Sale reports / Florida / Townsend Livestock Market / 2019-10-08

Townsend Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Madison, Florida · Tue, Oct 8
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1420
Feeder Cattle receipts
545 head
▼ 98 vs last sale 643▲ 245 vs year ago 300 · +81.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
64 head
▼ 11 vs last sale 75▲ 35 vs year ago 29 · +120.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
56 head
▲ 56 vs last sale 0▲ 56 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder steers, bulls, and heifers uneven. Higher quality cattle firm. Lower quality weak. Feeder and replacement cows steady to weak.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $111.66/cwt on 181 head.
Average price
$111.66
181 head · 478 lb average
Value per head Derived
$534
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$254
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$3.42/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.52
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1533112.4160088
Medium and Large 2439111.1948883
Medium and Large 3317108.9934510thin
One grade step is worth $3.42/cwt here — about $254 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 sale181 hd
111.66
—
FL average10 barns · 1,230 hd
119.18
−7.52
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—Average1,78877.041,3775thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,09552.0457028
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,00345.6245818

Every lot

42 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2367139.27/cwt137.50–142.505119
Steers—Medium and Large 2430134.83/cwt130.00–140.0058012
Steers—Medium and Large 2473127.41/cwt125.00–130.0060312
Steers—Medium and Large 1475135.87/cwt132.00–140.006458
Steers—Medium and Large 2528119.37/cwt115.00–122.5063011
Steers—Medium and Large 1529127.74/cwt125.00–132.506768
Steers—Medium and Large 1575121.61/cwt117.00–127.5069923
Steers—Medium and Large 1610117.58/cwt116.00–120.0071727
Steers—Medium and Large 1686118.82/cwt115.00–122.5081518
Steers—Medium and Large 1780112.85/cwt112.00–114.008803
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2280121.39/cwt120.00–127.5034010
Heifers—Medium and Large 3317108.99/cwt107.50–110.0034510
Heifers—Medium and Large 2338121.29/cwt120.00–125.0041011
Heifers—Medium and Large 1373138.62/cwt135.00–142.505176
Heifers—Medium and Large 2383123.04/cwt120.00–127.004719
Heifers—Medium and Large 2421110.48/cwt110.00–115.0046511
Heifers—Medium and Large 1430122.90/cwt120.00–127.5052810
Heifers—Medium and Large 2477104.89/cwt102.00–110.0050018
Heifers—Medium and Large 1481108.51/cwt107.00–115.0052218
Heifers—Medium and Large 1528112.95/cwt110.00–115.0059615
Heifers—Medium and Large 2533104.71/cwt102.00–107.5055812
Heifers—Medium and Large 1570112.05/cwt110.00–115.0063910
Heifers—Medium and Large 2573101.12/cwt97.00–105.0057912
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement588131.30/cwt127.50–132.507724
Heifers—Medium and Large 1610103.22/cwt100.00–105.0063017
Heifers—Medium and Large 167597.96/cwt96.00–100.006618
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1276161.96/cwt160.00–165.004475
Bulls—Medium and Large 1325164.77/cwt160.00–170.005364
Bulls—Medium and Large 2371135.29/cwt130.00–142.0050216
Bulls—Medium and Large 1377149.09/cwt147.50–152.505626
Bulls—Medium and Large 1426146.48/cwt142.50–150.0062411
Bulls—Medium and Large 2431128.61/cwt125.00–135.005548
Bulls—Medium and Large 1468138.65/cwt135.00–142.506492
Bulls—Medium and Large 2470123.39/cwt120.00–127.005808
Bulls—Medium and Large 3473112.41/cwt110.00–115.005326
Bulls—Medium and Large 1530122.41/cwt120.00–127.506493
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,78877.04/cwt75.00–82.001,3775
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00345.62/cwt44.00–47.0045818
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,06551.28/cwt48.00–54.0054625
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,34358.41/cwt57.00–61.007843
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,00093.40/cwt85.00–100.009348
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,13857.25/cwt55.00–60.006526

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.