Sale reports / Florida / Townsend Livestock Market / 2019-10-15

Townsend Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Madison, Florida · Tue, Oct 15
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1420
Feeder Cattle receipts
867 head
▲ 322 vs last sale 545▲ 133 vs year ago 734 · +18.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
88 head
▲ 24 vs last sale 64▲ 31 vs year ago 57 · +54.4%
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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 2.00 to 4.00 lower. 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 $109.31/cwt on 151 head.
Average price
$109.31
151 head · 447 lb average
Value per head Derived
$489
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$142
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 2
$3.22/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.60
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3304111.3433920
Medium and Large 1517110.7457244
Medium and Large 2445108.1248187
One grade step is worth $3.22/cwt here — about −$142 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 sale151 hd
109.31
—
FL average10 barns · 1,108 hd
116.91
−7.60
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—Average1,84574.761,37922
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,29647.7461911
CowsLean 85-90%Average96243.2641613

Every lot

43 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2325138.18/cwt135.00–145.004496
Steers—Medium and Large 2368135.87/cwt130.00–140.005005
Steers—Medium and Large 3368123.88/cwt120.00–127.504566
Steers—Medium and Large 2425130.86/cwt127.00–135.005566
Steers—Medium and Large 1430143.73/cwt140.00–147.506188
Steers—Medium and Large 1467123.29/cwt120.00–125.005766
Steers—Medium and Large 2470115.00/cwt115.00–115.005415
Steers—Medium and Large 2530118.68/cwt115.00–122.506298
Steers—Medium and Large 2573111.21/cwt110.00–112.5063712
Steers—Medium and Large 1575117.50/cwt115.00–120.0067615
Steers—Medium and Large 1621114.80/cwt110.00–117.5071322
Steers—Medium and Large 1679114.08/cwt112.50–115.0077511
Steers—Medium and Large 1724112.41/cwt110.00–115.008145
Steers—Medium and Large 1780106.27/cwt105.00–107.508292
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3273111.93/cwt110.00–115.003068
Heifers—Medium and Large 3325110.95/cwt110.00–112.0036112
Heifers—Medium and Large 2333124.48/cwt122.00–130.004156
Heifers—Medium and Large 1370128.65/cwt125.00–132.504764
Heifers—Medium and Large 2378112.35/cwt110.00–120.004258
Heifers—Medium and Large 2424110.06/cwt105.00–115.0046742
Heifers—Medium and Large 1429120.30/cwt117.50–122.505167
Heifers—Medium and Large 2474101.71/cwt97.50–105.0048214
Heifers—Medium and Large 1481111.20/cwt110.00–117.5053512
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523111.28/cwt110.00–112.505822
Heifers—Medium and Large 2534102.09/cwt100.00–105.0054514
Heifers—Medium and Large 1567106.65/cwt105.00–107.506059
Heifers—Medium and Large 258595.00/cwt95.00–95.005563
Heifers—Medium and Large 161899.55/cwt97.00–105.006158
Heifers—Medium and Large 1690101.22/cwt97.50–105.006982
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2319138.61/cwt135.00–140.004427
Bulls—Medium and Large 3371114.35/cwt110.00–120.0042422
Bulls—Medium and Large 2373134.90/cwt130.00–140.0050312
Bulls—Medium and Large 1376148.78/cwt145.00–155.005595
Bulls—Medium and Large 1418127.80/cwt125.00–130.005347
Bulls—Medium and Large 2430119.88/cwt115.00–125.005156
Bulls—Medium and Large 1470118.43/cwt115.00–122.005576
Bulls—Medium and Large 2471107.54/cwt105.00–112.005078
Bulls—Medium and Large 2525112.43/cwt110.00–115.005906
Bulls—Medium and Large 1534128.25/cwt125.00–132.506859
Bulls—Medium and Large 1633100.05/cwt97.50–102.5063316
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,84574.76/cwt74.00–77.001,37922
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%96243.26/cwt41.00–45.0041613
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,29647.74/cwt46.00–50.0061911

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.