Sale reports / Florida / Townsend Livestock Market / 2018-05-08

Townsend Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Madison, Florida · Tue, May 8
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1420
Feeder Cattle receipts
481 head
▲ 141 vs last sale 340▲ 481 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
53 head
▲ 11 vs last sale 42▲ 53 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
65 head
▲ 43 vs last sale 22▲ 65 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls steady in limited test. Feeder classes steady to firm. Feeder and replacement cows steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $146.82/cwt on 217 head.
Average price
$146.82
217 head · 432 lb average
Value per head Derived
$634
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$110
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$18.81/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.56
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1440152.27670122
Medium and Large 2422141.8559972
Medium and Large 3420133.4656023
One grade step is worth $18.81/cwt here — about $110 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 sale217 hd
146.82
—
FL average10 barns · 1,043 hd
155.38
−8.56
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
Bulls—Average1,72580.521,3894thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,21954.076599thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,54851.587983thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average94648.934637thin

Every lot

52 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1313188.21/cwt180.00–195.0058910
Steers—Medium and Large 1373182.86/cwt177.50–187.506829
Steers—Medium and Large 2373171.38/cwt167.50–175.006392
Steers—Medium and Large 2423164.31/cwt160.00–165.006957
Steers—Medium and Large 1434173.96/cwt170.00–177.5075513
Steers—Medium and Large 1467166.56/cwt165.00–170.0077824
Steers—Medium and Large 2474159.92/cwt157.50–162.507589
Steers—Medium and Large 1518160.04/cwt157.50–162.508296
Steers—Medium and Large 2523154.19/cwt152.50–155.008063
Steers—Medium and Large 1643146.25/cwt145.00–147.509402
Steers—Medium and Large 1673139.51/cwt139.00–140.009392
Steers—Medium and Large 1723133.76/cwt132.50–135.009672
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1269194.88/cwt190.00–197.505244
Heifers—Medium and Large 1331179.97/cwt177.50–185.005969
Heifers—Medium and Large 2333154.18/cwt150.00–157.5051313
Heifers—Medium and Large 2370145.76/cwt140.00–152.0053914
Heifers—Medium and Large 3370139.69/cwt137.50–142.005176
Heifers—Medium and Large 1383160.17/cwt157.50–167.5061325
Heifers—Medium and Large 3421131.48/cwt127.50–135.0055411
Heifers—Medium and Large 2423138.86/cwt135.00–142.5058720
Heifers—Medium and Large 1425150.09/cwt147.50–152.5063828
Heifers—Medium and Large 3467130.86/cwt130.00–132.506116
Heifers—Medium and Large 1471144.45/cwt140.00–147.5068038
Heifers—Medium and Large 2478137.43/cwt135.00–140.0065716
Heifers—Medium and Large 2529132.49/cwt130.00–137.507019
Heifers—Medium and Large 1532141.99/cwt140.00–147.5075511
Heifers—Medium and Large 1583141.01/cwt140.00–142.508225
Heifers—Medium and Large 1733107.49/cwt105.00–110.007882
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1268187.38/cwt185.00–190.005022
Bulls—Medium and Large 3278167.43/cwt165.00–170.004654
Bulls—Medium and Large 2280180.00/cwt175.00–185.005046
Bulls—Medium and Large 1320187.50/cwt187.50–187.506002
Bulls—Medium and Large 2333169.57/cwt167.50–177.505655
Bulls—Medium and Large 3370151.30/cwt150.00–155.005608
Bulls—Medium and Large 1377179.89/cwt177.50–185.006789
Bulls—Medium and Large 2377162.45/cwt157.00–165.006129
Bulls—Medium and Large 2423160.58/cwt157.50–165.006794
Bulls—Medium and Large 1431172.91/cwt170.00–175.007457
Bulls—Medium and Large 2475151.62/cwt147.50–155.0072020
Bulls—Medium and Large 1479162.22/cwt160.00–165.0077710
Bulls—Medium and Large 3528132.54/cwt130.00–135.007008
Bulls—Medium and Large 2530148.73/cwt147.50–150.007882
Bulls—Medium and Large 3568130.00/cwt130.00–130.007385
Bulls—Medium and Large 2573141.17/cwt137.50–145.008092
Bulls—Medium and Large 1610127.49/cwt125.00–130.007783
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,72580.52/cwt79.00–81.001,3894
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%94648.93/cwt48.00–50.004637
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21352.54/cwt47.00–55.006376
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23257.14/cwt56.00–59.007043
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,54851.58/cwt48.00–54.007983
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Fancy1,033111.49/cwt100.00–120.001,1523
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,14563.08/cwt59.00–65.007224

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.