550	509	389.00	389.00
30	550–600	578	363.00–371.00	367.12
87	600–650	640	336.50–355.50	352.29
19	650–700	655	346.50	346.50
9	700–750	731	321.00	321.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
14	450–500	491	351.00–400.00	364.67
20	500–550	525	323.00–381.00	359.62
6	550–600	595	349.00	349.00
10	700–750	729	291.00	291.00
12	750–800	781	230.00–290.00	280.04
8	800–850	828	281.00	281.00
2	1050–1100	1,093	208.00	208.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	350–400	355	470.00	470.00
8	400–450	417	441.00	441.00
18	450–500	476	425.00	425.00
22	500–550	513	390.00	390.00
6	550–600	569	375.00–379.00	378.33
15	600–650	625	347.50	347.50
1	950–1000	955	323.50	323.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	375	340.00–400.00	394.32
23	400–450	433	360.00–381.00	373.89
3	450–500	496	330.00	330.00
9	500–550	508	354.00–387.50	380.02
21	600–650	630	328.00	328.00
12	650–700	677	325.00	325.00
11	850–900	883	210.00–260.00	223.32
1	900–950	925	260.00	260.00
1	950–1000	985	282.00	282.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	955	90.00–106.00	99.47
5	—	1,126	140.00–141.00	140.16
43	—	997	110.00–138.00	128.56
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,573	153.00–161.00	154.26
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,423	145.00–165.00	154.50
20	—	1,210	121.00–143.00	139.86
2	—	1,073	167.00–170.00	168.62
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,764	181.00–195.00	188.36
4	—	1,273	154.00–176.00	167.46
6	—	2,030	209.00–223.00	216.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,025	2,325.00–2,350.00	2,339.02
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	912	2,100.00–2,400.00	2,251.97
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,099	2,200.00–2,800.00	2,466.67
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,450	2,900.00	2,900.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,100	1,850.00	1,850.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,170	1,850.00–2,500.00	2,155.56
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	900	2,025.00–2,450.00	2,328.57
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	917	175.00–192.00	183.53
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,300	2,275.00	2,275.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,200	4,300.00	4,300.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	600	2,400.00	2,400.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	985	2,250.00	2,250.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	—	963	3,475.00–3,600.00	3,541.56

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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