Sale reports / Florida / Townsend Livestock Market / 2018-03-20

Townsend Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Madison, Florida · Tue, Mar 20
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1420
Feeder Cattle receipts
180 head
▼ 277 vs last sale 457▲ 180 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
36 head
▼ 15 vs last sale 51▲ 36 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
16 head
▼ 18 vs last sale 34▲ 16 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $142.41/cwt on 60 head.
Average price
$142.41
60 head · 465 lb average
Value per head Derived
$662
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$66
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$7.01/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−15.39
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1479146.6270224
Medium and Large 2455139.6163636
One grade step is worth $7.01/cwt here — about $66 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 sale60 hd
142.41
—
FL average9 barns · 572 hd
157.80
−15.39
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,13558.2366110
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,05154.1156913
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,63252.628599thin

Every lot

23 lots · USDA AMS · Townsend Livestock Auction - Madison, FL
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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2370172.57/cwt170.00–175.006392
Steers—Medium and Large 2424165.04/cwt160.00–170.007007
Steers—Medium and Large 1425182.44/cwt180.00–185.007756
Steers—Medium and Large 1462170.37/cwt167.50–175.007877
Steers—Medium and Large 2466159.30/cwt155.00–162.507427
Steers—Medium and Large 1521164.36/cwt162.50–167.508564
Steers—Medium and Large 2527153.76/cwt152.50–155.008104
Steers—Medium and Large 3531140.98/cwt138.00–145.007493
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2272163.73/cwt160.00–170.004459
Heifers—Medium and Large 1420160.26/cwt155.00–162.506737
Heifers—Medium and Large 2426142.43/cwt140.00–145.006073
Heifers—Medium and Large 2463132.53/cwt130.00–135.006144
Heifers—Medium and Large 1470142.99/cwt140.00–147.5067210
Heifers—Medium and Large 2523130.86/cwt130.00–135.0068412
Heifers—Medium and Large 1531141.19/cwt140.00–145.007504
Heifers—Medium and Large 2567128.08/cwt125.00–130.007268
Heifers—Medium and Large 1575134.15/cwt132.50–135.007713
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04356.01/cwt54.00–59.005847
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06051.89/cwt50.00–53.005506
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,13558.23/cwt56.00–60.0066110
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,61358.29/cwt57.00–61.009406
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,67141.29/cwt21.00–54.006903
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-295367.60/cwt65.00–72.506443

This sale against other markets

Florida weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Florida auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.