Sale reports / Florida / Townsend Livestock Market / 2019-10-01

Townsend Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Madison, Florida · Tue, Oct 1
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1420
Feeder Cattle receipts
643 head
▼ 177 vs last sale 820▼ 317 vs year ago 960 · −33.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
75 head
▲ 18 vs last sale 57▲ 10 vs year ago 65 · +15.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder cattle 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 $111.06/cwt on 192 head.
Average price
$111.06
192 head · 470 lb average
Value per head Derived
$521
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$92
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$11.58/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.80
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1518113.9859168
Medium and Large 2439110.07483114
Medium and Large 3487102.4049910thin
One grade step is worth $11.58/cwt here — about $92 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 sale192 hd
111.06
—
FL average10 barns · 1,102 hd
116.85
−5.80
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—Average1,57874.791,18010
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,25251.8064923
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,06945.1148219

Every lot

50 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1370165.11/cwt160.00–170.006115
Steers—Medium and Large 3370115.20/cwt110.00–120.004268
Steers—Medium and Large 2420137.93/cwt135.00–140.005795
Steers—Medium and Large 1436151.44/cwt150.00–157.5066010
Steers—Medium and Large 2470133.67/cwt130.00–137.5062812
Steers—Medium and Large 1473143.24/cwt140.00–150.006786
Steers—Medium and Large 1530133.64/cwt130.00–137.5070818
Steers—Medium and Large 2536115.25/cwt107.00–125.0061814
Steers—Medium and Large 3543104.51/cwt102.00–107.005674
Steers—Medium and Large 2582119.81/cwt110.00–122.5069720
Steers—Medium and Large 1585123.28/cwt122.00–130.0072112
Steers—Medium and Large 1612119.35/cwt115.00–125.0073015
Steers—Medium and Large 2621109.35/cwt105.00–115.0067920
Steers—Medium and Large 2663106.49/cwt105.00–110.007066
Steers—Medium and Large 1683110.14/cwt105.00–115.0075212
Steers—Medium and Large 1723112.54/cwt105.00–115.008144
Steers—Medium and Large 1758107.89/cwt105.00–115.008186
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2234134.34/cwt130.00–135.003147
Heifers—Medium and Large 2278122.55/cwt120.00–130.0034111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1323127.40/cwt125.00–130.004122
Heifers—Medium and Large 2330116.12/cwt112.00–120.003838
Heifers—Medium and Large 1381124.18/cwt120.00–127.004738
Heifers—Medium and Large 2381109.47/cwt105.00–112.0041715
Heifers—Medium and Large 2428112.55/cwt110.00–115.0048221
Heifers—Medium and Large 3428107.54/cwt105.00–110.004604
Heifers—Medium and Large 1430120.68/cwt117.50–127.505196
Heifers—Medium and Large 2470108.39/cwt105.00–112.0050912
Heifers—Medium and Large 1474117.91/cwt115.00–122.005597
Heifers—Medium and Large 2525103.21/cwt100.00–110.0054218
Heifers—Medium and Large 352798.97/cwt97.00–100.005226
Heifers—Medium and Large 1532111.66/cwt110.00–115.0059419
Heifers—Medium and Large 257398.42/cwt95.00–102.0056416
Heifers—Medium and Large 1575106.95/cwt105.00–110.0061515
Heifers—Medium and Large 262398.71/cwt97.50–100.006156
Heifers—Medium and Large 1628108.42/cwt105.00–112.506818
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement633119.91/cwt117.50–125.007593
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2332139.83/cwt130.00–145.0046418
Bulls—Medium and Large 1333162.39/cwt157.50–167.505414
Bulls—Small and Medium 2360140.00/cwt140.00–140.005042
Bulls—Medium and Large 1374156.95/cwt155.00–160.005875
Bulls—Medium and Large 2386135.27/cwt132.00–140.005225
Bulls—Medium and Large 2422132.57/cwt130.00–135.0055917
Bulls—Medium and Large 3426112.44/cwt107.00–117.0047919
Bulls—Medium and Large 2470116.17/cwt112.50–120.005468
Bulls—Medium and Large 2535107.47/cwt105.00–110.0057510
Bulls—Medium and Large 1570107.46/cwt105.00–110.006134
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,57874.79/cwt73.00–78.001,18010
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06945.11/cwt43.00–47.0048219
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17550.71/cwt46.00–54.0059618
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,53155.72/cwt55.00–57.008535

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.