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Upton Livestock Auction

Name: Upton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-04-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-15

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Upton, Kentucky · Tue, Apr 15

● Final81 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2211

← Apr 8Apr 15Apr 22 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

914 head

▲ 752 vs last sale 162▲ 346 vs year ago 568 · +60.9%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

56 head

▲ 23 vs last sale 33▼ 48 vs year ago 104 · −46.2%

Replacement Cattle receipts

53 head

▲ 20 vs last sale 33▲ 29 vs year ago 24 · +120.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday feeder steers sold 4.00 to 8.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher. There was good to very good demand for feeder classes. Slaughter cows sold 5.00 to 8.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold mostly steady. There was good demand for slaughter classes.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $339.90/cwt on 33 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −94.11 against this barn's trailing median of $434.00.

Average price

$339.90

33 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,906

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−13.43

vs KY average

−24.86 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	561	339.90	1,906	33

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale33 hd

339.90

—

KY average24 barns · 1,062 hd

353.33

−13.43

National average169 barns · 11,281 hd

364.76

−24.86

This barn, trailing median31 sales

434.00

−94.11

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

31 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $485.48, low $345.00, median $434.00 across 31 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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	1,769	168.27	2,976	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,239	145.07	1,797	41
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,602	137.00	2,194	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	950	112.50	1,069	2thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,368	161.50	2,209	2thin

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)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,238	$2,173	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,233	$2,028	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,207	$2,601	7

Every lot

81 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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	363	439.00/cwt	439.00–439.00	1,594	7
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	367	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,285	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	385	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,521	10
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	400	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,600	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	410	428.38/cwt	425.00–435.00	1,756	27
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	455	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	1,765	13
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	468	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,919	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	485	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,504	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	527	352.95/cwt	352.50–353.00	1,860	9
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	540	320.53/cwt	318.00–331.00	1,731	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	582	338.81/cwt	333.00–345.00	1,972	19
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	621	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,925	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	636	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,115	22
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	661	311.97/cwt	308.00–315.50	2,062	13
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	683	286.27/cwt	285.00–289.00	1,955	25
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	690	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,673	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	732	300.50/cwt	300.50–300.50	2,200	11
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	745	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,086	3
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	757	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	2,203	7
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	831	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	2,144	20
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	896	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,285	4
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	910	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,093	11
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	932	270.50/cwt	270.50–270.50	2,521	72
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	968	260.75/cwt	260.75–260.75	2,524	21
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1-2	1,049	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	2,350	17
Steers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	1,065	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	2,332	24
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	295	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	988	4
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	344	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,238	15
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	350	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,208	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	365	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,241	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	427	340.02/cwt	332.00–346.00	1,452	29
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	430	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,329	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	465	329.52/cwt	327.50–342.50	1,532	22
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	470	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,481	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	511	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,732	25
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	532	313.71/cwt	312.00–315.00	1,669	18
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	543	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,575	13
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	567	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,707	11
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	601	269.50/cwt	269.50–269.50	1,620	22
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	612	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,579	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	631	260.43/cwt	252.00–266.50	1,643	34
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	692	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,834	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	694	248.72/cwt	248.00–250.00	1,726	11
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	730	258.40/cwt	256.00–259.50	1,886	16
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	734	260.50/cwt	260.50–260.50	1,912	20
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	744	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,756	6
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	777	249.88/cwt	245.00–253.00	1,942	44
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	818	253.99/cwt	250.00–262.50	2,078	35
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	928	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,995	2
Heifers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1-2	1,064	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	2,320	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	365	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,515	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	430	379.99/cwt	372.50–385.00	1,634	13
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	467	372.15/cwt	371.00–380.00	1,738	16
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	487	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,690	6
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	510	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,339	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	517	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,822	8
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	571	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,919	14
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	603	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,719	4
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	638	305.50/cwt	305.50–305.50	1,949	10
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	700	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,981	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2-3	725	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,794	1
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	816	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,885	5
Bulls	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1-2	1,025	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	2,142	1
Bulls	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1-2	1,090	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	2,191	1
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,250	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,988	1
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,485	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	2,435	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,490	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	2,280	1
Bulls	—	—	1,708	164.02/cwt	161.00–169.00	2,801	6
Bulls	—	—	1,929	178.45/cwt	175.00–182.00	3,442	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	900	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	963	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,000	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,180	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,157	140.72/cwt	137.00–145.00	1,628	23
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,165	133.10/cwt	130.00–136.00	1,551	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,365	152.82/cwt	146.50–154.00	2,086	16
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,493	140.49/cwt	139.00–142.00	2,098	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,530	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,821	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,890	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	2,797	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,233	2,028.38/head	1,850.00–2,275.00	2,028	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,238	2,173.48/head	2,125.00–2,225.00	2,173	2
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,190	2,403.05/head	1,650.00–3,525.00	2,403	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,250	3,096.00/head	2,875.00–3,300.00	3,096	2

