Sale reports / Kentucky / Upton Livestock Auction / 2020-03-17

Upton Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Upton, Kentucky · Tue, Mar 17
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2211
Feeder Cattle receipts
288 head
▼ 88 vs last sale 376▲ 288 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
50 head
▼ 32 vs last sale 82▲ 50 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
17 head
▼ 65 vs last sale 82▲ 17 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week : Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold steady to 10.00 lower with instances of sharply lower on a light test . Volatile trading at the CME and stock market continues to hold cattle market lower. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $112.45/cwt on 155 head.
Average price
$112.45
155 head · 622 lb average
Value per head Derived
$699
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$175
per head · Medium and Large 2-3 over Medium and Large 1-2
$0.32/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.73
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2-3497112.7156032
Medium and Large 1-2654112.39735123
One grade step is worth $0.32/cwt here — about −$175 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 sale155 hd
112.45
—
KY average27 barns · 5,524 hd
121.18
−8.73
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—Average1,47083.381,2267thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,32063.008321thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,22057.2969929
CowsLean 85-90%High1,03643.5045111

Every lot

40 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2434135.00/cwt135.00–135.005864
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added439152.00/cwt152.00–152.006678
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2578123.71/cwt120.00–126.0071525
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3335124.00/cwt124.00–124.004152
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3350123.00/cwt123.00–123.004314
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2424127.81/cwt125.00–130.005427
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3424121.02/cwt118.50–122.5051311
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2462122.00/cwt122.00–122.005644
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2534115.18/cwt113.50–117.0061515
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3535108.00/cwt108.00–108.005781
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2569110.00/cwt110.00–110.006266
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3574104.14/cwt103.50–104.505988
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2646105.94/cwt105.00–106.5068416
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2653106.00/cwt106.00–106.006924
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-367299.07/cwt95.00–103.006666
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added722111.75/cwt111.75–111.7580771
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3285133.00/cwt133.00–133.003791
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2324134.38/cwt131.00–138.004354
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3390122.00/cwt122.00–122.004762
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2440133.79/cwt133.00–135.005895
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2515131.00/cwt131.00–131.006757
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2557124.75/cwt124.75–124.7569512
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2640112.00/cwt112.00–112.007174
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2700103.00/cwt103.00–103.007216
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3715100.00/cwt100.00–100.007152
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,47083.38/cwt75.00–90.001,2267
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%88545.50/cwt45.50–45.504031
Cows—Lean 85-90%99939.90/cwt37.00–44.003996
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08047.83/cwt47.00–48.005175
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21855.72/cwt48.00–62.0067922
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28265.00/cwt65.00–65.008336
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,32063.00/cwt63.00–63.008321
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,000920.00/cwt920.00–920.009,2001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium 1-2900740.00/cwt700.00–770.006,6603
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,065750.00/cwt750.00–750.007,9881
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,094790.48/cwt770.00–810.008,6482
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,100990.00/cwt990.00–990.0010,8901
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,120880.00/cwt880.00–880.009,8562
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-298558.65/cwt55.00–63.005783
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium 1-2825673.64/cwt630.00–790.005,5584

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.