Sale reports / Florida / Townsend Livestock Market / 2020-04-07

Townsend Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Madison, Florida · Tue, Apr 7
● Final11 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1420
Feeder Cattle receipts
83 head
▼ 240 vs last sale 323▼ 214 vs year ago 297 · −72.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
7 head
▼ 96 vs last sale 103▼ 39 vs year ago 46 · −84.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $125.99/cwt on 20 head.
Average price
$125.99
20 head · 420 lb average
Value per head Derived
$529
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$52
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$6.31/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−13.40
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1426127.8954514thin
Medium and Large 2405121.584936thin
One grade step is worth $6.31/cwt here — about $52 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 sale20 hd
125.99
—
FL average10 barns · 351 hd
139.39
−13.40
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—High1,81484.321,5305thin

Every lot

11 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 1327140.39/cwt137.50–142.504595
Steers—Medium and Large 2370129.93/cwt127.50–132.504812
Steers—Medium and Large 2423117.40/cwt115.00–120.004974
Steers—Medium and Large 1428125.88/cwt122.00–130.005394
Steers—Medium and Large 1523116.99/cwt115.00–117.506125
Feeder Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1381121.33/cwt120.00–130.004627
Heifers—Medium and Large 2423112.43/cwt110.00–115.004762
Heifers—Medium and Large 1456113.76/cwt112.50–117.505194
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1473119.93/cwt117.50–122.505672
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,75590.00/cwt90.00–90.001,5801
Bulls——1,82982.90/cwt79.00–88.001,5164

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.