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Upton Livestock Auction

Name: Upton Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-05-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-19

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Upton, Kentucky · Tue, May 19

● Final82 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2211

← May 12May 19May 26 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

385 head

▼ 356 vs last sale 741▼ 186 vs year ago 571 · −32.6%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

98 head

▼ 1 vs last sale 99▼ 18 vs year ago 116 · −15.5%

Replacement Cattle receipts

118 head

▲ 26 vs last sale 92▲ 38 vs year ago 80 · +47.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold 4.00 to 8.00 higher. Strong demand for weaned and vaccinated feeders . Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher.

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 $465.01/cwt on 25 head, down $0.79 from the prior sale. That ranks 28 of 31 comparable sales and sits +31.01 against this barn's trailing median of $434.00.

Average price

$465.01

▼ 0.79 vs prior sale

25 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,545

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$370

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

$82.32/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−14.20

vs KY average

−9.47 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	544	481.48	2,617	20
Medium and Large 2-3	563	399.16	2,247	5thin

One grade step is worth $82.32/cwt here — about $370 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale25 hd

465.01

—

KY average28 barns · 1,459 hd

479.21

−14.20

National average171 barns · 13,387 hd

474.48

−9.47

This barn, trailing median31 sales

434.00

+31.01

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	1,612	229.77	3,704	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,486	184.92	2,747	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,265	180.53	2,283	62
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,024	154.72	1,584	17
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,327	243.75	3,235	7thin

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)	1,305	$3,556	4thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,269	$2,933	9
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,050	$2,355	5
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,210	$2,350	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	966	$2,188	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,100	$2,050	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	875	$1,844	2thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	978	$3,369	4thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	900	$2,750	1thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	750	$2,325	1thin
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,235	$3,456	6
Bulls	N/A	(<2 yrs)	1,200	$3,000	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,309	$4,441	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,150	$4,117	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,375	$3,925	2thin

Every lot

82 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	285	680.00/cwt	680.00–680.00	1,938	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	333	561.00/cwt	561.00–561.00	1,868	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	367	577.50/cwt	577.50–577.50	2,119	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	385	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,925	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400	522.50/cwt	522.50–522.50	2,090	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	422	513.00/cwt	513.00–513.00	2,165	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	531	461.00/cwt	461.00–461.00	2,448	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	541	490.50/cwt	490.50–490.50	2,654	11
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	559	478.00/cwt	478.00–478.00	2,672	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	563	399.16/cwt	370.00–441.00	2,247	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	621	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,670	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	641	404.32/cwt	401.00–419.00	2,592	16
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	642	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,087	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	664	396.37/cwt	390.00–400.00	2,632	19
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	677	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,302	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	726	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,650	6
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	815	370.50/cwt	370.50–370.50	3,020	24
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	846	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,885	7
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	858	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	3,003	32
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	302	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	1,782	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	310	522.50/cwt	522.50–522.50	1,620	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	354	487.50/cwt	487.50–487.50	1,726	9
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	380	431.25/cwt	420.00–442.50	1,639	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	420	470.59/cwt	468.00–472.50	1,976	23
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	444	452.00/cwt	452.00–452.00	2,007	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	458	462.50/cwt	462.50–462.50	2,118	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	495	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	2,039	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	500	411.00/cwt	411.00–411.00	2,055	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	536	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,251	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	546	411.00/cwt	411.00–411.00	2,244	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	555	355.70/cwt	342.50–377.50	1,974	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	567	398.00/cwt	398.00–398.00	2,257	10
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	642	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,375	25
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	714	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,321	5
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 2-3	940	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	2,623	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	287	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	1,866	4
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	333	561.00/cwt	561.00–561.00	1,868	10
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	425	504.00/cwt	504.00–504.00	2,142	5
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	445	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,003	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3	459	448.73/cwt	445.00–450.00	2,060	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	484	484.00/cwt	484.00–484.00	2,343	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	485	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,498	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	510	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,040	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	528	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,376	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	563	427.00/cwt	427.00–427.00	2,404	6
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	614	393.00/cwt	393.00–393.00	2,413	7
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	678	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,305	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	744	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,574	6
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	801	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,531	4
Bulls	1000–1050	Medium and Large 2-3	1,020	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,499	2
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	1000–1050	Large 3	1,031	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,371	6
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers	—	Choice	1,327	243.75/cwt	241.00–250.00	3,235	7
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,474	219.98/cwt	206.00–228.00	3,243	7
Bulls	—	—	1,709	236.62/cwt	230.00–245.00	4,044	10
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	900	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,134	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	989	166.14/cwt	163.00–167.00	1,643	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,046	153.31/cwt	139.00–158.00	1,604	12
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,178	173.76/cwt	161.00–182.00	2,047	27
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,200	154.35/cwt	150.00–159.00	1,852	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,344	188.69/cwt	184.00–200.00	2,536	32
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,465	186.57/cwt	186.00–189.00	2,733	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,610	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	2,818	1
Replacement Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,200	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,235	3,455.53/head	2,700.00–4,700.00	3,456	6
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs6 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium 1-2	900	3,500.00/head	3,500.00–3,500.00	3,500	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,250	2,725.00/head	2,725.00–2,725.00	2,725	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,275	4,425.00/head	4,425.00–4,425.00	4,425	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,300	3,400.00/head	3,400.00–3,400.00	3,400	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,316	4,656.00/head	4,375.00–4,700.00	4,656	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,450	4,450.00/head	4,450.00–4,450.00	4,450	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows8 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium 1-2	875	1,844.29/head	1,600.00–2,050.00	1,844	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium 1-2	900	1,950.00/head	1,950.00–1,950.00	1,950	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,050	2,354.52/head	2,025.00–3,075.00	2,355	5
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,100	2,050.00/head	2,050.00–2,050.00	2,050	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,165	2,900.00/head	2,900.00–2,900.00	2,900	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,210	2,350.00/head	2,350.00–2,350.00	2,350	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,269	2,933.15/head	2,175.00–3,050.00	2,933	9
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,305	3,555.82/head	3,100.00–3,850.00	3,556	4
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	750	2,325.00/head	2,325.00–2,325.00	2,325	1
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	900	2,750.00/head	2,750.00–2,750.00	2,750	1
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	978	3,369.12/head	2,950.00–3,525.00	3,369	4
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	921	219.97/cwt	200.00–250.00	2,026	6

