Name: Upton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-06-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher with a strong demand for quality feeders. Slaughter cows and bulls sold moslty steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $442.71/cwt on 31 head, down $1.86 from the prior sale. That ranks 17 of 28 comparable sales and sits +2.05 against this barn's trailing median of $440.66.

Average price

$442.71

▼ 1.86 vs prior sale

31 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,410

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$406

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

$82.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.30

vs KY average

−16.34 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	543	450.71	2,448	28
Medium and Large 2-3	555	368.00	2,042	3thin

One grade step is worth $82.71/cwt here — about $406 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 900–1000 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

28 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $487.92, low $378.39, median $440.66 across 28 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 sale31 hd

442.71

—

KY average26 barns · 816 hd

456.01

−13.30

National average161 barns · 9,107 hd

459.05

−16.34

This barn, trailing median28 sales

440.66

+2.05

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	1,631	217.84	3,552	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,301	166.84	2,171	25
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,560	165.00	2,574	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	947	146.07	1,383	12
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,250	231.00	2,888	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)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,260	$3,274	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,100	$2,525	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,304	$2,458	3thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	800	$2,775	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,030	$2,550	1thin

Every lot, as filed

66 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 1-2	750–800	771	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,868	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	676	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,488	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,300	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	260	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,560	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	910	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,571	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	567	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,495	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	418	491.00/cwt	491.00–491.00	2,052	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	709	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,535	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	594	409.01/cwt	407.00–411.00	2,430	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	522.50/cwt	522.50–522.50	1,986	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	466.00/cwt	466.00–466.00	2,223	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	534	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,216	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	707	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,404	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	602	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	2,513	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	419	446.00/cwt	446.00–446.00	1,869	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	354	498.00/cwt	498.00–498.00	1,763	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	315	486.00/cwt	486.00–486.00	1,531	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	731	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,595	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	621	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	2,496	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	554	380.55/cwt	375.00–400.00	2,108	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	436.00/cwt	436.00–436.00	2,102	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	635	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	2,673	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,097	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	519	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,310	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	900–950	934	339.75/cwt	339.75–339.75	3,173	56
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	887	249.99/cwt	249.99–250.00	2,217	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	525	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,468	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	774	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	2,810	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	554	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	2,332	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	453	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,925	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	518	369.34/cwt	329.00–412.50	1,913	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	460	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	2,059	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	900–950	913	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	2,155	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	679	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,512	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	355	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,669	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	690	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,318	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	720	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,016	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	370	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,758	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	588	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	2,358	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	611	410.45/cwt	375.00–415.00	2,508	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	555	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,042	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	526	385.52/cwt	380.00–390.00	2,028	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,030	2,550.00/head	2,550.00–2,550.00	2,550	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,304	2,458.08/head	2,375.00–2,500.00	2,458	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	2,525.00/head	2,525.00–2,525.00	2,525	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	2,775.00/head	2,775.00–2,775.00	2,775	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,260	3,274.21/head	2,775.00–3,700.00	3,274	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	950–1000	967	276.90/cwt	212.50–310.00	2,678	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	927	147.76/cwt	141.00–152.00	1,370	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	800	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,016	1
Bulls	—	—	1,532	218.54/cwt	214.00–223.00	3,348	5
Bulls	—	—	1,290	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	2,451	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,250	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	2,888	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	638	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,424	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	923	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	2,058	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,092	162.16/cwt	158.00–165.00	1,771	3
Bulls	—	—	2,048	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	4,710	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	800	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	840	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,297	169.68/cwt	160.00–178.00	2,201	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,330	146.03/cwt	135.00–156.00	1,942	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,560	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	2,574	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	686	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	2,614	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,491	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	514	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,185	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	568	413.00/cwt	413.00–413.00	2,346	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	357	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,892	10

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 Jun 16, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 506Last week 529Year ago 991

Slaughter CattleReceipts 69Last week 98Year ago 84

Replacement CattleReceipts 32Last week 58Year ago 59

compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher with a strong demand for quality feeders. Slaughter cows and bulls sold moslty steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	600.00	600.00
10	350–400	357	530.00	530.00
11	400–450	418	491.00	491.00
3	450–500	477	466.00	466.00
12	500–550	514	425.00	425.00
13	550–600	568	413.00	413.00
11	600–650	638	380.00	380.00
10	700–750	730	315.00	315.00
8	750–800	771	372.00	372.00
1	900–950	923	223.00	223.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	602	417.50	417.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	453	425.00	425.00
6	500–550	518	329.00–412.50	369.34
9	550–600	554	375.00–400.00	380.55
2	700–750	720	280.00	280.00
3	850–900	887	249.99–250.00	249.99
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	525	470.00	470.00
7	600–650	635	421.00	421.00
5	650–700	676	368.00	368.00
28	750–800	774	363.00	363.00
56	900–950	934	339.75	339.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	380	522.50	522.50
6	400–450	428	490.00	490.00
6	500–550	519	445.00	445.00
13	550–600	567	440.00	440.00
5	650–700	686	381.00	381.00
4	700–750	731	355.00	355.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	470.00	470.00
3	550–600	555	368.00	368.00
9	600–650	611	375.00–415.00	410.45
12	650–700	679	370.00	370.00
4	900–950	913	236.00	236.00
3	950–1000	967	212.50–310.00	276.90
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	315	486.00	486.00
18	350–400	354	498.00	498.00
4	400–450	419	446.00	446.00
11	450–500	482	436.00	436.00
5	500–550	534	415.00	415.00
16	550–600	594	407.00–411.00	409.01
11	600–650	621	402.00	402.00
12	650–700	675	369.00	369.00
10	700–750	707	340.00	340.00
1	900–950	910	282.50	282.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	550–600	554	421.00	421.00
14	700–750	709	357.50	357.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	370	475.00	475.00
1	450–500	460	447.50	447.50
9	500–550	526	380.00–390.00	385.52
6	550–600	588	401.00	401.00
10	650–700	690	336.00	336.00

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	—	1,030	2,550.00	2,550.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,304	2,375.00–2,500.00	2,458.08
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,100	2,525.00	2,525.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,260	2,775.00–3,700.00	3,274.21
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	800	2,775.00	2,775.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	927	141.00–152.00	147.76
1	—	800	127.00	127.00
3	—	1,092	158.00–165.00	162.16
1	—	800	105.00	105.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,297	160.00–178.00	169.68
3	—	1,330	135.00–156.00	146.03
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,560	165.00	165.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,532	214.00–223.00	218.54
1	—	1,290	190.00	190.00
2	—	2,048	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,250	231.00	231.00

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

Steers · 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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Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle