Sale reports / Florida / Townsend Livestock Market / 2021-01-05

Townsend Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Madison, Florida · Tue, Jan 5
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1420
Feeder Cattle receipts
200 head
▼ 138 vs last sale 338▼ 99 vs year ago 299 · −33.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
69 head
▲ 35 vs last sale 34▲ 21 vs year ago 48 · +43.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Townsend Livestock closed the previous two weeks for holidays. No trends reported.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $125.72/cwt on 85 head.
Average price
$125.72
85 head · 398 lb average
Value per head Derived
$501
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$77
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$3.73/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.33
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1417127.1353053
Medium and Large 2367123.3945332
One grade step is worth $3.73/cwt here — about $77 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
125.72
—
FL average8 barns · 727 hd
127.05
−1.33
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—High1,75589.001,5621thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,45456.7282513
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,10846.5451617

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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2370136.22/cwt135.00–137.505044
Steers—Medium and Large 1377143.30/cwt142.50–147.505406
Steers—Medium and Large 2425137.41/cwt135.00–140.005842
Steers—Medium and Large 1432139.44/cwt137.50–142.506025
Steers—Medium and Large 1477141.43/cwt137.50–145.0067520
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2230124.78/cwt120.00–130.002874
Heifers—Medium and Large 2270130.09/cwt127.50–132.503514
Heifers—Medium and Large 1282128.97/cwt120.00–140.003648
Heifers—Medium and Large 2332127.44/cwt122.50–130.004236
Heifers—Medium and Large 1338133.85/cwt132.50–137.504527
Heifers—Medium and Large 1364134.43/cwt132.50–140.004898
Heifers—Medium and Large 2375123.65/cwt120.00–127.504644
Heifers—Medium and Large 2408123.35/cwt120.00–125.005036
Heifers—Medium and Large 1425136.12/cwt132.50–140.005796
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475121.99/cwt120.00–125.0057916
Heifers—Medium and Large 2475116.22/cwt115.00–117.505528
Heifers—Medium and Large 1535115.02/cwt112.50–117.506154
Heifers—Medium and Large 1570116.23/cwt115.00–117.506634
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2273147.48/cwt142.50–150.004035
Bulls—Medium and Large 1274150.58/cwt147.50–155.004134
Bulls—Medium and Large 1321145.44/cwt142.50–147.504675
Bulls—Medium and Large 2324139.64/cwt137.50–142.504529
Bulls—Medium and Large 2373132.54/cwt130.00–137.504946
Bulls—Medium and Large 1378139.92/cwt137.50–142.505294
Bulls—Medium and Large 2430138.41/cwt135.00–140.005953
Bulls—Medium and Large 1474139.44/cwt137.50–142.5066115
Bulls—Medium and Large 2530123.68/cwt120.00–127.506564
Bulls—Medium and Large 1533129.96/cwt127.50–132.506934
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,75589.00/cwt89.00–89.001,5621
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00543.07/cwt42.00–44.004334
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,14047.61/cwt42.00–52.0054313
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,45456.72/cwt56.00–59.0082513

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.