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 Apr 15, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 914Last week 162Year ago 568

Slaughter CattleReceipts 56Last week 33Year ago 104

Replacement CattleReceipts 53Last week 33Year ago 24

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	365	415.00	415.00
13	400–450	430	372.50–385.00	379.99
16	450–500	467	371.00–380.00	372.15
8	500–550	517	352.50	352.50
14	550–600	571	336.00	336.00
4	600–650	603	285.00	285.00
1	700–750	700	283.00	283.00
5	800–850	816	231.00	231.00
1	1000–1050	1,025	209.00	209.00
1	1050–1100	1,090	201.00	201.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	600–650	638	305.50	305.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	487	347.00	347.00
1	500–550	510	262.50	262.50
1	700–750	725	247.50	247.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	295	335.00	335.00
15	300–350	344	360.00	360.00
2	350–400	350	345.00	345.00
29	400–450	427	332.00–346.00	340.02
22	450–500	465	327.50–342.50	329.52
18	500–550	532	312.00–315.00	313.71
11	550–600	567	301.00	301.00
34	600–650	631	252.00–266.50	260.43
11	650–700	694	248.00–250.00	248.72
16	700–750	730	256.00–259.50	258.40
44	750–800	777	245.00–253.00	249.88
2	900–950	928	215.00	215.00
4	1050–1100	1,064	218.00	218.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
25	500–550	511	339.00	339.00
22	600–650	601	269.50	269.50
6	650–700	692	265.00	265.00
20	700–750	734	260.50	260.50
35	800–850	818	250.00–262.50	253.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	500–550	543	290.00	290.00
6	700–750	744	236.00	236.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	340.00	340.00
3	400–450	430	309.00	309.00
6	450–500	470	315.00	315.00
2	600–650	612	258.00	258.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	385	395.00	395.00
27	400–450	410	425.00–435.00	428.38
7	450–500	468	410.00	410.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	367	350.00	350.00
1	450–500	485	310.00	310.00
5	650–700	690	242.50	242.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	363	439.00	439.00
4	400–450	400	400.00	400.00
13	450–500	455	388.00	388.00
5	500–550	540	318.00–331.00	320.53
19	550–600	582	333.00–345.00	338.81
5	600–650	621	310.00	310.00
25	650–700	683	285.00–289.00	286.27
3	700–750	745	280.00	280.00
7	750–800	757	291.00	291.00
4	850–900	896	255.00	255.00
11	900–950	910	230.00	230.00
17	1000–1050	1,049	224.00	224.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	527	352.50–353.00	352.95
22	600–650	636	332.50	332.50
13	650–700	661	308.00–315.50	311.97
11	700–750	732	300.50	300.50
20	800–850	831	258.00	258.00
72	900–950	932	270.50	270.50
21	950–1000	968	260.75	260.75
24	1050–1100	1,065	219.00	219.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,250	159.00	159.00
1	—	1,485	164.00	164.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	900	107.00	107.00
1	—	1,000	118.00	118.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,165	130.00–136.00	133.10
23	—	1,157	137.00–145.00	140.72
16	—	1,365	146.50–154.00	152.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,493	139.00–142.00	140.49
1	—	1,530	119.00	119.00
1	—	1,890	148.00	148.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,708	161.00–169.00	164.02
1	—	1,490	153.00	153.00
4	—	1,929	175.00–182.00	178.45

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
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,238	2,125.00–2,225.00	2,173.48
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,233	1,850.00–2,275.00	2,028.38

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,190	1,650.00–3,525.00	2,403.05
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,250	2,875.00–3,300.00	3,096.00

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.