Sale reports / Florida / Townsend Livestock Market / 2020-09-22

Townsend Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Madison, Florida · Tue, Sep 22
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1420
Feeder Cattle receipts
668 head
▲ 79 vs last sale 589▼ 152 vs year ago 820 · −18.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
91 head
▲ 13 vs last sale 78▲ 34 vs year ago 57 · +59.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
66 head
▲ 66 vs last sale 0▲ 66 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $119.73/cwt on 142 head.
Average price
$119.73
142 head · 441 lb average
Value per head Derived
$528
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$6
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$11.39/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.82
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1427123.9052990
Medium and Large 2465112.5152352
One grade step is worth $11.39/cwt here — about $6 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 sale142 hd
119.73
—
FL average10 barns · 1,104 hd
118.90
+0.82
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—Average1,69387.501,4814thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,28561.2478720
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,03848.4450325

Every lot

38 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 1278171.71/cwt170.00–175.004776
Steers—Medium and Large 1327176.53/cwt170.00–180.005773
Steers—Medium and Large 2368137.93/cwt135.00–140.0050820
Steers—Medium and Large 1386146.17/cwt145.00–150.005648
Steers—Medium and Large 1424143.96/cwt140.00–147.5061010
Steers—Medium and Large 2426131.31/cwt130.00–133.0055922
Steers—Medium and Large 1470143.83/cwt140.00–147.506762
Steers—Medium and Large 2472118.17/cwt117.00–120.005585
Steers—Medium and Large 1525120.29/cwt119.00–124.006328
Steers—Medium and Large 1574121.04/cwt120.00–122.506957
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2222136.73/cwt135.00–137.503043
Heifers—Medium and Large 1228142.42/cwt140.00–145.003254
Heifers—Medium and Large 1323129.44/cwt125.00–132.504189
Heifers—Medium and Large 2338118.78/cwt115.00–120.004018
Heifers—Medium and Large 1358122.38/cwt119.00–125.0043825
Heifers—Medium and Large 2386110.96/cwt110.00–115.0042810
Heifers—Medium and Large 2425112.07/cwt110.00–114.004764
Heifers—Medium and Large 1444114.85/cwt114.00–120.0051014
Heifers—Medium and Large 1467114.73/cwt114.00–120.0053617
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement487153.32/cwt150.00–155.007473
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement528142.46/cwt140.00–147.507526
Heifers—Medium and Large 2530109.70/cwt107.00–112.505818
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement565149.44/cwt147.50–155.008444
Heifers—Medium and Large 1574110.75/cwt110.00–111.006368
Heifers—Medium and Large 2579108.14/cwt105.00–110.0062619
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2368127.93/cwt125.00–130.004715
Bulls—Medium and Large 1370142.43/cwt140.00–145.005274
Bulls—Medium and Large 2428122.06/cwt120.00–125.005225
Bulls—Medium and Large 1430128.47/cwt127.00–130.005528
Bulls—Medium and Large 2470114.11/cwt110.00–117.005365
Bulls—Medium and Large 2526113.80/cwt110.00–115.0059913
Bulls—Medium and Large 2570108.56/cwt105.00–110.006197
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,69387.50/cwt87.00–88.001,4814
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03744.94/cwt42.00–46.0046611
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03951.19/cwt48.00–55.0053214
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25859.90/cwt58.00–62.0075416
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,39566.58/cwt65.00–68.009294
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,04761.67/cwt57.00–65.0064611

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.