Sale reports / Florida / Townsend Livestock Market / 2020-09-08

Townsend Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Madison, Florida · Tue, Sep 8
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1420
Feeder Cattle receipts
547 head
▲ 81 vs last sale 466▼ 296 vs year ago 843 · −35.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
55 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 64▼ 11 vs year ago 66 · −16.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the previous week: Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Slaughter marked Heavy Weight are dairy. Feeder steers and bulls 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder heifers 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder and replacement cows limited in numbers.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $126.98/cwt on 85 head.
Average price
$126.98
85 head · 561 lb average
Value per head Derived
$713
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$122
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$1.65/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−10.93
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2480128.3061517thin
Medium and Large 1582126.6573768
One grade step is worth $1.65/cwt here — about −$122 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 sale85 hd
126.98
—
FL average6 barns · 519 hd
137.91
−10.93
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—Average1,65385.101,4072thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,38263.6888029
CowsLean 85-90%Average99357.0856712

Every lot

33 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2430134.88/cwt130.00–140.005806
Steers—Medium and Large 1433146.78/cwt145.00–152.506368
Steers—Medium and Large 2468136.22/cwt135.00–137.506384
Steers—Medium and Large 1473142.43/cwt140.00–145.006746
Steers—Medium and Large 2529118.13/cwt115.00–122.506257
Steers—Medium and Large 1533127.19/cwt125.00–130.006789
Steers—Medium and Large 1573123.83/cwt120.00–127.5071020
Steers—Medium and Large 1630120.04/cwt117.50–122.5075610
Steers—Medium and Large 1670117.54/cwt115.00–120.007884
Steers—Medium and Large 1730117.41/cwt115.00–119.0085711
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2378117.86/cwt115.00–122.504465
Heifers—Medium and Large 3425102.41/cwt100.00–105.004354
Heifers—Medium and Large 2435117.28/cwt115.00–122.005106
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473123.41/cwt120.00–127.0058416
Heifers—Medium and Large 3475102.71/cwt100.00–107.004885
Heifers—Medium and Large 2477113.77/cwt112.00–117.5054312
Heifers—Medium and Large 1528116.93/cwt112.50–120.006175
Heifers—Medium and Large 1572112.95/cwt110.00–115.0064610
Heifers—Medium and Large 2575107.43/cwt105.00–110.006184
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement577129.12/cwt127.50–132.507453
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement665118.05/cwt115.00–120.007855
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1373152.42/cwt150.00–155.005694
Bulls—Medium and Large 2375146.10/cwt142.50–150.005486
Bulls—Medium and Large 1430140.40/cwt137.50–145.006045
Bulls—Medium and Large 2473117.43/cwt115.00–120.005554
Bulls—Medium and Large 3475104.89/cwt100.00–110.004984
Bulls—Medium and Large 1532110.98/cwt110.00–112.505905
Bulls—Medium and Large 1618107.54/cwt105.00–112.506657
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,65385.10/cwt81.00–89.001,4072
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%99357.08/cwt54.00–60.0056712
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21367.05/cwt66.00–69.008139
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,35570.99/cwt70.00–73.009623
Cows—Boner 80-85%Heavy Weight1,47660.61/cwt56.00–64.0089517

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.