Name: Upton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-07-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons due to no sale last week for the Holiday.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $398.93/cwt on 43 head, down $19.74 from the prior sale. That ranks 14 of 31 comparable sales and sits −2.13 against this barn's trailing median of $401.06.

Average price

$398.93

▼ 19.74 vs prior sale

43 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,236

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$306

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

$46.91/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.75

vs KY average

−17.18 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	563	407.66	2,294	35
Medium and Large 2-3	551	360.75	1,988	8thin

One grade step is worth $46.91/cwt here — about $306 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale43 hd

398.93

—

KY average14 barns · 381 hd

412.69

−13.75

National average149 barns · 8,242 hd

416.11

−17.18

This barn, trailing median31 sales

401.06

−2.13

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	1,645	221.75	3,648	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,373	186.00	2,553	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,312	178.68	2,344	46
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	888	150.19	1,334	9thin

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)	1,265	$3,375	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,068	$3,294	4thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,151	$3,239	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,100	$3,225	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,365	$3,100	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,068	$2,367	3thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	959	$2,979	3thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	859	$2,563	6

Every lot, as filed

75 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	450–500	457	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,011	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	400	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,080	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	421	461.14/cwt	445.00–470.00	1,941	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	681	305.35/cwt	270.00–317.00	2,079	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	447	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,235	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,180	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	650	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,438	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	687	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	2,672	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	895	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,864	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	595	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	2,285	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,050	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,415	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	350	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,645	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	275	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,650	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	300	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,485	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	714	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,542	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	2,589	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	756	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,427	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	524	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,227	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,061	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	582	398.41/cwt	395.00–409.00	2,319	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	610	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,471	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	776	339.50/cwt	339.50–339.50	2,635	58
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	411.00/cwt	411.00–411.00	2,347	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	358	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,897	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	3,225.00/head	3,225.00–3,225.00	3,225	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	2,394	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	892	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	3,100	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,340	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	436.00/cwt	436.00–436.00	1,831	7
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,063	3,355.29/head	3,200.00–3,500.00	3,355	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	882	2,700.34/head	2,650.00–2,850.00	2,700	5
Bulls	—	—	1,861	230.31/cwt	226.00–237.00	4,286	5
Bulls	—	—	1,525	216.99/cwt	208.00–224.00	3,309	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	888	150.19/cwt	140.00–168.00	1,334	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,455	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	2,765	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,399	186.93/cwt	183.00–198.00	2,615	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,278	175.55/cwt	165.00–183.00	2,244	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	790	324.75/cwt	324.75–324.75	2,566	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	456	484.00/cwt	484.00–484.00	2,207	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	900–950	910	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,503	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	854	315.50/cwt	315.50–315.50	2,694	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	459	467.00/cwt	467.00–467.00	2,144	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	326	558.00/cwt	558.00–558.00	1,819	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	537	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,255	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	900–950	910	330.50/cwt	330.50–330.50	3,008	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	812	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,663	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	424	422.11/cwt	421.00–430.00	1,790	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	532	378.53/cwt	375.00–381.00	2,014	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	624	418.00/cwt	416.00–421.00	2,608	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	357	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,785	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	542	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,005	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	627	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	2,270	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	481	418.27/cwt	408.00–450.00	2,012	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	855	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	2,385	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	950–1000	985	294.07/cwt	235.00–307.00	2,897	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	900–950	915	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	2,443	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	1000–1050	1,000	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	2,230	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	790	315.50/cwt	315.50–315.50	2,492	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	578	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,925	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	365	442.00/cwt	442.00–442.00	1,613	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	700	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,873	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	900–950	912	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,850	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	1000–1050	1,035	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	2,562	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	926	228.37/cwt	187.00–282.00	2,115	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,240	3,468.68/head	3,425.00–3,550.00	3,469	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,265	3,375.00/head	3,375.00–3,375.00	3,375	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,365	3,100.00/head	3,100.00–3,100.00	3,100	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,405	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,068	3,294.26/head	3,025.00–3,550.00	3,294	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,150	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,840	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,290	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	2,348	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	900	2,050.00/head	2,050.00–2,050.00	2,050	2
Bred Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	750	2,225.00/head	2,225.00–2,225.00	2,225	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	885	2,550.00/head	2,550.00–2,550.00	2,550	1
Bred Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	745	1,875.00/head	1,875.00–1,875.00	1,875	1

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 Jul 7, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 529Last week 550Year ago 657

Slaughter CattleReceipts 64Last week 74Year ago 99

Replacement CattleReceipts 47Last week 26Year ago 19

No comparisons due to no sale last week for the Holiday.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	300	495.00	495.00
3	350–400	350	470.00	470.00
7	400–450	420	436.00	436.00
6	450–500	457	440.00	440.00
15	500–550	537	420.00	420.00
20	550–600	582	395.00–409.00	398.41
6	650–700	650	375.00	375.00
38	750–800	790	324.75	324.75
2	1050–1100	1,050	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
58	750–800	776	339.50	339.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	365	442.00	442.00
8	400–450	424	421.00–430.00	422.11
15	450–500	481	408.00–450.00	418.27
6	500–550	542	370.00	370.00
2	550–600	578	333.00	333.00
9	600–650	627	362.00	362.00
38	750–800	790	315.50	315.50
17	850–900	854	315.50	315.50
1	900–950	910	275.00	275.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	400	520.00	520.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	421	445.00–470.00	461.14
7	500–550	532	375.00–381.00	378.53
4	650–700	681	270.00–317.00	305.35
2	700–750	700	267.50	267.50
1	850–900	855	279.00	279.00
2	900–950	915	267.00	267.00
2	1000–1050	1,000	223.00	223.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	250–300	275	600.00	600.00
6	350–400	358	530.00	530.00
13	400–450	425	485.00	485.00
13	450–500	474	460.00	460.00
5	500–550	524	425.00	425.00
7	550–600	571	411.00	411.00
10	600–650	640	374.00	374.00
5	750–800	756	321.00	321.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	326	558.00	558.00
5	400–450	447	500.00	500.00
5	450–500	456	484.00	484.00
16	500–550	520	450.00	450.00
2	550–600	585	442.50	442.50
7	600–650	610	405.00	405.00
6	650–700	687	389.00	389.00
7	700–750	714	356.00	356.00
58	850–900	892	347.50	347.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	357	500.00	500.00
7	450–500	459	467.00	467.00
2	550–600	595	384.00	384.00
3	800–850	812	328.00	328.00
2	850–900	895	320.00	320.00
1	900–950	912	312.50	312.50
11	950–1000	985	235.00–307.00	294.07
1	1000–1050	1,035	247.50	247.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
17	600–650	624	416.00–421.00	418.00
17	900–950	910	330.50	330.50

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
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,100	3,225.00	3,225.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,240	3,425.00–3,550.00	3,468.68
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,265	3,375.00	3,375.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,365	3,100.00	3,100.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,405	3,000.00	3,000.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,068	3,025.00–3,550.00	3,294.26
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	900	2,050.00	2,050.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	885	2,550.00	2,550.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,063	3,200.00–3,500.00	3,355.29
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	882	2,650.00–2,850.00	2,700.34
Bred Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	750	2,225.00	2,225.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	745	1,875.00	1,875.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	926	187.00–282.00	228.37

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,861	226.00–237.00	230.31
9	—	1,525	208.00–224.00	216.99
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	888	140.00–168.00	150.19
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,455	190.00	190.00
1	—	1,290	182.00	182.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,399	183.00–198.00	186.93
31	—	1,278	165.00–183.00	175.55
1	—	1,150	160.00	160.00

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

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle