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Upton Livestock Auction

Name: Upton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-08-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-17

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Upton, Kentucky · Tue, Aug 17

● Final72 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2211

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Feeder Cattle receipts

392 head

▲ 68 vs last sale 324▲ 0 vs year ago 392 · +0.0%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

55 head

▲ 1 vs last sale 54▼ 5 vs year ago 60 · −8.3%

Replacement Cattle receipts

5 head

▼ 20 vs last sale 25▼ 15 vs year ago 20 · −75.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $134.66/cwt on 156 head.

Average price

$134.66

156 head · 595 lb average

Value per head Derived

$801

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$81

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

$19.15/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.53

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	592	137.00	811	137
Medium and Large 2-3	620	117.84	730	19thin

One grade step is worth $19.15/cwt here — about $81 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 sale156 hd

134.66

—

KY average23 barns · 4,327 hd

138.19

−3.53

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	—	High	1,832	103.12	1,890	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,474	70.63	1,041	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,242	63.10	784	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	905	59.58	539	3thin

Every lot

72 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	275	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	443	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	313	157.69/cwt	150.00–163.00	494	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	385	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	581	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	466	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	708	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	500	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	625	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	521	147.65/cwt	141.00–150.00	769	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	565	130.16/cwt	129.00–132.00	735	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	570	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	912	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	604	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	991	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	629	146.39/cwt	140.00–152.00	921	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	680	140.30/cwt	136.00–143.00	954	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	725	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	921	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	731	147.29/cwt	144.00–148.00	1,077	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	750	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	863	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	843	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,130	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	878	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	1,190	10
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	306	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	445	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	345	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	449	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	355	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	454	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	356	152.61/cwt	147.00–154.50	543	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	414	148.60/cwt	144.00–150.50	615	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	448	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	582	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	463	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	725	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	463	146.41/cwt	146.00–150.00	678	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	479	126.36/cwt	125.00–127.00	605	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	514	139.92/cwt	131.50–142.00	719	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	523	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	654	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	556	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	753	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	595	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	655	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	618	115.98/cwt	114.00–118.00	717	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	619	128.37/cwt	122.50–130.00	795	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	652	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	822	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	680	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	782	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	715	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	722	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	727	129.13/cwt	125.00–132.00	939	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	765	130.41/cwt	124.00–135.50	998	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	810	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	940	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	930	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	977	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	995	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	1,065	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,060	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	1,124	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,165	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	1,083	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	295	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	428	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	362	162.98/cwt	151.00–165.00	590	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	400	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	570	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	425	155.62/cwt	155.00–157.00	661	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	459	147.21/cwt	140.00–148.50	676	16
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	470	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	611	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	510	145.59/cwt	133.00–147.75	743	12
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	515	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	664	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	566	143.25/cwt	143.25–143.25	811	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	574	128.04/cwt	127.00–129.50	735	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	625	119.00/cwt	118.00–120.00	744	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	630	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	857	15
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	675	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	810	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	677	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	751	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	715	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	879	12
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	790	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	853	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	805	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	725	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	830	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	880	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	900	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	774	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	923	94.61/cwt	90.00–99.00	873	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,708	101.22/cwt	96.50–104.00	1,729	4
Bulls	—	—	1,998	105.66/cwt	105.00–107.00	2,111	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	850	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	578	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	933	55.37/cwt	54.00–57.00	517	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,175	55.06/cwt	52.00–56.00	647	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,273	66.01/cwt	63.00–70.00	840	11
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,275	71.25/cwt	71.00–71.50	908	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,472	71.39/cwt	70.00–71.50	1,051	14
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,500	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	900	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,300	825.00/cwt	825.00–825.00	10,725	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,013	716.30/cwt	460.00–840.00	7,256	4

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 Aug 17, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 392Last week 324Year ago 392

Slaughter CattleReceipts 55Last week 54Year ago 60

Replacement CattleReceipts 5Last week 25Year ago 20

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	510	133.00–147.75	145.59
12	—	715	123.00	123.00
15	—	630	136.00	136.00
16	—	459	140.00–148.50	147.21
7	—	362	151.00–165.00	162.98
7	—	574	127.00–129.50	128.04
2	—	923	90.00–99.00	94.61
10	—	425	155.00–157.00	155.62
1	—	675	120.00	120.00
1	—	830	106.00	106.00
1	—	790	108.00	108.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	566	143.25	143.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	130.00	130.00
2	—	625	118.00–120.00	119.00
3	—	677	111.00	111.00
1	—	900	86.00	86.00
1	—	400	142.50	142.50
2	—	805	90.00	90.00
1	—	515	129.00	129.00
1	—	295	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	275	161.00	161.00
6	—	570	160.00	160.00
3	—	466	152.00	152.00
5	—	680	136.00–143.00	140.30
5	—	843	134.00	134.00
10	—	878	135.50	135.50
12	—	629	140.00–152.00	146.39
25	—	731	144.00–148.00	147.29
1	—	385	151.00	151.00
3	—	313	150.00–163.00	157.69
4	—	521	141.00–150.00	147.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	604	164.00	164.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	125.00	125.00
1	—	725	127.00	127.00
1	—	750	115.00	115.00
3	—	565	129.00–132.00	130.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	463	156.50	156.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	619	122.50–130.00	128.37
2	—	995	107.00	107.00
15	—	514	131.50–142.00	139.92
11	—	414	144.00–150.50	148.60
2	—	652	126.00	126.00
1	—	930	105.00	105.00
3	—	306	145.50	145.50
7	—	1,060	106.00	106.00
8	—	356	147.00–154.50	152.61
8	—	810	116.00	116.00
11	—	765	124.00–135.50	130.41
10	—	463	146.00–150.00	146.41
12	—	727	125.00–132.00	129.13
13	—	556	135.50	135.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	523	125.00	125.00
3	—	1,165	93.00	93.00
1	—	345	130.00	130.00
1	—	680	115.00	115.00
1	—	715	101.00	101.00
2	—	618	114.00–118.00	115.98
3	—	448	130.00	130.00
3	—	479	125.00–127.00	126.36
1	—	355	128.00	128.00
1	—	595	110.00	110.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,998	105.00–107.00	105.66
4	—	1,708	96.50–104.00	101.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,275	71.00–71.50	71.25
6	—	1,175	52.00–56.00	55.06
11	—	1,273	63.00–70.00	66.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,472	70.00–71.50	71.39
1	—	1,500	60.00	60.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	850	68.00	68.00
2	—	933	54.00–57.00	55.37

Replacement Cattle

As reported

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	1	—	1,300	825.00	825.00

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,013	460.00–840.00	716.30

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.