Sale reports / Florida / Townsend Livestock Market / 2020-02-11

Townsend Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Madison, Florida · Tue, Feb 11
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1420
Feeder Cattle receipts
284 head
▼ 123 vs last sale 407▲ 284 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
49 head
▲ 20 vs last sale 29▲ 49 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 fully 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder cattle mostly steady. Feeder and 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 $145.79/cwt on 67 head.
Average price
$145.79
67 head · 394 lb average
Value per head Derived
$575
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$62
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$7.48/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.59
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1408150.2661327
Medium and Large 2386142.7855140
One grade step is worth $7.48/cwt here — about $62 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 sale67 hd
145.79
—
FL average10 barns · 714 hd
143.20
+2.59
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—High1,57490.151,4197thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,40365.9392516
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,12351.715816thin

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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2530149.95/cwt147.50–152.507954
Steers—Medium and Large 1643131.25/cwt130.00–132.508442
Steers—Medium and Large 1677126.63/cwt122.50–130.008576
Steers—Medium and Large 1773123.29/cwt120.00–127.509533
Steers—Medium and Large 1908106.70/cwt105.00–110.009693
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1273161.08/cwt157.50–165.004404
Heifers—Medium and Large 2277155.52/cwt152.50–160.004317
Heifers—Medium and Large 1330161.14/cwt157.50–165.005326
Heifers—Medium and Large 2333146.11/cwt142.50–150.0048712
Heifers—Medium and Large 1370156.15/cwt152.50–160.005784
Heifers—Medium and Large 2373151.90/cwt150.00–155.005675
Heifers—Medium and Large 1430148.42/cwt145.00–152.006384
Heifers—Medium and Large 2435136.32/cwt135.00–140.0059311
Heifers—Medium and Large 1468145.77/cwt142.50–147.506823
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525135.07/cwt132.50–137.507092
Heifers—Medium and Large 2568122.04/cwt120.00–125.006935
Heifers—Medium and Large 1570130.04/cwt127.50–132.507414
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1273192.39/cwt190.00–195.005252
Bulls—Medium and Large 2330161.36/cwt157.50–165.005326
Bulls—Medium and Large 1335178.82/cwt175.00–185.005995
Bulls—Medium and Large 2370158.84/cwt155.00–165.005885
Bulls—Medium and Large 1373167.42/cwt165.00–170.006246
Bulls—Medium and Large 1430162.41/cwt160.00–167.506985
Bulls—Medium and Large 2474146.42/cwt145.00–150.006947
Bulls—Medium and Large 1475157.55/cwt155.00–160.007482
Bulls—Medium and Large 1568139.54/cwt137.50–142.507935
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,56888.20/cwt85.00–90.001,3835
Bulls——1,59095.04/cwt94.00–96.001,5112
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,12351.71/cwt50.00–53.005816
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,40064.32/cwt59.00–66.0090011
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,40969.48/cwt68.00–72.009795

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.