Sale reports / Kentucky / Upton Livestock Auction / 2020-03-03

Upton Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Upton, Kentucky · Tue, Mar 3
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2211
Feeder Cattle receipts
431 head
▼ 239 vs last sale 670▲ 431 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
53 head
▼ 27 vs last sale 80▲ 53 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
▼ 16 vs last sale 24▲ 8 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Light weight feeder heifers sold 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder steers sold steady . Feeder heifers 500 lbs and over sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold steady to firm.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $130.80/cwt on 191 head.
Average price
$130.80
191 head · 696 lb average
Value per head Derived
$911
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$73
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1-2
$2.21/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−12.49
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2708130.96928158
Medium and Large 2-3622130.8381320
Large 1-2664128.7585513thin
One grade step is worth $2.21/cwt here — about $73 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 sale191 hd
130.80
—
KY average28 barns · 2,885 hd
143.28
−12.49
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—Low1,69783.281,41311
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,82161.201,1145thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,25755.5969922
CowsLean 85-90%High94940.633869thin

Every lot

58 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2327162.24/cwt161.00–166.005314
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3364145.96/cwt145.00–149.005314
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3428152.14/cwt148.00–159.006515
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2443145.00/cwt145.00–145.006423
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2463146.00/cwt146.00–146.006764
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3510132.00/cwt132.00–132.006731
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2516140.00/cwt140.00–140.007227
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2559132.00/cwt132.00–132.007387
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2625130.99/cwt129.50–132.5081910
Steers—Large 1-2664128.75/cwt128.75–128.7585513
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2674131.54/cwt129.50–133.7588721
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added688132.00/cwt132.00–132.009086
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2732125.75/cwt125.50–126.0092010
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added750131.80/cwt131.80–131.8098963
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3778121.00/cwt121.00–121.009416
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3892103.00/cwt103.00–103.009193
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2905117.18/cwt117.00–117.501,06023
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3985105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,0341
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2300145.00/cwt145.00–145.004351
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2353145.00/cwt145.00–145.005123
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3372141.93/cwt134.00–154.0052810
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2421141.50/cwt141.50–141.505968
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3421133.52/cwt128.00–135.5056212
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2455141.00/cwt141.00–141.006425
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3487121.00/cwt121.00–121.005892
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2522127.64/cwt122.00–132.5066620
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2562124.70/cwt123.00–125.007017
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added565132.23/cwt130.00–133.2574713
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3581119.00/cwt119.00–119.006913
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2625127.49/cwt125.00–129.5079715
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3629117.25/cwt117.25–117.257388
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2724113.00/cwt113.00–113.008185
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2812113.50/cwt113.50–113.509226
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3368145.00/cwt145.00–145.005342
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2370150.00/cwt150.00–150.005552
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2406140.00/cwt140.00–140.005683
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3430135.00/cwt135.00–135.005811
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2452140.00/cwt140.00–140.006336
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3490124.60/cwt124.00–127.0061110
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2515124.67/cwt124.50–125.006429
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2572126.00/cwt126.00–126.0072111
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3593122.50/cwt122.50–122.507267
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2608117.49/cwt115.00–118.007146
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2718105.00/cwt105.00–105.0075410
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-380585.00/cwt85.00–85.006841
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,37567.82/cwt61.00–75.009332
Bulls——1,66780.39/cwt78.00–86.001,3406
Bulls——1,97099.38/cwt94.00–107.001,9583
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%93638.67/cwt34.00–42.003627
Cows—Lean 85-90%99547.49/cwt47.00–48.004732
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25254.70/cwt45.00–59.5068520
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,31164.50/cwt62.00–67.008462
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,82161.20/cwt61.00–61.501,1145
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium 1-2988570.00/cwt570.00–570.005,6321
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,120700.00/cwt700.00–700.007,8401
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,133773.69/cwt740.00–810.008,7662
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,148897.77/cwt810.00–920.0010,3065
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,280889.35/cwt760.00–1,010.0011,3842

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.