Name: Upton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-03-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold steady to firm. Good demand for all classes of feeders . Slaughter cows sold unevenly steady. Slaughter bulls sold steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $400.54/cwt on 41 head, down $2.74 from the prior sale. That ranks 15 of 31 comparable sales and sits −0.53 against this barn's trailing median of $401.06.

Average price

$400.54

▼ 2.74 vs prior sale

41 head · 534 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,139

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$233

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

$25.79/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.11

vs KY average

−20.42 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	401.79	2,151	39
Medium and Large 2-3	510	376.00	1,918	2thin

One grade step is worth $25.79/cwt here — about $233 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale41 hd

400.54

—

KY average26 barns · 1,655 hd

402.65

−2.11

National average181 barns · 13,944 hd

420.96

−20.42

This barn, trailing median31 sales

401.06

−0.53

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	1,473	181.63	2,675	37
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,314	154.94	2,037	41
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	981	131.06	1,286	12
Steers	Choice	Average	1,340	222.50	2,982	1thin

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)	1,346	$3,338	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,130	$2,793	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,155	$2,600	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,005	$2,146	6
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,075	$2,133	2thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	881	$3,000	1thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	800	$2,700	1thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	885	$2,400	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	767	$2,278	3thin
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,400	$3,425	1thin

Every lot, as filed

83 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 2-3	250–300	293	447.00/cwt	447.00–447.00	1,310	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	793	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,514	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	819	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,457	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	644	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,293	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	857	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,725	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,261	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	950–1000	950	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,613	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,124	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	468	432.78/cwt	430.00–435.00	2,025	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	736	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,583	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	817	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,717	7
Steers	Large 1-2	800–850	841	326.50/cwt	326.50–326.50	2,746	8
Heifers	Large 2-3	400–450	421	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	1,692	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	351	488.00/cwt	488.00–488.00	1,713	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	704	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,232	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	334	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,837	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	370	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,388	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	686	356.97/cwt	347.50–359.00	2,449	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	809	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,645	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	770	319.29/cwt	318.50–320.00	2,459	28
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	1000–1050	1,013	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	3,039	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	957	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,967	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	764	347.23/cwt	343.00–350.00	2,653	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	500	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,200	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	659	387.75/cwt	384.00–390.00	2,555	8
Steers	Large 1-2	950–1000	952	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,761	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	587	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	2,354	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,482	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	614	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	2,585	20
Steers	Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	873	334.75/cwt	334.75–334.75	2,922	61
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	733	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,382	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	555	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,004	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	542	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,870	5
Dairy Steers	Large 3	900–950	925	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,804	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	444	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,220	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	503	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,213	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	701	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,411	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	386	468.00/cwt	468.00–468.00	1,806	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,243	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	496.00/cwt	496.00–496.00	2,083	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	355	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,828	29
Steers	Choice	—	1,340	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	2,982	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	981	131.06/cwt	118.00–150.00	1,286	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,327	156.09/cwt	150.00–167.00	2,071	37
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,140	135.79/cwt	129.00–145.00	1,548	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,375	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	2,338	1
Bulls	—	—	1,518	210.11/cwt	206.00–212.00	3,189	8
Bulls	—	—	1,496	196.95/cwt	187.00–204.00	2,946	11
Bulls	—	—	1,438	159.61/cwt	155.00–183.00	2,295	18
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	953	191.69/cwt	190.00–193.00	1,827	3
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	881	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	1
Bred Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	885	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	1
Bred Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	767	2,278.26/head	2,000.00–2,400.00	2,278	3
Bred Heifers	Large 1-2	—	800	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,075	2,133.14/head	2,100.00–2,175.00	2,133	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,258	2,989.96/head	2,800.00–3,150.00	2,990	2
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	900	1,837.50/head	1,800.00–1,875.00	1,838	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,058	2,300.00/head	2,300.00–2,300.00	2,300	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,346	3,338.44/head	2,675.00–3,800.00	3,338	4
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	875	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,155	2,600.00/head	2,600.00–2,600.00	2,600	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,400	3,425.00/head	3,425.00–3,425.00	3,425	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	312	502.50/cwt	502.50–502.50	1,568	5
Bulls	Large 1-2	600–650	606	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,994	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	508	307.03/cwt	301.00–315.00	1,560	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	795	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	2,361	2
Bulls	Large 2-3	700–750	722	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,318	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	285	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,496	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	419	446.00/cwt	446.00–446.00	1,869	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	560	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,184	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	355	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,669	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	464	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,227	31
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	430	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,021	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	615	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	2,343	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	712	310.00/cwt	308.00–311.00	2,207	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	487	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,875	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	660	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,063	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	1100–1150	1,148	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	3,100	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	510	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	1,918	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	413	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,559	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	331	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,423	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	624	347.81/cwt	345.00–355.00	2,170	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	355	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,278	2

