Sale reports / Florida / Townsend Livestock Market / 2019-06-18

Townsend Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Madison, Florida · Tue, Jun 18
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1420
Feeder Cattle receipts
303 head
▲ 54 vs last sale 249▲ 13 vs year ago 290 · +4.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
39 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 40▲ 12 vs year ago 27 · +44.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 0▼ 23 vs year ago 33 · −69.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Feeder steers, bulls and heifers steady to mostly weak. Feeder and replacement cows steady in very light test.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $120.67/cwt on 89 head.
Average price
$120.67
89 head · 472 lb average
Value per head Derived
$569
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$228
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$13.67/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.89
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1515122.5263140
Medium and Large 2445120.6053743
Medium and Large 3370108.854036thin
One grade step is worth $13.67/cwt here — about $228 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 sale89 hd
120.67
—
FL average10 barns · 786 hd
127.56
−6.89
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—High1,48588.351,3126thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,24460.557537thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,05956.7360111

Every lot

31 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 1328168.70/cwt167.50–170.005532
Steers—Medium and Large 1432151.60/cwt145.00–155.006553
Steers—Medium and Large 2433139.12/cwt137.50–142.506026
Steers—Medium and Large 3527123.29/cwt120.00–125.006503
Steers—Medium and Large 1528137.42/cwt135.00–140.007264
Steers—Medium and Large 2528127.46/cwt125.00–130.006732
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3370108.85/cwt105.00–112.504036
Heifers—Medium and Large 2377122.61/cwt117.50–125.004626
Heifers—Medium and Large 1378131.61/cwt130.00–135.004973
Heifers—Medium and Large 2422123.79/cwt120.00–127.5052219
Heifers—Medium and Large 1433131.18/cwt130.00–135.005684
Heifers—Medium and Large 1472130.34/cwt127.50–135.0061513
Heifers—Medium and Large 2474118.97/cwt115.00–122.5056411
Heifers—Medium and Large 2523112.79/cwt110.00–115.005907
Heifers—Medium and Large 1532122.70/cwt120.00–127.506538
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573121.22/cwt120.00–122.506954
Heifers—Medium and Large 1630102.56/cwt100.00–110.006468
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1372159.96/cwt155.00–165.005955
Bulls—Medium and Large 3373133.21/cwt130.00–140.004973
Bulls—Medium and Large 2374147.06/cwt145.00–150.005507
Bulls—Medium and Large 2425133.62/cwt130.00–137.5056820
Bulls—Medium and Large 1430142.44/cwt140.00–145.006124
Bulls—Medium and Large 1473143.65/cwt140.00–147.5067910
Bulls—Medium and Large 2473131.55/cwt127.50–135.006229
Bulls—Medium and Large 2533122.44/cwt120.00–125.0065310
Bulls—Medium and Large 1536127.97/cwt125.00–130.006865
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,41085.53/cwt83.00–87.001,2064
Bulls——1,63594.00/cwt94.00–94.001,5372
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05956.73/cwt55.00–58.0060111
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24460.55/cwt59.00–64.007537
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,03886.00/cwt80.00–100.008933

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.