Sale reports / Florida / Townsend Livestock Market / 2020-06-09

Townsend Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Madison, Florida · Tue, Jun 9
● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1420
Feeder Cattle receipts
143 head
▼ 53 vs last sale 196▼ 106 vs year ago 249 · −42.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
37 head
▼ 33 vs last sale 70▼ 3 vs year ago 40 · −7.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Feeder cattle not enough to establish trend.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $130.53/cwt on 23 head.
Average price
$130.53
23 head · 372 lb average
Value per head Derived
$485
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$84
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$0.15/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.80
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2355130.5746317thin
Medium and Large 1420130.425486thin
One grade step is worth $0.15/cwt here — about −$84 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 sale23 hd
130.53
—
FL average10 barns · 753 hd
128.73
+1.80
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—High1,59893.851,5008thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,40174.071,03814
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,04055.955824thin

Every lot

14 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 · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2268142.38/cwt140.00–145.003824
Heifers—Medium and Large 2328128.37/cwt125.00–132.004214
Heifers—Medium and Large 2370126.30/cwt125.00–127.004673
Heifers—Medium and Large 1420130.42/cwt130.00–132.505486
Heifers—Medium and Large 2423126.31/cwt125.00–127.005346
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1260187.55/cwt185.00–190.004882
Bulls—Medium and Large 2270168.37/cwt165.00–172.004554
Bulls—Medium and Large 2423129.23/cwt127.50–132.505476
Bulls—Medium and Large 2570107.95/cwt105.00–111.006154
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,48291.53/cwt90.00–93.001,3565
Bulls——1,79297.71/cwt95.00–100.001,7513
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04055.95/cwt55.00–57.005824
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16068.52/cwt66.00–72.007955
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,53577.15/cwt75.00–79.001,1849

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.