Sale reports / Florida / Townsend Livestock Market / 2019-08-13

Townsend Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Madison, Florida · Tue, Aug 13
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1420
Feeder Cattle receipts
341 head
▼ 101 vs last sale 442▼ 336 vs year ago 677 · −49.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
116 head
▲ 61 vs last sale 55▲ 36 vs year ago 80 · +45.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
28 head
▲ 28 vs last sale 0▲ 2 vs year ago 26 · +7.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: slaughter cows and bulls steady. Feeder cattle mostly 4.00 to 8.00 lower. Feeder and replacement cows steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $117.79/cwt on 102 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits −71.58 against this barn's trailing median of $189.37.
Average price
$117.79
102 head · 455 lb average
Value per head Derived
$536
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$87
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$6.38/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.19
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1474120.2957162
Medium and Large 2425113.9148440
One grade step is worth $6.38/cwt here — about $87 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 sale102 hd
117.79
—
FL average10 barns · 536 hd
124.98
−7.19
This barn, trailing median5 sales
189.37
−71.58
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

5 sales
208192176160median 189.3705/1908/1808/2509/1510/13
Bulls 0–100 lb: high $193.60, low $174.45, median $189.37 across 5 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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—Average1,69685.081,4436thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,37158.458016thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,24556.4570338
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01649.1149923

Every lot

39 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 1368144.02/cwt140.00–145.005305
Steers—Medium and Large 1473122.08/cwt120.00–127.005779
Steers—Medium and Large 2480113.43/cwt110.00–117.005444
Steers—Medium and Large 2525112.57/cwt110.00–115.005912
Steers—Medium and Large 1533118.79/cwt117.00–122.506336
Steers—Medium and Large 1571115.97/cwt115.00–120.0066210
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2279118.49/cwt117.00–120.003314
Heifers—Medium and Large 1324123.81/cwt120.00–125.004018
Heifers—Medium and Large 2370112.43/cwt110.00–115.004164
Heifers—Medium and Large 1373121.61/cwt120.00–125.004543
Heifers—Medium and Large 2430106.93/cwt105.00–110.0046010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1434110.78/cwt110.00–115.0048112
Heifers—Medium and Large 2480102.45/cwt100.00–105.004926
Heifers—Medium and Large 1482106.61/cwt105.00–110.005143
Heifers—Medium and Large 252696.92/cwt95.00–100.005105
Heifers—Medium and Large 1536103.09/cwt102.00–110.005537
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573102.45/cwt100.00–105.005874
Heifers—Medium and Large 257593.30/cwt90.00–95.005363
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement643110.99/cwt110.00–115.007145
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2273136.18/cwt132.00–140.003724
Bulls—Medium and Large 1276150.34/cwt147.50–152.504156
Bulls—Medium and Large 2328123.78/cwt120.00–130.004065
Bulls—Medium and Large 1335137.87/cwt135.00–142.504625
Bulls—Medium and Large 2375113.84/cwt110.00–120.004275
Bulls—Medium and Large 1380131.89/cwt130.00–140.005015
Bulls—Medium and Large 1424122.62/cwt120.00–127.5052016
Bulls—Medium and Large 2435111.85/cwt110.00–117.0048711
Bulls—Medium and Large 1473117.57/cwt115.00–120.005566
Bulls—Medium and Large 2480106.70/cwt105.00–112.005128
Bulls—Medium and Large 1523114.44/cwt112.00–117.005992
Bulls—Medium and Large 2536105.68/cwt105.00–110.005667
Bulls—Medium and Large 1568112.96/cwt110.00–115.006425
Bulls—Medium and Large 1628102.73/cwt100.00–107.5064517
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,69685.08/cwt81.00–88.001,4436
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01649.11/cwt47.00–51.0049923
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12854.61/cwt52.00–57.0061622
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,37158.45/cwt58.00–59.008016
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,40558.99/cwt58.00–64.0082916
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,10168.09/cwt65.00–70.007505

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.