Sale reports / Florida / Townsend Livestock Market / 2020-09-29

Townsend Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Madison, Florida · Tue, Sep 29
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1420
Feeder Cattle receipts
636 head
▼ 32 vs last sale 668▼ 7 vs year ago 643 · −1.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
138 head
▲ 47 vs last sale 91▲ 63 vs year ago 75 · +84.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls not well tested. Feeder cattle 2.00 to mostly 5.00 higher. Replacement cows not tested.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $124.37/cwt on 170 head.
Average price
$124.37
170 head · 453 lb average
Value per head Derived
$563
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$114
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$12.94/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.50
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1476128.0060984
Medium and Large 2430121.5852376
Medium and Large 3430115.0649510thin
One grade step is worth $12.94/cwt here — about $114 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 sale170 hd
124.37
—
FL average10 barns · 1,153 hd
120.87
+3.50
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%Low1,17055.7465242
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,03843.3345035

Every lot

53 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1258176.24/cwt175.00–180.004554
Steers—Medium and Large 2270163.33/cwt160.00–165.004413
Steers—Medium and Large 2328161.89/cwt157.50–165.005315
Steers—Medium and Large 2370154.86/cwt150.00–160.005736
Steers—Medium and Large 1378167.72/cwt165.00–175.006347
Steers—Medium and Large 2428148.55/cwt145.00–155.0063621
Steers—Medium and Large 1434161.89/cwt160.00–170.007035
Steers—Medium and Large 1471155.32/cwt150.00–160.0073211
Steers—Medium and Large 2474141.29/cwt137.50–145.0067023
Steers—Medium and Large 2525130.24/cwt127.00–132.5068435
Steers—Medium and Large 1532140.43/cwt137.50–145.007475
Steers—Medium and Large 2573122.04/cwt120.00–124.006994
Steers—Medium and Large 1574128.13/cwt125.00–132.507357
Steers—Medium and Large 1625125.11/cwt122.50–127.507827
Steers—Medium and Large 1658117.51/cwt115.00–120.007732
Steers—Medium and Large 1717115.48/cwt112.50–120.008285
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1268147.91/cwt145.00–150.003965
Heifers—Medium and Large 2272137.87/cwt135.00–140.003755
Heifers—Medium and Large 1331138.10/cwt135.00–142.504577
Heifers—Medium and Large 2332126.93/cwt125.00–130.004215
Heifers—Medium and Large 1376137.70/cwt135.00–142.505188
Heifers—Medium and Large 2378131.14/cwt127.50–132.5049614
Heifers—Medium and Large 1425132.41/cwt130.00–135.0056316
Heifers—Medium and Large 3430115.06/cwt112.50–117.5049510
Heifers—Medium and Large 2432123.78/cwt120.00–127.5053527
Heifers—Medium and Large 1474117.08/cwt115.00–120.005557
Heifers—Medium and Large 2477111.30/cwt110.00–115.0053111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement523144.93/cwt142.50–150.007586
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525110.00/cwt110.00–110.0057812
Heifers—Medium and Large 2534108.13/cwt105.00–112.5057714
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement576152.58/cwt140.00–157.508794
Heifers—Medium and Large 1582110.21/cwt110.00–112.006419
Heifers—Medium and Large 1616114.09/cwt110.00–125.007037
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement628138.46/cwt127.50–152.508703
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2273152.80/cwt150.00–157.504175
Bulls—Medium and Large 1279167.51/cwt165.00–170.004676
Bulls—Medium and Large 2330132.86/cwt130.00–137.504385
Bulls—Medium and Large 1340161.88/cwt160.00–170.0055010
Bulls—Medium and Large 2374154.56/cwt152.50–157.505787
Bulls—Medium and Large 1378166.30/cwt165.00–170.0062911
Bulls—Medium and Large 2431140.54/cwt137.50–147.5060612
Bulls—Medium and Large 1432149.44/cwt147.50–152.506465
Bulls—Medium and Large 3475110.10/cwt107.00–115.005235
Bulls—Medium and Large 1477148.10/cwt145.00–152.507067
Bulls—Medium and Large 2477128.22/cwt125.00–135.006129
Bulls—Medium and Large 2529115.09/cwt112.00–117.506097
Bulls—Medium and Large 2568106.27/cwt105.00–107.506046
Bulls—Medium and Large 1574112.09/cwt110.00–115.006437
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03348.28/cwt46.00–51.0049918
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04438.08/cwt36.00–42.0039817
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16756.83/cwt54.00–59.0066325
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16961.84/cwt61.00–64.007237
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17848.73/cwt46.00–52.0057410

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.