Name: Upton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-08-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday: Feeder steers sold 2.00-4.00 higher on a very limited number of comparisons. Feeder heifers traded 5.00-7.00 higher. All classes of feeder calves saw much stronger demand today. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 2.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $358.13/cwt on 14 head, up $6.19 from the prior sale. That ranks 4 of 31 comparable sales and sits −42.93 against this barn's trailing median of $401.06.

Average price

$358.13

▲ 6.19 vs prior sale

14 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,962

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$132

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

$10.35/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−18.01

vs KY average

−15.90 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	552	360.35	1,990	11thin
Medium and Large 2	531	350.00	1,859	3thin

One grade step is worth $10.35/cwt here — about $132 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 sale14 hd

358.13

—

KY average26 barns · 720 hd

376.14

−18.01

National average160 barns · 6,700 hd

374.03

−15.90

This barn, trailing median31 sales

401.06

−42.93

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	1,688	225.45	3,805	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,394	180.37	2,515	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,206	175.68	2,119	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,065	151.76	1,616	22

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)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,283	$3,768	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,347	$3,447	20
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,200	$3,134	6
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,178	$3,058	8
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,160	$2,638	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,100	$2,250	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,225	$2,200	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,102	$1,946	3thin
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,278	$3,050	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,084	$3,000	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	975	$2,090	2thin

Every lot, as filed

78 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	450	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,755	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	531	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,859	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	688	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,683	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	512	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,048	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	851	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,596	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	746	325.50/cwt	325.50–325.50	2,428	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	660	343.25/cwt	343.25–343.25	2,265	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	465	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,860	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	536	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,983	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	566	352.31/cwt	351.00–355.00	1,994	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	600	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,034	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	750	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,363	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	750	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,550	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	672	334.50/cwt	334.50–334.50	2,248	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	431	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,069	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	359	491.00/cwt	491.00–491.00	1,763	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	684	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,264	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	285	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,511	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,143	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	472	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,171	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	600–650	610	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,196	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	400–450	419	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,760	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	325	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,625	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	421	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,695	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	555	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,943	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	355	416.00/cwt	416.00–416.00	1,477	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	367.44/cwt	361.00–378.00	1,947	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	350–400	384	441.00/cwt	441.00–441.00	1,693	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,400	2,875.00/head	2,875.00–2,875.00	2,875	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,350	2,675.00/head	2,675.00–2,675.00	2,675	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	2,250.00/head	2,250.00–2,250.00	2,250	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,283	3,768.18/head	3,450.00–3,950.00	3,768	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,025	242.12/cwt	234.00–250.00	2,482	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	950	137.55/cwt	130.00–145.00	1,307	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,137	157.45/cwt	150.00–160.00	1,790	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,165	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	2,039	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,280	186.42/cwt	179.00–190.00	2,386	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,169	170.31/cwt	169.00–170.50	1,991	8
Bulls	—	—	1,650	222.82/cwt	214.00–227.00	3,677	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	395	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,837	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	280	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,190	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,900	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	989	307.75/cwt	307.75–307.75	3,044	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	401	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,474	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	545	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,989	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	353	427.59/cwt	415.00–440.00	1,509	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	805	353.25/cwt	353.25–353.25	2,844	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	455	469.00/cwt	469.00–469.00	2,134	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	626	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,066	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	440	414.00/cwt	414.00–414.00	1,822	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	695	303.00/cwt	300.00–304.00	2,106	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	625	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,994	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	485	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,751	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	1000–1050	1,040	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	2,694	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,363	3,483.45/head	2,850.00–3,775.00	3,483	19
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,229	3,150.00/head	3,150.00–3,150.00	3,150	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,278	3,050.00/head	3,050.00–3,050.00	3,050	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,113	3,250.00/head	3,250.00–3,250.00	3,250	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250	3,401.00/head	2,575.00–3,725.00	3,401	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	1200–1250	1,215	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	2,867	2
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,100	1,725.00/head	1,725.00–1,725.00	1,725	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	1,000	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	1,025	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	950	1,780.00/head	1,780.00–1,780.00	1,780	1
Bulls	Medium 1-2	550–600	555	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,707	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	1,220	2,050.00/head	2,050.00–2,050.00	2,050	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,025	2,782.93/head	2,450.00–3,100.00	2,783	2
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	950	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	1
Stock Cows	Medium 1-2	—	925	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,035	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,050	2,750.00/head	2,750.00–2,750.00	2,750	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	920	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,043	1,893.76/head	1,700.00–2,100.00	1,894	2
Bulls	—	—	1,949	237.64/cwt	230.00–246.00	4,632	4
Bulls	—	—	1,260	207.62/cwt	205.00–210.00	2,616	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,380	184.07/cwt	179.00–192.00	2,540	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,414	175.29/cwt	175.00–177.00	2,479	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,155	166.89/cwt	165.00–169.00	1,928	2
Steers	Large 1-2	600–650	605	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,978	4

