Sale reports / Kentucky / Upton Livestock Auction / 2019-06-18

Upton Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Upton, Kentucky · Tue, Jun 18
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2211
Feeder Cattle receipts
623 head
▲ 147 vs last sale 476▲ 623 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
54 head
▼ 55 vs last sale 109▲ 54 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
▼ 26 vs last sale 34▲ 8 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers were mostly steady and feeder heifers 2.00-5.00 lower. Slaughter cows were mostly steady to 2.00 lower, and slaughter bulls mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $125.14/cwt on 178 head.
Average price
$125.14
178 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$680
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$14
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$13.02/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.98
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2531127.41676147
Medium and Large 2-3604114.3969031
One grade step is worth $13.02/cwt here — about −$14 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale178 hd
125.14
—
KY average20 barns · 4,556 hd
127.12
−1.98
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,36282.701,1269thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,46857.148394thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,32154.7672332
CowsLean 85-90%Average98742.144165thin

Every lot

45 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2413144.50/cwt144.50–144.505979
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2469147.15/cwt145.00–148.0069015
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added516149.00/cwt149.00–149.0076910
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2523142.00/cwt142.00–142.007433
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2581135.49/cwt132.00–140.007877
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2632131.24/cwt126.50–134.5082918
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3641115.00/cwt115.00–115.007373
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2661132.37/cwt127.00–135.0087540
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3697119.00/cwt119.00–119.008292
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2747128.00/cwt128.00–128.0095612
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2761121.00/cwt121.00–121.009213
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added772127.10/cwt127.10–127.1098139
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2363125.00/cwt125.00–125.004543
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2405137.00/cwt137.00–137.0055510
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3424120.00/cwt120.00–120.005095
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2484129.63/cwt124.00–136.5062738
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2514130.04/cwt127.50–132.0066833
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3570112.00/cwt112.00–112.0063813
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2583124.93/cwt117.00–129.0072842
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2621120.00/cwt120.00–120.0074521
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3659118.00/cwt118.00–118.007785
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3736112.50/cwt112.50–112.508288
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2340150.00/cwt150.00–150.005107
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2376149.55/cwt146.00–150.005629
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2447134.28/cwt130.00–135.506009
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2462140.50/cwt140.50–140.506497
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2536130.20/cwt128.00–132.0069818
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3555115.00/cwt115.00–115.006381
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2571127.77/cwt120.50–129.5073016
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2631121.33/cwt118.50–123.0076618
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2741112.00/cwt112.00–112.0083012
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3806100.00/cwt100.00–100.008063
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,10070.93/cwt68.00–73.507802
Bulls——1,34885.41/cwt82.50–87.001,1516
Bulls——1,97090.00/cwt90.00–90.001,7731
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%81050.00/cwt50.00–50.004051
Cows—Lean 85-90%88032.99/cwt32.50–33.502902
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,18347.37/cwt46.50–48.005602
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,23560.50/cwt60.50–60.507471
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25843.56/cwt40.50–46.505483
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,32459.28/cwt58.25–62.0078513
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,33053.19/cwt49.50–55.5070716
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,54656.02/cwt51.50–58.008663
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—965.00/cwt950.00–980.00—2
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—860.00/cwt860.00–860.00—1

This sale against other markets

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.