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 Mar 3, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 855Last week 1,167Year ago 1,073

Slaughter CattleReceipts 89Last week 102Year ago 124

Replacement CattleReceipts 64Last week 64Year ago 81

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold steady to firm. Good demand for all classes of feeders . Slaughter cows sold unevenly steady. Slaughter bulls sold steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	293	447.00	447.00
7	300–350	331	430.00	430.00
2	350–400	355	360.00	360.00
5	400–450	413	377.50	377.50
9	450–500	487	385.00	385.00
2	500–550	510	376.00	376.00
11	700–750	712	308.00–311.00	310.00
6	750–800	793	317.00	317.00
6	800–850	819	300.00	300.00
4	950–1000	950	275.00	275.00
2	1100–1150	1,148	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	644	356.00	356.00
63	850–900	857	318.00	318.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	350–400	351	488.00	488.00
17	400–450	419	446.00	446.00
16	450–500	468	430.00–435.00	432.78
23	500–550	518	410.00	410.00
16	550–600	560	390.00	390.00
30	600–650	624	345.00–355.00	347.81
3	650–700	665	340.00	340.00
16	700–750	704	317.00	317.00
28	750–800	770	318.50–320.00	319.29
Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	421	402.00	402.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	700–750	736	351.00	351.00
7	800–850	817	332.50	332.50
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	800–850	841	326.50	326.50
6	950–1000	952	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	334	550.00	550.00
7	400–450	444	500.00	500.00
9	500–550	500	440.00	440.00
5	550–600	587	401.00	401.00
20	600–650	614	421.00	421.00
8	650–700	659	384.00–390.00	387.75
5	700–750	730	340.00	340.00
20	750–800	764	343.00–350.00	347.23
6	950–1000	957	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	375.00	375.00
5	500–550	542	345.00	345.00
1	550–600	555	361.00	361.00
11	650–700	686	347.50–359.00	356.97
5	700–750	733	325.00	325.00
10	800–850	809	327.00	327.00
2	1000–1050	1,013	300.00	300.00
Steers — Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
61	850–900	873	334.75	334.75
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	900–950	925	195.00	195.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	285	525.00	525.00
5	300–350	312	502.50	502.50
9	350–400	386	468.00	468.00
9	400–450	420	496.00	496.00
31	450–500	464	480.00	480.00
14	500–550	503	440.00	440.00
10	550–600	575	390.00	390.00
13	600–650	615	381.00	381.00
9	700–750	701	344.00	344.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
29	350–400	355	515.00	515.00
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	606	329.00	329.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	355	470.00	470.00
2	400–450	430	470.00	470.00
7	500–550	508	301.00–315.00	307.03
1	650–700	660	312.50	312.50
2	750–800	795	297.00	297.00
Bulls — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	700–750	722	321.00	321.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,340	222.50	222.50
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	981	118.00–150.00	131.06
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,327	150.00–167.00	156.09
3	—	1,140	129.00–145.00	135.79
1	—	1,375	170.00	170.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,518	206.00–212.00	210.11
11	—	1,496	187.00–204.00	196.95
18	—	1,438	155.00–183.00	159.61

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	953	190.00–193.00	191.69
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	881	3,000.00	3,000.00
Bred Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	885	2,400.00	2,400.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	767	2,000.00–2,400.00	2,278.26
Bred Heifers — Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	800	2,700.00	2,700.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,075	2,100.00–2,175.00	2,133.14
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,258	2,800.00–3,150.00	2,989.96
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,058	2,300.00	2,300.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,346	2,675.00–3,800.00	3,338.44
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,155	2,600.00	2,600.00
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	900	1,800.00–1,875.00	1,837.50
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	875	2,400.00	2,400.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,400	3,425.00	3,425.00

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

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