Sale reports / Florida / Townsend Livestock Market / 2019-09-24

Townsend Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Madison, Florida · Tue, Sep 24
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1420
Feeder Cattle receipts
820 head
▲ 233 vs last sale 587▲ 338 vs year ago 482 · +70.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
57 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 57▼ 4 vs year ago 61 · −6.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder cattle mostly steady , instances firm. Replacement cows not well tested.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $111.43/cwt on 154 head.
Average price
$111.43
154 head · 477 lb average
Value per head Derived
$532
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$100
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$10.81/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.30
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1495115.7157293
Medium and Large 2450104.9047261
One grade step is worth $10.81/cwt here — about $100 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 sale154 hd
111.43
—
FL average10 barns · 1,148 hd
113.73
−2.30
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—Average1,82184.101,53110
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,43558.638414thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,20853.5964714
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04245.7547726

Every lot

54 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2370135.20/cwt130.00–140.0050018
Steers—Medium and Large 1378156.19/cwt152.00–160.005908
Steers—Medium and Large 1423138.64/cwt135.00–142.0058612
Steers—Medium and Large 2425120.18/cwt115.00–125.0051112
Steers—Medium and Large 2468117.57/cwt115.00–120.005508
Steers—Medium and Large 1470135.16/cwt130.00–140.0063518
Steers—Medium and Large 1525127.60/cwt125.00–130.006708
Steers—Medium and Large 2525116.11/cwt112.00–120.006106
Steers—Medium and Large 1573123.61/cwt120.00–127.0070812
Steers—Medium and Large 2573107.55/cwt105.00–110.006166
Steers—Medium and Large 1625118.05/cwt116.00–120.0073810
Steers—Medium and Large 1670115.51/cwt115.00–116.007748
Steers—Medium and Large 1723113.32/cwt112.00–115.008197
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2268117.62/cwt115.00–120.003156
Heifers—Medium and Large 1270122.11/cwt120.00–125.003305
Heifers—Medium and Large 2325107.62/cwt105.00–110.003508
Heifers—Medium and Large 1328118.63/cwt115.00–122.003894
Heifers—Medium and Large 2357103.36/cwt100.00–110.003693
Heifers—Medium and Large 1374118.41/cwt115.00–120.004439
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy383128.53/cwt127.00–130.004924
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423117.60/cwt115.00–120.004978
Heifers—Medium and Large 2423104.46/cwt100.00–110.004427
Heifers—Medium and Large 1470113.24/cwt112.00–115.0053210
Heifers—Medium and Large 2473105.13/cwt100.00–110.0049712
Heifers—Medium and Large 1520111.73/cwt110.00–115.0058112
Heifers—Medium and Large 2524103.37/cwt100.00–107.0054215
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement540124.52/cwt122.00–127.006728
Heifers—Medium and Large 1567108.69/cwt107.00–113.0061611
Heifers—Medium and Large 257097.87/cwt95.00–102.0055810
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement575123.53/cwt122.00–125.007104
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623107.57/cwt105.00–110.0067010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement628115.08/cwt112.00–118.007238
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1273152.66/cwt150.00–155.004174
Bulls—Medium and Large 2277143.09/cwt140.00–145.003965
Bulls—Medium and Large 2323126.22/cwt122.00–130.004084
Bulls—Medium and Large 1328143.69/cwt140.00–147.004714
Bulls—Medium and Large 2372122.70/cwt120.00–125.0045627
Bulls—Medium and Large 1373140.17/cwt135.00–145.005234
Bulls—Medium and Large 1425137.59/cwt135.00–140.005858
Bulls—Medium and Large 2425118.62/cwt115.00–122.0050412
Bulls—Medium and Large 3425107.59/cwt105.00–110.004576
Bulls—Medium and Large 1470131.13/cwt127.00–135.006164
Bulls—Medium and Large 3470103.61/cwt100.00–107.004876
Bulls—Medium and Large 2473111.11/cwt107.00–115.0052610
Bulls—Medium and Large 1525120.14/cwt115.00–125.006316
Bulls—Medium and Large 2525103.60/cwt100.00–107.005448
Bulls—Medium and Large 2573102.55/cwt100.00–105.005886
Bulls—Medium and Large 1625107.56/cwt105.00–110.006726
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,75579.36/cwt77.00–81.001,3936
Bulls——1,92091.20/cwt89.00–93.001,7514
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%98041.24/cwt38.00–44.004048
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07047.76/cwt45.00–50.0051118
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20853.59/cwt52.00–55.0064714
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,43558.63/cwt57.00–60.008414

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.