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.

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Mid-Kentucky Livestock Market - Upton, KY

Tue Aug 4, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 341Last week 337Year ago 598

Slaughter CattleReceipts 77Last week 73Year ago 105

Replacement CattleReceipts 64Last week 57Year ago 44

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	353	415.00–440.00	427.59
3	400–450	440	414.00	414.00
1	450–500	450	390.00	390.00
4	650–700	695	300.00–304.00	303.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	500.00	500.00
6	350–400	359	491.00	491.00
3	400–450	431	480.00	480.00
11	450–500	472	460.00	460.00
13	500–550	530	361.00–378.00	367.44
3	550–600	555	350.00	350.00
1	600–650	600	339.00	339.00
4	650–700	684	331.00	331.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	610	360.00	360.00
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	555	307.50	307.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	531	350.00	350.00
9	600–650	626	330.00	330.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	280	425.00	425.00
3	350–400	355	416.00	416.00
3	400–450	421	402.50	402.50
6	450–500	465	400.00	400.00
5	500–550	536	370.00	370.00
6	550–600	566	351.00–355.00	352.31
11	600–650	623	344.00	344.00
12	650–700	672	334.50	334.50
1	750–800	750	315.00	315.00
5	850–900	851	305.00	305.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
22	650–700	660	343.25	343.25
37	700–750	746	325.50	325.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	384	441.00	441.00
10	400–450	419	420.00	420.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	401	367.50	367.50
1	450–500	485	361.00	361.00
6	600–650	625	319.00	319.00
1	1000–1050	1,040	259.00	259.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	530.00	530.00
2	350–400	380	500.00	500.00
5	450–500	455	469.00	469.00
2	500–550	512	400.00	400.00
25	650–700	688	390.00	390.00
5	750–800	750	340.00	340.00
40	950–1000	989	307.75	307.75
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	465.00	465.00
1	500–550	545	365.00	365.00
2	1200–1250	1,215	236.00	236.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	800–850	805	353.25	353.25
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	605	327.00	327.00

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,400	2,875.00	2,875.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,350	2,675.00	2,675.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,100	2,250.00	2,250.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,283	3,450.00–3,950.00	3,768.18
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	19	—	1,363	2,850.00–3,775.00	3,483.45
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	1,229	3,150.00	3,150.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,250	2,575.00–3,725.00	3,401.00
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,100	1,725.00	1,725.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,025	2,450.00–3,100.00	2,782.93
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	950	1,800.00	1,800.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,050	2,750.00	2,750.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,043	1,700.00–2,100.00	1,893.76
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,220	2,050.00	2,050.00
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	920	2,400.00	2,400.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,025	234.00–250.00	242.12
Stock Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	925	220.00	220.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,278	3,050.00	3,050.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,113	3,250.00	3,250.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,000	2,400.00	2,400.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,025	2,500.00	2,500.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	950	1,780.00	1,780.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	950	130.00–145.00	137.55
9	—	1,137	150.00–160.00	157.45
2	—	1,165	175.00	175.00
2	—	1,155	165.00–169.00	166.89
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,280	179.00–190.00	186.42
8	—	1,169	169.00–170.50	170.31
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,380	179.00–192.00	184.07
8	—	1,414	175.00–177.00	175.29
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,650	214.00–227.00	222.82
4	—	1,949	230.00–246.00	237.64
2	—	1,260	205.00–210.00	207.62

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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