Sale reports / Florida / Townsend Livestock Market / 2020-07-21

Townsend Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Madison, Florida · Tue, Jul 21
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1420
Feeder Cattle receipts
463 head
▲ 420 vs last sale 43▼ 88 vs year ago 551 · −16.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
61 head
▼ 551 vs last sale 612▲ 19 vs year ago 42 · +45.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the previous week: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder cattle under 400 pounds firm, over 400 pounds mostly steady. Replacement cows not well tested. Slaughter cows marked heavy weight were Holstein.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $129.07/cwt on 94 head.
Average price
$129.07
94 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$711
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$135
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$0.07/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−11.29
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1576129.0974471
Medium and Large 2472129.0260823
One grade step is worth $0.07/cwt here — about $135 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 sale94 hd
129.07
—
FL average10 barns · 968 hd
140.36
−11.29
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—Average1,68086.361,4515thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,29260.4978135
CowsLean 85-90%Average92052.004786thin

Every lot

39 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1378166.90/cwt165.00–170.006315
Steers—Medium and Large 2435133.64/cwt132.00–135.005819
Steers—Medium and Large 1438145.69/cwt145.00–150.006387
Steers—Medium and Large 2473127.73/cwt125.00–130.006049
Steers—Medium and Large 1480135.48/cwt135.00–137.5065010
Steers—Medium and Large 2535123.03/cwt120.00–125.006585
Steers—Medium and Large 1536131.63/cwt130.00–135.007069
Steers—Medium and Large 1591125.97/cwt125.00–130.0074410
Steers—Medium and Large 1630121.43/cwt120.00–125.007657
Steers—Medium and Large 1667118.23/cwt115.00–120.0078916
Steers—Medium and Large 1705112.48/cwt110.00–115.007932
Steers—Medium and Large 1784108.99/cwt105.00–110.008545
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1228143.58/cwt140.00–150.003273
Heifers—Medium and Large 1282138.83/cwt135.00–145.003925
Heifers—Medium and Large 2325122.38/cwt120.00–125.003984
Heifers—Medium and Large 1327133.27/cwt130.00–135.004363
Heifers—Medium and Large 2373122.55/cwt120.00–125.004574
Heifers—Medium and Large 1374129.02/cwt127.50–130.004838
Heifers—Medium and Large 2432116.94/cwt115.00–120.005055
Heifers—Medium and Large 1433125.94/cwt125.00–130.0054510
Heifers—Medium and Large 2464121.28/cwt120.00–125.005634
Heifers—Medium and Large 1470128.26/cwt125.00–130.006036
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement523135.07/cwt130.00–140.007064
Heifers—Medium and Large 1528121.93/cwt120.00–125.006445
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement588134.94/cwt130.00–140.007932
Heifers—Medium and Large 1630120.00/cwt120.00–120.007561
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1273173.17/cwt170.00–180.004736
Bulls—Medium and Large 2275163.89/cwt160.00–167.504512
Bulls—Medium and Large 1333167.71/cwt165.00–172.505588
Bulls—Medium and Large 2373133.88/cwt130.00–137.504998
Bulls—Medium and Large 1385165.99/cwt165.00–167.006394
Bulls—Medium and Large 1424138.02/cwt137.50–140.005855
Bulls—Medium and Large 2430127.56/cwt125.00–130.005494
Bulls—Medium and Large 1473126.35/cwt122.50–130.005987
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,68086.36/cwt83.00–89.001,4515
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%92052.00/cwt52.00–52.004786
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17061.10/cwt58.00–65.0071521
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17567.94/cwt67.00–70.007983
Cows—Boner 80-85%Heavy Weight1,55657.30/cwt55.00–59.0089211

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.