Sale reports / Kentucky / Upton Livestock Auction / 2020-05-26

Upton Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Upton, Kentucky · Tue, May 26
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2211
Feeder Cattle receipts
294 head
▼ 318 vs last sale 612▲ 294 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
55 head
▼ 22 vs last sale 77▲ 55 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
▼ 40 vs last sale 47▲ 7 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 unevenly steady on a light test. 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 $125.93/cwt on 126 head.
Average price
$125.93
126 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$684
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$79
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$6.27/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.04
vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2554127.7270790
Medium and Large 2-3517121.4562836
One grade step is worth $6.27/cwt here — about $79 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 sale126 hd
125.93
—
KY average18 barns · 3,456 hd
125.89
+0.04
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—Average1,696100.051,6978thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,40062.508752thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,30759.7578136
CowsLean 85-90%High99851.255112thin

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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3270148.00/cwt148.00–148.004001
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2350160.00/cwt160.00–160.005602
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2465161.00/cwt161.00–161.007491
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2511145.96/cwt143.00–148.0074610
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3524133.86/cwt131.00–136.507014
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2581143.00/cwt143.00–143.008313
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2621133.32/cwt132.00–136.008286
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2676138.25/cwt138.25–138.2593512
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2762123.43/cwt120.00–124.009417
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2825115.00/cwt115.00–115.009496
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2889112.50/cwt112.50–112.501,0007
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3918102.00/cwt102.00–102.009362
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2265147.00/cwt147.00–147.003901
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2343140.00/cwt140.00–140.004806
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2351145.00/cwt145.00–145.005099
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3361139.19/cwt127.00–145.005023
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2424141.74/cwt140.00–142.006018
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3440132.08/cwt127.00–133.5058114
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2462135.00/cwt135.00–135.006246
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3475124.93/cwt119.00–131.005935
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added512136.50/cwt136.50–136.506999
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2527129.10/cwt128.00–130.0068015
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3553116.00/cwt116.00–116.006412
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2559125.00/cwt125.00–125.0069911
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2600114.50/cwt114.00–115.006872
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3602105.29/cwt103.00–110.006347
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2678114.00/cwt114.00–114.007735
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2725110.00/cwt110.00–110.007983
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3733102.00/cwt102.00–102.007484
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3753104.00/cwt104.00–104.007831
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2851106.00/cwt106.00–106.0090215
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2280161.71/cwt160.00–165.004534
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3335142.50/cwt142.50–142.504772
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3365135.00/cwt135.00–135.004931
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2368154.00/cwt154.00–154.005677
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2422148.00/cwt148.00–148.006256
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3433136.53/cwt124.00–139.0059114
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2459144.35/cwt142.50–147.0066312
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3483133.00/cwt133.00–133.006423
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2528130.00/cwt130.00–130.006863
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2560130.00/cwt130.00–130.007283
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3594118.00/cwt118.00–118.007017
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2658122.00/cwt122.00–122.008033
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-367095.00/cwt95.00–95.006373
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2700110.00/cwt110.00–110.007702
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-391097.00/cwt97.00–97.008831
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,55996.66/cwt88.00–102.001,5075
Bulls——1,925105.71/cwt104.00–107.002,0353
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%97545.00/cwt45.00–45.004391
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02057.50/cwt57.50–57.505871
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26849.78/cwt48.00–51.006313
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,31160.66/cwt53.00–64.5079533
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,35059.50/cwt59.50–59.508031
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,45065.50/cwt65.50–65.509501
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,130830.00/cwt830.00–830.009,3794
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 1-2900980.00/cwt980.00–980.008,8201
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 1-21,000980.00/cwt980.00–980.009,8001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,090960.00/cwt960.00–960.0010,4641

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.