Mid-Kentucky Livestock Market Report

Upton, Kentucky · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, February 1, 2022

738 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $135.61/cwt -2.99 vs last sale · ≈ $857/hd at 632 lb · 63 head

light 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $149.79/cwt -1.50 vs last sale · ≈ $1,085/hd at 724 lb · 44 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $140.38/cwt -5.87 vs last sale · ≈ $726/hd at 517 lb · 32 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	738	815	658
Feeder cattle	587	713	626
Slaughter cattle	113	78	20
Replacement cattle	38	24	12

Market comments — USDA reporter

Comaped to last week: Feeder steers and feeder heifers sold steady .Strong demand for all classes of feeders. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	1	200.00	$200.00	$620	±0.00
465	465	2	160.00	$160.00	$744	±0.00
504 value added	504	5	170.00	$170.00	$857	—
505	505	13	153.00	$153.00	$773	-2.50
600–620	606	16	155.00–156.50	$155.48	$942	+5.52
653–667	662	15	146.00–154.00	$148.63	$984	-4.87
705–740 value added	720	30	151.50–152.50	$152.07	$1,095	-2.65
713–740	734	14	137.00–147.00	$144.92	$1,064	-1.23
757 value added	757	12	150.00	$150.00	$1,136	—
858	858	7	124.00	$124.00	$1,064	-8.00
1028	1028	5	126.50	$126.50	$1,300	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
480	480	10	158.00	$158.00	$758	—
571	571	7	148.50	$148.50	$848	-1.50
608–620	613	18	135.00–144.50	$141.00	$864	-4.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
277	277	3	142.00	$142.00	$393	-11.73
361	361	4	146.00	$146.00	$527	-8.00
420	420	6	145.00	$145.00	$609	-1.48
458–470	459	15	142.50–145.00	$142.67	$655	-3.69
509–549	517	32	140.00–142.00	$140.38	$726	-5.87
558–575	571	26	139.00–143.00	$139.90	$799	-0.08
613–649	632	63	130.00–140.00	$135.61	$857	+0.61
692	692	11	136.00	$136.00	$941	+0.44
704–734	717	14	134.50–139.00	$137.03	$983	+7.72
760–796	778	8	127.00–132.00	$129.44	$1,007	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–335	332	3	120.00–133.00	$128.75	$427	—
355–385	370	2	128.00–133.00	$130.40	$482	—
424	424	4	138.00	$138.00	$585	-7.00
477	477	4	137.00	$137.00	$653	-3.00
526–539	532	20	134.00–136.00	$135.15	$719	+1.17
600–609	608	13	132.00	$132.00	$803	+3.71

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
356	356	10	160.00	$160.00	$570	-5.00
455	455	12	149.00	$149.00	$678	-10.50
507	507	12	146.50	$146.50	$743	+0.08
555–561	557	11	143.50–146.00	$144.19	$803	-1.81
632	632	23	139.00	$139.00	$878	-3.50
721	721	28	124.00	$124.00	$894	-2.50

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
343	343	2	137.00	$137.00	$470	—
350–355	351	7	141.00–150.00	$142.30	$499	-12.52
410	410	2	157.00	$157.00	$644	+6.00
455–474	462	21	130.00–149.00	$145.21	$671	—
560–592	579	5	130.50–136.00	$132.63	$768	—
848	848	8	108.25	$108.25	$918	-6.75
977	977	2	89.00	$89.00	$870	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1200	1200	80-85%	1	74.00	$74.00	$888	—
1165–1335	1243	80-85%	3	47.00–58.50	$53.29	$662	—
1000–1465	1254	80-85%	39	60.00–72.25	$68.81	$863	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
968–1000	984	85-90%	2	60.50–64.00	$62.28	$613	+11.46
924–1100	1011	85-90%	10	48.00–56.00	$52.57	$531	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1459	1459	75-80%	7	75.00	$75.00	$1,094	—
1135–2045	1550	75-80%	3	63.00–71.50	$67.67	$1,049	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1100–2225	1757	7	88.00–101.00	$96.49	$1,695	—
2000	2000	1	105.00	$105.00	$2,100	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
900–1000	962	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	81.00–105.00	$95.43	$918

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1000	1000	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	950.00	$950.00
1050–1235	1155	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	16	725.00–960.00	$868.50

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900	900	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00
1000	1000	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,080.00	$1,080.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
800–850	822	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	710.00–805.00	$765.95

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900–1000	950	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	910.00–1,020.00	$967.89
1050	1050	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.