Sale reports / Florida / Townsend Livestock Market / 2020-01-14

Townsend Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Madison, Florida · Tue, Jan 14
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1420
Feeder Cattle receipts
546 head
▲ 247 vs last sale 299▼ 9 vs year ago 555 · −1.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
27 head
▼ 21 vs last sale 48▲ 0 vs year ago 27 · +0.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
11 head
▼ 16 vs last sale 27▲ 11 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 firm. Feeder cattle 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder and replacement cows steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $158.36/cwt on 133 head.
Average price
$158.36
133 head · 455 lb average
Value per head Derived
$720
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$243
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$16.35/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.27
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1484163.0078966
Medium and Large 2438155.3568055
Medium and Large 3373146.6454612thin
One grade step is worth $16.35/cwt here — about $243 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 sale133 hd
158.36
—
FL average10 barns · 771 hd
162.63
−4.27
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—Average1,53172.371,1086thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,40554.237629thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low98840.774035thin

Every lot

38 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2318176.49/cwt170.00–180.005613
Steers—Medium and Large 3320154.84/cwt150.00–160.004956
Steers—Medium and Large 1331187.30/cwt185.00–195.006204
Steers—Medium and Large 2378163.41/cwt160.00–167.5061817
Steers—Medium and Large 1380176.58/cwt175.00–180.006719
Steers—Medium and Large 2425152.41/cwt150.00–155.0064812
Steers—Medium and Large 3425138.45/cwt137.00–140.005886
Steers—Medium and Large 1434167.41/cwt165.00–175.007277
Steers—Medium and Large 1470163.01/cwt160.00–165.0076613
Steers—Medium and Large 2473153.24/cwt150.00–160.0072512
Steers—Medium and Large 1527157.46/cwt155.00–160.0083021
Steers—Medium and Large 2538142.64/cwt140.00–150.0076711
Steers—Medium and Large 1583151.80/cwt150.00–157.5088512
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2277136.91/cwt135.00–140.003795
Heifers—Medium and Large 1333147.33/cwt145.00–152.504916
Heifers—Medium and Large 2371132.08/cwt130.00–135.0049014
Heifers—Medium and Large 1375141.19/cwt137.50–145.0052914
Heifers—Medium and Large 1420139.13/cwt137.50–140.005849
Heifers—Medium and Large 2436123.54/cwt122.00–130.0053910
Heifers—Medium and Large 2474123.92/cwt120.00–130.005875
Heifers—Medium and Large 1481135.63/cwt135.00–140.0065215
Heifers—Medium and Large 1527131.64/cwt130.00–135.0069415
Heifers—Medium and Large 2528122.25/cwt117.00–125.006456
Heifers—Medium and Large 1574125.63/cwt122.50–130.007217
Heifers—Medium and Large 1624120.87/cwt120.00–123.007547
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2277173.13/cwt170.00–180.004809
Bulls—Medium and Large 1318190.12/cwt185.00–195.006052
Bulls—Medium and Large 1367166.55/cwt160.00–170.006119
Bulls—Medium and Large 2375153.16/cwt150.00–160.005746
Bulls—Medium and Large 2430142.86/cwt140.00–147.006147
Bulls—Medium and Large 1433166.62/cwt165.00–170.007213
Bulls—Medium and Large 2478142.06/cwt140.00–147.506797
Bulls—Medium and Large 1533143.42/cwt140.00–147.007642
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,40368.55/cwt67.00–70.009624
Bulls——1,78880.00/cwt80.00–80.001,4302
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%98840.77/cwt39.00–43.004035
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,40554.23/cwt52.50–57.007629
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small and Medium 1-281686.25/cwt80.00–90.007045

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.