Sale reports / Florida / Townsend Livestock Market / 2020-08-11

Townsend Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Madison, Florida · Tue, Aug 11
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1420
Feeder Cattle receipts
578 head
▲ 245 vs last sale 333▲ 237 vs year ago 341 · +69.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
53 head
▲ 21 vs last sale 32▼ 63 vs year ago 116 · −54.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
57 head
▲ 57 vs last sale 0▲ 29 vs year ago 28 · +103.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder cattle unevenly steady. Feeder and replacement cows weak.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $127.45/cwt on 71 head.
Average price
$127.45
71 head · 466 lb average
Value per head Derived
$594
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$130
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$10.90/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.63
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1486130.8263649
Medium and Large 2422119.9250622
One grade step is worth $10.90/cwt here — about $130 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 sale71 hd
127.45
—
FL average10 barns · 1,132 hd
126.82
+0.63
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—Average1,61889.771,4523thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,23763.0277925
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,08855.4360314

Every lot

40 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1325188.58/cwt185.00–192.506132
Steers—Medium and Large 1413161.44/cwt158.00–165.006672
Steers—Medium and Large 2432141.94/cwt140.00–145.006135
Steers—Medium and Large 2472136.40/cwt132.50–142.506445
Steers—Medium and Large 1484153.45/cwt152.50–157.5074310
Steers—Medium and Large 2513123.80/cwt120.00–127.506354
Steers—Medium and Large 1525131.97/cwt130.00–135.0069310
Steers—Medium and Large 1569126.41/cwt125.00–127.507197
Steers—Medium and Large 2570113.68/cwt110.00–117.506484
Steers—Medium and Large 1615122.54/cwt120.00–125.007542
Steers—Medium and Large 2630110.04/cwt107.50–112.506932
Steers—Medium and Large 1681118.28/cwt117.50–121.008055
Steers—Medium and Large 1720118.34/cwt115.00–121.008525
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2332121.81/cwt120.00–130.004045
Heifers—Medium and Large 1333136.98/cwt135.00–137.504565
Heifers—Medium and Large 1377134.55/cwt132.00–140.005076
Heifers—Medium and Large 2377125.52/cwt120.00–130.004739
Heifers—Medium and Large 1432126.60/cwt125.00–130.005476
Heifers—Medium and Large 2473117.43/cwt115.00–120.005554
Heifers—Medium and Large 1480123.94/cwt122.50–130.005955
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523128.08/cwt125.00–130.0067010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement537133.35/cwt130.00–135.007169
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement561133.88/cwt130.00–145.007514
Heifers—Medium and Large 2583107.47/cwt105.00–110.006274
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement630132.48/cwt127.50–140.008353
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement705125.00/cwt125.00–125.008811
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1223187.75/cwt180.00–195.004194
Bulls—Medium and Large 1336183.75/cwt180.00–185.006174
Bulls—Medium and Large 1370168.72/cwt167.50–170.006244
Bulls—Medium and Large 2432129.56/cwt127.00–135.005609
Bulls—Medium and Large 1433152.46/cwt150.00–155.006604
Bulls—Medium and Large 2465125.05/cwt122.50–130.005813
Bulls—Medium and Large 1471134.23/cwt132.00–140.006327
Bulls—Medium and Large 2532111.96/cwt110.00–117.5059611
Bulls—Medium and Large 1536126.21/cwt125.00–132.5067620
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,61889.77/cwt86.00–94.001,4523
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08855.43/cwt53.00–59.0060314
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23062.29/cwt58.00–65.0076622
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28568.38/cwt67.00–69.008793
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,14360.54/cwt57.00–65.0069220

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.