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 May 19, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 385Last week 741Year ago 571

Slaughter CattleReceipts 98Last week 99Year ago 116

Replacement CattleReceipts 118Last week 92Year ago 80

Compared to last week; Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold 4.00 to 8.00 higher. Strong demand for weaned and vaccinated feeders . Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00 to 4.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	310	522.50	522.50
9	350–400	354	487.50	487.50
23	400–450	420	468.00–472.50	470.59
4	450–500	458	462.50	462.50
2	500–550	500	411.00	411.00
10	550–600	567	398.00	398.00
25	600–650	642	370.00	370.00
5	700–750	714	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	380	420.00–442.50	431.25
6	400–450	444	452.00	452.00
4	450–500	495	412.00	412.00
6	500–550	546	411.00	411.00
4	550–600	555	342.50–377.50	355.70
2	900–950	940	279.00	279.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	302	590.00	590.00
7	500–550	536	420.00	420.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	287	650.00	650.00
10	300–350	333	561.00	561.00
5	400–450	425	504.00	504.00
4	450–500	484	484.00	484.00
3	500–550	528	450.00	450.00
6	550–600	563	427.00	427.00
6	700–750	744	346.00	346.00
4	800–850	801	316.00	316.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	445	450.00	450.00
4	450–500	459	445.00–450.00	448.73
1	500–550	510	400.00	400.00
7	600–650	614	393.00	393.00
1	650–700	678	340.00	340.00
2	1000–1050	1,020	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	515.00	515.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	680.00	680.00
5	300–350	333	561.00	561.00
3	350–400	367	577.50	577.50
3	400–450	422	513.00	513.00
4	500–550	531	461.00	461.00
5	550–600	559	478.00	478.00
16	600–650	641	401.00–419.00	404.32
19	650–700	664	390.00–400.00	396.37
6	700–750	726	365.00	365.00
7	800–850	846	341.00	341.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	400	522.50	522.50
11	500–550	541	490.50	490.50
6	600–650	621	430.00	430.00
24	800–850	815	370.50	370.50
32	850–900	858	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	500.00	500.00
5	550–600	563	370.00–441.00	399.16
4	600–650	642	325.00	325.00
1	650–700	677	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	1000–1050	1,031	230.00	230.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,316	4,375.00–4,700.00	4,656.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,450	4,450.00	4,450.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,250	2,725.00	2,725.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,300	3,400.00	3,400.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,275	4,425.00	4,425.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	900	3,500.00	3,500.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	1,050	2,025.00–3,075.00	2,354.52
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,305	3,100.00–3,850.00	3,555.82
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,165	2,900.00	2,900.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	—	1,269	2,175.00–3,050.00	2,933.15
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,100	2,050.00	2,050.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,210	2,350.00	2,350.00

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)	3	—	900	1,950.00	1,950.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	875	1,600.00–2,050.00	1,844.29

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	750	2,325.00	2,325.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	900	2,750.00	2,750.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	978	2,950.00–3,525.00	3,369.12

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	1	—	1,200	3,000.00	3,000.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	6	—	1,235	2,700.00–4,700.00	3,455.53

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	6	—	921	200.00–250.00	219.97

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,474	206.00–228.00	219.98
10	—	1,709	230.00–245.00	236.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,178	161.00–182.00	173.76
32	—	1,344	184.00–200.00	188.69
3	—	1,200	150.00–159.00	154.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,046	139.00–158.00	153.31
4	—	989	163.00–167.00	166.14
1	—	900	126.00	126.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,465	186.00–189.00	186.57
1	—	1,610	175.00	175.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,327	241.00–250.00	243.75

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