Sale reports / Florida / Townsend Livestock Market / 2020-09-15

Townsend Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Madison, Florida · Tue, Sep 15
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1420
Feeder Cattle receipts
589 head
▲ 42 vs last sale 547▲ 2 vs year ago 587 · +0.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
78 head
▲ 23 vs last sale 55▲ 21 vs year ago 57 · +36.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows 3.00 to 5.00 lower. (Slaughter cows marked heavy weight Dairy type) Slaughter bulls not tested. Feeder steers firm to 2.00 higher. Feeder bulls firm. Feeder heifers steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $132.80/cwt on 113 head.
Average price
$132.80
113 head · 521 lb average
Value per head Derived
$691
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$214
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$14.90/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.62
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1541134.7873066
Medium and Large 2501131.5165841
Medium and Large 3430119.885156thin
One grade step is worth $14.90/cwt here — about $214 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 sale113 hd
132.80
—
FL average10 barns · 1,023 hd
139.43
−6.62
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,38358.9081544
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,03749.5051319

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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1325168.77/cwt167.50–170.005492
Steers—Medium and Large 1365169.16/cwt165.00–175.006175
Steers—Medium and Large 1428154.27/cwt147.50–157.506603
Steers—Medium and Large 2430137.56/cwt135.00–140.005928
Steers—Medium and Large 3430119.88/cwt115.00–125.005156
Steers—Medium and Large 1467154.96/cwt152.50–160.007246
Steers—Medium and Large 2474141.08/cwt137.50–145.0066911
Steers—Medium and Large 2526126.13/cwt125.00–127.5066315
Steers—Medium and Large 1530130.03/cwt125.00–140.0068919
Steers—Medium and Large 2569121.09/cwt120.00–122.506897
Steers—Medium and Large 1576127.29/cwt125.00–130.0073317
Steers—Medium and Large 1626121.97/cwt117.50–125.007645
Steers—Medium and Large 1667119.87/cwt117.50–121.008005
Steers—Medium and Large 1710119.00/cwt119.00–119.008454
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1275134.70/cwt132.00–137.503704
Heifers—Medium and Large 1360127.75/cwt127.50–130.0046010
Heifers—Medium and Large 2430120.00/cwt120.00–120.005164
Heifers—Medium and Large 1433126.62/cwt125.00–130.005483
Heifers—Medium and Large 2468112.87/cwt110.00–117.005285
Heifers—Medium and Large 1471118.82/cwt117.50–120.0056011
Heifers—Medium and Large 2529111.41/cwt110.00–112.5058914
Heifers—Medium and Large 1532113.80/cwt112.50–115.0060515
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement571132.12/cwt127.50–135.007546
Heifers—Medium and Large 2573104.19/cwt102.50–105.005973
Heifers—Medium and Large 1578113.77/cwt112.50–115.006586
Heifers—Medium and Large 1625111.25/cwt110.00–112.506952
Heifers—Medium and Large 1670110.00/cwt110.00–110.007371
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1333163.20/cwt160.00–170.005433
Bulls—Medium and Large 1357148.27/cwt145.00–150.005293
Bulls—Medium and Large 2382130.15/cwt127.50–135.004978
Bulls—Medium and Large 2424128.04/cwt125.00–130.005435
Bulls—Medium and Large 1434137.94/cwt135.00–142.505995
Bulls—Medium and Large 2465120.00/cwt120.00–120.005583
Bulls—Medium and Large 1478131.98/cwt125.00–137.506319
Bulls—Medium and Large 1528128.52/cwt127.00–130.006792
Bulls—Medium and Large 2537103.29/cwt100.00–110.005553
Bulls—Medium and Large 2575108.72/cwt107.50–110.006254
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03749.50/cwt48.00–51.0051319
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24757.83/cwt55.00–59.0072119
Cows—Boner 80-85%Heavy Weight1,48759.72/cwt56.00–63.0088825

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.