Sale reports / Florida / Townsend Livestock Market / 2020-12-01

Townsend Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Madison, Florida · Tue, Dec 1
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1420
Feeder Cattle receipts
468 head
▲ 34 vs last sale 434▲ 61 vs year ago 407 · +15.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
79 head
▼ 14 vs last sale 93▲ 48 vs year ago 31 · +154.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: All Florida Markets closed the previous week for Thanksgiving holiday.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $152.09/cwt on 87 head.
Average price
$152.09
87 head · 451 lb average
Value per head Derived
$687
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$69
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$4.85/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.99
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1464154.0971551
Medium and Large 2433149.2464736
One grade step is worth $4.85/cwt here — about $69 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 sale87 hd
152.09
—
FL average8 barns · 789 hd
148.10
+3.99
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—Average1,58177.791,2307thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,31051.456746thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01543.6544319

Every lot

32 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 1187228.39/cwt225.00–230.004273
Steers—Medium and Large 1330171.14/cwt167.50–175.005654
Steers—Medium and Large 2336163.45/cwt162.50–167.505495
Steers—Medium and Large 2377159.12/cwt155.00–162.506006
Steers—Medium and Large 1378165.79/cwt165.00–172.506279
Steers—Medium and Large 2425151.68/cwt147.50–155.0064513
Steers—Medium and Large 1433163.23/cwt160.00–170.007073
Steers—Medium and Large 1476150.87/cwt147.50–155.007188
Steers—Medium and Large 2479142.70/cwt140.00–147.506848
Steers—Medium and Large 1523142.58/cwt132.50–147.5074613
Steers—Medium and Large 1567134.54/cwt125.00–140.007637
Steers—Medium and Large 2575121.83/cwt120.00–127.507014
Steers—Medium and Large 1630126.23/cwt125.00–127.507954
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2230154.78/cwt150.00–160.003564
Heifers—Medium and Large 1266167.82/cwt160.00–170.004465
Heifers—Medium and Large 2275136.65/cwt135.00–142.003768
Heifers—Medium and Large 1337155.51/cwt155.00–160.005249
Heifers—Medium and Large 2370139.97/cwt137.50–142.505188
Heifers—Medium and Large 1379146.78/cwt145.00–152.505568
Heifers—Medium and Large 1429140.52/cwt137.50–142.5060313
Heifers—Medium and Large 2438132.97/cwt132.50–135.0058210
Heifers—Medium and Large 1469135.58/cwt132.50–137.506368
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525115.84/cwt115.00–117.5060811
Heifers—Medium and Large 1568118.28/cwt115.00–120.006723
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1330162.42/cwt160.00–165.005364
Bulls—Medium and Large 1368161.47/cwt160.00–162.505945
Bulls—Medium and Large 1467150.79/cwt147.50–152.507043
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,58177.79/cwt77.00–83.001,2307
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%98741.95/cwt40.00–45.0041410
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04745.53/cwt44.00–49.004779
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,30750.14/cwt48.00–52.006555
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,32558.00/cwt58.00–58.007691

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.