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Upton Livestock Auction

Name: Upton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-12-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-12-13

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Upton, Kentucky · Tue, Dec 13

● Final77 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2211

← Dec 6Dec 13Jan 3 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

714 head

▲ 42 vs last sale 672▲ 254 vs year ago 460 · +55.2%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

82 head

▼ 32 vs last sale 114▼ 15 vs year ago 97 · −15.5%

Replacement Cattle receipts

20 head

▲ 4 vs last sale 16▼ 80 vs year ago 100 · −80.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold steady to 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold steady to firm. Slaughter bulls sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher.

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 $143.31/cwt on 313 head.

Average price

$143.31

313 head · 605 lb average

Value per head Derived

$867

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$26

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

$14.80/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.74

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	586	146.66	859	242
Medium and Large 2-3	671	131.86	885	71

One grade step is worth $14.80/cwt here — about −$26 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 sale313 hd

143.31

—

KY average25 barns · 6,828 hd

148.05

−4.74

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	1,707	97.65	1,667	26
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,645	65.00	1,069	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,342	64.73	868	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	948	45.64	433	9thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,250	$1,021	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	900	$810	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,025	$790	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,120	$790	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,250	$740	1thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	950	$840	1thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	925	$779	2thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	850	$656	4thin
Bulls	N/A	(<2 yrs)	1,135	$1,211	2thin

Every lot

77 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	265	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	461	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	387	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	658	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	462	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	795	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	525	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	866	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	563	149.35/cwt	140.00–150.00	841	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	594	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	980	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	640	164.92/cwt	162.00–168.00	1,055	33
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	669	159.14/cwt	156.00–161.00	1,065	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	756	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,089	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	768	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,260	32
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	778	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,198	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	830	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,353	62
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	911	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,412	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	920	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,214	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	273	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	401	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	346	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	519	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	348	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	459	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	350	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	539	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	360	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	490	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	414	146.84/cwt	146.00–148.00	608	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	460	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	667	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	485	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	752	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	517	142.22/cwt	141.00–147.50	735	28
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	534	130.46/cwt	120.00–144.00	697	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	548	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	822	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	566	130.70/cwt	118.00–140.00	740	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	572	143.03/cwt	140.50–146.00	818	35
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	621	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	851	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	623	143.68/cwt	143.50–145.00	895	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	635	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	1,000	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	653	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	966	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	705	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	945	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	732	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,076	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	771	133.30/cwt	128.00–135.00	1,028	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	782	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,024	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	800	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,104	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	806	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,225	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	813	127.46/cwt	125.00–130.00	1,036	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	910	127.07/cwt	88.00–133.50	1,156	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	948	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,204	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	1,039	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,247	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	287	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	488	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	295	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	457	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	345	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	459	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	362	164.20/cwt	161.00–170.00	594	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	412	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	680	15
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	418	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	648	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	522	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	783	15
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	540	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	797	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	567	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	828	14
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	614	123.96/cwt	113.00–137.00	761	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	632	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	916	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	719	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	985	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	725	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	761	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	833	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	883	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	875	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	963	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	925	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,008	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,504	86.95/cwt	83.00–90.00	1,308	6
Bulls	—	—	1,689	98.94/cwt	90.00–105.00	1,671	17
Bulls	—	—	2,218	111.75/cwt	108.50–113.00	2,479	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	929	36.37/cwt	34.00–38.00	338	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	957	50.28/cwt	46.50–53.00	481	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,085	51.50/cwt	47.50–56.00	559	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,364	65.88/cwt	60.00–69.00	899	23
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,645	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	1,069	8
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,135	1,210.99/head	1,010.00–1,375.00	1,211	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium 1-2	900	850.00/head	850.00–850.00	850	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	900	810.00/head	810.00–810.00	810	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,120	790.00/head	790.00–790.00	790	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,150	730.00/head	730.00–730.00	730	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,250	1,021.40/head	980.00–1,070.00	1,021	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,250	740.00/head	740.00–740.00	740	1
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	971	69.08/cwt	68.00–72.00	671	4
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	833	597.50/head	575.00–650.00	598	3
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	900	830.00/head	830.00–830.00	830	1
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	925	779.46/head	760.00–800.00	779	2
Bred Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	950	840.00/head	840.00–840.00	840	1

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 Dec 13, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 714Last week 672Year ago 460

Slaughter CattleReceipts 82Last week 114Year ago 97

Replacement CattleReceipts 20Last week 16Year ago 100

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold steady to 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold steady to firm. Slaughter bulls sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	719	137.00	137.00
9	—	362	161.00–170.00	164.20
15	—	412	165.00	165.00
7	—	287	170.00	170.00
14	—	567	146.00	146.00
15	—	522	150.00	150.00
7	—	632	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	295	155.00	155.00
4	—	345	133.00	133.00
2	—	725	105.00	105.00
9	—	614	113.00–137.00	123.96
1	—	925	109.00	109.00
3	—	418	155.00	155.00
1	—	540	147.50	147.50
1	—	875	110.00	110.00
3	—	833	106.00	106.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	830	163.00	163.00
32	—	768	164.00	164.00
11	—	911	155.00	155.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	640	162.00–168.00	164.92
4	—	525	165.00	165.00
3	—	387	170.00	170.00
8	—	669	156.00–161.00	159.14
3	—	778	154.00	154.00
6	—	462	172.00	172.00
6	—	594	165.00	165.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	265	174.00	174.00
16	—	563	140.00–150.00	149.35
5	—	756	144.00	144.00
1	—	920	132.00	132.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	485	155.00	155.00
29	—	806	152.00	152.00
26	—	732	147.00	147.00
15	—	635	157.50	157.50
3	—	548	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	572	140.50–146.00	143.03
18	—	460	145.00	145.00
9	—	800	138.00	138.00
11	—	350	154.00	154.00
7	—	273	147.00	147.00
8	—	346	150.00	150.00
3	—	782	131.00	131.00
16	—	623	143.50–145.00	143.68
2	—	948	127.00	127.00
28	—	517	141.00–147.50	142.22
8	—	653	148.00	148.00
20	—	414	146.00–148.00	146.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	910	88.00–133.50	127.07
19	—	621	137.00	137.00
4	—	771	128.00–135.00	133.30
10	—	705	134.00	134.00
13	—	534	120.00–144.00	130.46
1	—	360	136.00	136.00
8	—	566	118.00–140.00	130.70
2	—	813	125.00–130.00	127.46
5	—	1,039	120.00	120.00
2	—	348	132.00	132.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	929	34.00–38.00	36.37
6	—	957	46.50–53.00	50.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,645	65.00	65.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,085	47.50–56.00	51.50
23	—	1,364	60.00–69.00	65.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,689	90.00–105.00	98.94
6	—	1,504	83.00–90.00	86.95
3	—	2,218	108.50–113.00	111.75

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,250	740.00	740.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	900	810.00	810.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,250	980.00–1,070.00	1,021.40
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,120	790.00	790.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,150	730.00	730.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	900	850.00	850.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	4	—	971	68.00–72.00	69.08

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	833	575.00–650.00	597.50
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	950	840.00	840.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	900	830.00	830.00
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	925	760.00–800.00	779.46

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,135	1,010.00–1,375.00	1,210.99

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.