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Upton Livestock Auction

Name: Upton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-09-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-29

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Upton, Kentucky · Tue, Sep 29

● Final78 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2211

← Sep 22Sep 29Oct 6 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

600 head

▼ 95 vs last sale 695▲ 193 vs year ago 407 · +47.4%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

67 head

▲ 13 vs last sale 54▲ 2 vs year ago 65 · +3.1%

Replacement Cattle receipts

21 head

▲ 2 vs last sale 19▲ 3 vs year ago 18 · +16.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold mostly steady. Feeder heifers sold steady to 2.00 lower. There was moderate demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows sold steady to 1.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 1.00 to 2.00 lower. There was moderate demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $135.74/cwt on 201 head.

Average price

$135.74

201 head · 671 lb average

Value per head Derived

$911

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$288

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$27.31/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.46

vs KY average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	678	137.64	933	187
Medium and Large 2-3	584	110.33	644	14thin

One grade step is worth $27.31/cwt here — about $288 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 sale201 hd

135.74

—

KY average26 barns · 5,297 hd

138.20

−2.46

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	1,703	88.52	1,508	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,260	52.66	663	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	906	51.58	467	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,525	47.00	717	1thin

Every lot

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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	250	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	378	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	305	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	358	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	368	145.62/cwt	143.00–148.00	536	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	445	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	654	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	445	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	467	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	453	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	503	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	463	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	648	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	508	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	533	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	517	142.30/cwt	138.00–150.00	736	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	570	134.85/cwt	130.50–140.50	769	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	590	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	649	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	629	137.45/cwt	134.00–139.00	865	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	637	116.53/cwt	115.00–117.00	742	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	650	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	696	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	686	136.97/cwt	133.50–138.25	940	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	725	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	946	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	745	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	782	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	808	139.40/cwt	139.40–139.40	1,126	63
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	809	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	1,064	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	860	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	998	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	911	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,048	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	970	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	989	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	270	125.49/cwt	125.00–126.00	339	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	285	145.91/cwt	135.00–148.00	416	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	373	135.21/cwt	129.00–140.00	504	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	418	129.91/cwt	120.50–133.50	543	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	420	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	483	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	465	128.45/cwt	128.00–129.50	597	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	501	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	561	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	510	122.06/cwt	119.00–124.00	623	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	570	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	695	34
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	582	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	710	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	598	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	676	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	626	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	732	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	645	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	677	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	663	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	703	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	711	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	761	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	725	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	682	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	824	100.50/cwt	100.50–100.50	828	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	859	106.01/cwt	105.00–107.00	911	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	960	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	902	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,190	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	1,142	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	255	143.00/cwt	135.00–151.00	365	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	374	133.96/cwt	130.00–138.00	501	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	375	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	424	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	420	144.86/cwt	142.00–151.00	608	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	431	125.39/cwt	119.00–128.00	540	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	461	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	636	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	462	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	444	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	519	124.86/cwt	119.50–128.50	648	15
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	543	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	565	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	569	124.40/cwt	117.00–126.00	708	23
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	583	106.06/cwt	101.00–111.00	618	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	615	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	689	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	631	120.34/cwt	120.00–120.50	759	22
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	660	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	660	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	715	117.67/cwt	106.00–118.25	841	21
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	770	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	770	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	800	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	640	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	836	101.85/cwt	100.00–108.00	851	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	865	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	804	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	930	86.48/cwt	85.00–88.00	804	2
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	555	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	466	1
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	740	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	659	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,463	83.03/cwt	80.00–85.50	1,215	8
Bulls	—	—	1,765	90.91/cwt	87.00–94.50	1,605	13
Bulls	—	—	2,265	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	2,152	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	882	64.75/cwt	62.00–66.00	571	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	910	50.60/cwt	49.00–52.00	460	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	915	45.65/cwt	42.50–47.00	418	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,175	48.08/cwt	45.00–51.00	565	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,290	54.27/cwt	52.00–59.50	700	17
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,525	47.00/cwt	47.00–47.00	717	1
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,017	1,117.62/cwt	925.00–1,275.00	11,366	3
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	820	871.10/cwt	710.00–1,110.00	7,143	5
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	805	666.52/cwt	610.00–710.00	5,365	5
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,043	810.31/cwt	680.00–885.00	8,452	5
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,035	80.45/cwt	80.00–82.00	833	3

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.

Kentucky feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Mid-Kentucky Livestock Market - Upton, KY

Tue Sep 29, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 600Last week 695Year ago 407

Slaughter CattleReceipts 67Last week 54Year ago 65

Replacement CattleReceipts 21Last week 19Year ago 18

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	517	138.00–150.00	142.30
10	—	445	147.00	147.00
1	—	860	116.00	116.00
25	—	686	133.50–138.25	136.97
4	—	463	140.00	140.00
2	—	368	143.00–148.00	145.62
19	—	629	134.00–139.00	137.45
6	—	725	130.50	130.50
5	—	809	131.50	131.50
1	—	250	151.00	151.00
27	—	570	130.50–140.50	134.85
6	—	911	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	590	110.00	110.00
1	—	445	105.00	105.00
1	—	305	117.50	117.50
4	—	637	115.00–117.00	116.53
2	—	453	111.00	111.00
1	—	970	102.00	102.00
2	—	508	105.00	105.00
1	—	745	105.00	105.00
1	—	650	107.00	107.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	808	139.40	139.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	510	119.00–124.00	122.06
11	—	711	107.00	107.00
14	—	373	129.00–140.00	135.21
5	—	824	100.50	100.50
4	—	859	105.00–107.00	106.01
6	—	285	135.00–148.00	145.91
14	—	582	122.00	122.00
24	—	465	128.00–129.50	128.45
22	—	418	120.50–133.50	129.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	645	105.00	105.00
2	—	598	113.00	113.00
1	—	960	94.00	94.00
3	—	420	115.00	115.00
2	—	663	106.00	106.00
1	—	725	94.00	94.00
1	—	1,190	96.00	96.00
5	—	501	112.00	112.00
2	—	270	125.00–126.00	125.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	570	122.00	122.00
24	—	626	117.00	117.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	770	100.00	100.00
2	—	583	101.00–111.00	106.06
3	—	615	112.00	112.00
7	—	431	119.00–128.00	125.39
4	—	543	104.00	104.00
2	—	930	85.00–88.00	86.48
1	—	865	93.00	93.00
1	—	800	80.00	80.00
1	—	375	113.00	113.00
1	—	660	100.00	100.00
2	—	462	96.00	96.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	255	135.00–151.00	143.00
15	—	519	119.50–128.50	124.86
22	—	631	120.00–120.50	120.34
9	—	461	138.00	138.00
7	—	836	100.00–108.00	101.85
21	—	715	106.00–118.25	117.67
4	—	374	130.00–138.00	133.96
23	—	569	117.00–126.00	124.40
6	—	420	142.00–151.00	144.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	740	89.00	89.00
1	—	555	84.00	84.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	910	49.00–52.00	50.60
6	—	915	42.50–47.00	45.65
3	—	882	62.00–66.00	64.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,290	52.00–59.50	54.27
6	—	1,175	45.00–51.00	48.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,525	47.00	47.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,765	87.00–94.50	90.91
8	—	1,463	80.00–85.50	83.03
2	—	2,265	95.00	95.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	3	—	1,017	925.00–1,275.00	1,117.62

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	820	710.00–1,110.00	871.10

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	805	610.00–710.00	666.52
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,043	680.00–885.00	810.31

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,035	80.00–82.00	80.45

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.