Sale reports / Florida / Townsend Livestock Market / 2019-10-22

Townsend Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Madison, Florida · Tue, Oct 22
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1420
Feeder Cattle receipts
463 head
▼ 404 vs last sale 867▼ 215 vs year ago 678 · −31.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
75 head
▼ 13 vs last sale 88▲ 40 vs year ago 35 · +114.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
65 head
▲ 65 vs last sale 0▲ 65 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 classes mostly steady on higher quality calves. Lower quality calves weak. Feeder and replacement cows weak.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $130.01/cwt on 162 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits −59.36 against this barn's trailing median of $189.37.
Average price
$130.01
162 head · 441 lb average
Value per head Derived
$573
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$176
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$26.42/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.39
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1456139.7963773
Medium and Large 2445128.4257151
Medium and Large 3407113.3646238
One grade step is worth $26.42/cwt here — about $176 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 sale162 hd
130.01
—
FL average10 barns · 680 hd
125.62
+4.39
This barn, trailing median5 sales
189.37
−59.36
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—Low1,51764.9298514
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,28747.2560816
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02238.1339011

Every lot

48 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1473147.43/cwt145.00–150.006972
Steers—Medium and Large 3526112.69/cwt110.00–117.005935
Steers—Medium and Large 2527123.90/cwt115.00–135.0065310
Steers—Medium and Large 1669116.60/cwt112.50–120.007805
Steers—Medium and Large 1755114.00/cwt110.00–117.008613
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2278110.94/cwt110.00–115.0030815
Heifers—Medium and Large 1330118.45/cwt117.00–120.003912
Heifers—Medium and Large 3333102.41/cwt100.00–105.003418
Heifers—Medium and Large 3366102.25/cwt100.00–105.0037418
Heifers—Medium and Large 2374112.06/cwt110.00–115.004197
Heifers—Medium and Large 1385122.44/cwt120.00–127.504713
Heifers—Medium and Large 2425102.41/cwt100.00–105.0043518
Heifers—Medium and Large 1437115.79/cwt115.00–122.5050618
Heifers—Medium and Large 1470113.63/cwt110.00–117.505346
Heifers—Medium and Large 2473102.43/cwt100.00–105.0048412
Heifers—Medium and Large 348098.23/cwt95.00–105.004729
Heifers—Medium and Large 252999.93/cwt97.50–102.0052910
Heifers—Medium and Large 1530106.94/cwt105.00–110.005675
Heifers—Medium and Large 2569102.93/cwt100.00–105.005865
Heifers—Medium and Large 1580107.44/cwt105.00–110.006234
Heifers—Medium and Large 1617108.21/cwt100.00–110.0066814
Heifers—Medium and Large 1713103.07/cwt100.00–105.007354
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1273164.77/cwt160.00–170.004508
Bulls—Medium and Large 3327122.11/cwt120.00–125.0039910
Bulls—Medium and Large 2328143.55/cwt140.00–147.504716
Bulls—Medium and Large 1331157.16/cwt155.00–160.0052011
Bulls—Medium and Large 1368154.10/cwt150.00–157.505679
Bulls—Medium and Large 2373138.62/cwt135.00–142.5051712
Bulls—Medium and Large 3379123.56/cwt120.00–130.004688
Bulls—Medium and Large 2425133.62/cwt130.00–137.505688
Bulls—Medium and Large 3427104.98/cwt100.00–110.0044810
Bulls—Medium and Large 1428151.92/cwt150.00–155.0065010
Bulls—Medium and Large 3470104.84/cwt100.00–110.004936
Bulls—Medium and Large 1476140.81/cwt137.00–147.506708
Bulls—Medium and Large 2478125.94/cwt122.00–130.0060212
Bulls—Medium and Large 3523104.83/cwt100.00–110.005484
Bulls—Medium and Large 2525117.43/cwt115.00–120.006178
Bulls—Medium and Large 1528128.43/cwt125.00–135.0067810
Bulls—Medium and Large 1571112.52/cwt110.00–115.0064210
Bulls—Medium and Large 2580100.97/cwt100.00–105.005865
Bulls—Medium and Large 1725102.19/cwt100.00–110.007417
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,26157.29/cwt57.00–59.007227
Bulls——1,73070.57/cwt69.00–75.001,2215
Bulls——1,88077.50/cwt77.00–78.001,4572
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02238.13/cwt36.00–41.0039011
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20945.01/cwt43.00–48.005448
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,36549.50/cwt49.00–51.006768
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-290289.70/cwt87.50–92.508098

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.