Sale reports / Florida / Townsend Livestock Market / 2019-04-16

Townsend Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Madison, Florida · Tue, Apr 16
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1420
Feeder Cattle receipts
237 head
▼ 60 vs last sale 297▼ 104 vs year ago 341 · −30.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
24 head
▼ 22 vs last sale 46▼ 25 vs year ago 49 · −51.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
13 head
▼ 19 vs last sale 32▼ 4 vs year ago 17 · −23.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00-3.00 higher. Feeder cattle mostly steady. 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 $147.56/cwt on 67 head.
Average price
$147.56
67 head · 409 lb average
Value per head Derived
$604
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$137
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$5.09/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.20
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2369149.4655242
Medium and Large 1477144.3768825
One grade step is worth $5.09/cwt here — about −$137 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 sale67 hd
147.56
—
FL average10 barns · 796 hd
147.76
−0.20
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—High1,80382.961,4954thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,40254.667663thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,27053.5968011

Every lot

30 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2318168.19/cwt165.00–175.005353
Steers—Medium and Large 1427176.72/cwt175.00–180.007553
Steers—Medium and Large 2428161.58/cwt160.00–165.006923
Steers—Medium and Large 1469170.40/cwt165.00–172.507997
Steers—Medium and Large 1530164.91/cwt160.00–170.008744
Steers—Medium and Large 1614150.07/cwt145.00–153.509215
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2270158.61/cwt155.00–162.504288
Heifers—Medium and Large 2324156.61/cwt152.50–160.005079
Heifers—Medium and Large 1367154.13/cwt152.50–155.005666
Heifers—Medium and Large 2376148.85/cwt145.00–150.005609
Heifers—Medium and Large 2430142.44/cwt140.00–145.0061212
Heifers—Medium and Large 1434150.46/cwt147.50–152.506535
Heifers—Medium and Large 2470137.55/cwt135.00–140.006464
Heifers—Medium and Large 1481150.03/cwt147.50–152.507225
Heifers—Medium and Large 1528138.45/cwt135.00–142.507315
Heifers—Medium and Large 1625122.44/cwt120.00–125.007654
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2270169.72/cwt165.00–175.004584
Bulls—Medium and Large 2319162.87/cwt160.00–165.005205
Bulls—Medium and Large 1370168.78/cwt167.50–170.006244
Bulls—Medium and Large 2377151.59/cwt150.00–155.005713
Bulls—Medium and Large 3433133.73/cwt132.50–135.005794
Bulls—Medium and Large 1470162.45/cwt160.00–165.007642
Bulls—Medium and Large 2530137.45/cwt135.00–140.007284
Bulls—Medium and Large 1570146.23/cwt145.00–147.508344
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,72581.28/cwt79.00–85.001,4023
Bulls——2,03588.00/cwt88.00–88.001,7911
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25452.06/cwt49.00–56.006538
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,31257.67/cwt57.00–58.007573
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,40254.66/cwt54.00–56.007663
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,04982.64/cwt70.00–90.008675

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.