Sale reports / Florida / Townsend Livestock Market / 2018-05-15

Townsend Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Madison, Florida · Tue, May 15
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1420
Feeder Cattle receipts
160 head
▼ 321 vs last sale 481▲ 160 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
44 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 53▲ 44 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
21 head
▼ 44 vs last sale 65▲ 21 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $159.87/cwt on 34 head.
Average price
$159.87
34 head · 399 lb average
Value per head Derived
$637
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$93
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$8.27/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.90
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1413163.0367421
Medium and Large 2375154.7658013thin
One grade step is worth $8.27/cwt here — about $93 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 sale34 hd
159.87
—
FL average10 barns · 758 hd
157.97
+1.90
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—Average1,55574.241,1545thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,13255.186258thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,57952.998376thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,03848.5050312

Every lot

24 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy355207.50/cwt207.50–207.507371
Steers—Medium and Large 2365173.77/cwt172.50–175.006342
Steers—Medium and Large 1375190.13/cwt185.00–195.007134
Steers—Medium and Large 1425183.25/cwt180.00–190.007793
Steers—Medium and Large 2428159.10/cwt145.00–170.006816
Steers—Medium and Large 3439153.04/cwt150.00–157.506725
Steers—Medium and Large 2476164.09/cwt160.00–167.507813
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1275182.59/cwt180.00–185.005022
Heifers—Medium and Large 2322164.18/cwt160.00–167.505297
Heifers—Medium and Large 2370158.72/cwt157.50–160.005872
Heifers—Medium and Large 1374164.64/cwt160.00–170.006165
Heifers—Medium and Large 1416163.28/cwt160.00–170.006796
Heifers—Medium and Large 1470156.94/cwt152.00–160.007388
Heifers—Medium and Large 2470136.29/cwt135.00–140.006414
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2277171.02/cwt167.50–177.504745
Bulls—Medium and Large 3423151.44/cwt150.00–157.006415
Bulls—Medium and Large 2430161.28/cwt160.00–162.506942
Bulls—Medium and Large 2470156.33/cwt152.50–160.007352
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,55574.24/cwt73.00–75.001,1545
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03848.50/cwt46.00–51.0050312
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,06953.24/cwt52.00–55.005695
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23858.41/cwt57.00–59.007233
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,57952.99/cwt48.00–56.008376
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,10562.03/cwt57.00–66.006852

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.