Sale reports / Florida / Townsend Livestock Market / 2020-03-17

Townsend Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Madison, Florida · Tue, Mar 17
● Final9 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1420
Feeder Cattle receipts
76 head
▼ 358 vs last sale 434▼ 342 vs year ago 418 · −81.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
5 head
▼ 28 vs last sale 33▼ 32 vs year ago 37 · −86.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: All classes very limited and not enough to establish a trend.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $126.40/cwt on 9 head.
Average price
$126.40
9 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$687
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−7.12
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1544126.406879thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale9 hd
126.40
—
FL average10 barns · 295 hd
133.52
−7.12
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—Average1,67085.001,4201thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,53555.008441thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,09050.005451thin

Every lot

9 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 1485130.00/cwt130.00–130.006313
Steers—Medium and Large 1573124.60/cwt122.00–130.007146
Feeder Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2328104.56/cwt102.00–107.003432
Heifers—Medium and Large 2473109.87/cwt105.00–115.005204
Heifers—Medium and Large 252399.73/cwt95.00–102.005223
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1380138.29/cwt137.50–140.005263
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,67085.00/cwt85.00–85.001,4201
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09050.00/cwt50.00–50.005451
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,53555.00/cwt55.00–55.008441

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.