Sale reports / Florida / Townsend Livestock Market / 2020-01-07

Townsend Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Madison, Florida · Tue, Jan 7
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1420
Feeder Cattle receipts
299 head
▲ 33 vs last sale 266▲ 112 vs year ago 187 · +59.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
48 head
▲ 15 vs last sale 33▼ 7 vs year ago 55 · −12.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
27 head
▲ 27 vs last sale 0▲ 27 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Most Florida markets closed the previous two weeks for Christmas/New Years Holiday.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $171.58/cwt on 76 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits −17.79 against this barn's trailing median of $189.37.
Average price
$171.58
76 head · 376 lb average
Value per head Derived
$645
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$143
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$13.75/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+18.43
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1391175.3868755
Medium and Large 2336161.6254321
One grade step is worth $13.75/cwt here — about $143 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 sale76 hd
171.58
—
FL average8 barns · 450 hd
153.15
+18.43
This barn, trailing median5 sales
189.37
−17.79
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—High1,68774.541,25713
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,15350.3158028
CowsLean 85-90%Average93544.004112thin

Every lot

31 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 · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1575151.22/cwt150.00–152.508704
Steers—Medium and Large 1628137.53/cwt135.00–140.008646
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1265147.55/cwt145.00–150.003916
Heifers—Medium and Large 2270137.41/cwt135.00–140.003714
Heifers—Medium and Large 2370133.05/cwt127.50–135.004928
Heifers—Medium and Large 1378145.05/cwt142.00–150.005487
Heifers—Medium and Large 1428143.64/cwt140.00–147.506156
Heifers—Medium and Large 2428117.43/cwt115.00–120.005036
Heifers—Medium and Large 2468126.42/cwt125.00–130.005929
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473132.24/cwt130.00–135.0062513
Heifers—Medium and Large 1528130.99/cwt130.00–132.006924
Heifers—Medium and Large 1570129.46/cwt127.00–132.007384
Heifers—Medium and Large 2573118.47/cwt117.00–120.006794
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1218199.66/cwt190.00–210.004356
Bulls—Medium and Large 2271162.49/cwt157.00–167.004407
Bulls—Medium and Large 1272205.00/cwt205.00–205.005587
Bulls—Medium and Large 1323195.33/cwt190.00–200.006319
Bulls—Medium and Large 2325169.54/cwt160.00–180.005516
Bulls—Medium and Large 1368184.83/cwt180.00–190.006806
Bulls—Medium and Large 2370159.86/cwt155.00–165.005914
Bulls—Medium and Large 1433161.87/cwt160.00–170.007015
Bulls—Medium and Large 2433150.00/cwt150.00–150.006504
Bulls—Medium and Large 1473152.43/cwt150.00–155.0072112
Bulls—Medium and Large 1524150.91/cwt147.00–155.007918
Bulls—Medium and Large 1585150.00/cwt150.00–150.008782
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,61780.50/cwt78.00–82.001,3025
Bulls——1,73070.81/cwt68.00–74.001,2258
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%93544.00/cwt44.00–44.004112
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,06948.45/cwt38.00–53.0051819
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,32954.24/cwt54.00–56.007219
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,06171.85/cwt67.00–75.007627

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.