Sale reports / Florida / Townsend Livestock Market / 2021-01-12

Townsend Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Madison, Florida · Tue, Jan 12
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1420
Feeder Cattle receipts
350 head
▲ 150 vs last sale 200▼ 196 vs year ago 546 · −35.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
53 head
▼ 16 vs last sale 69▲ 26 vs year ago 27 · +96.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder cattle 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder and replacement cows steady in light test.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $128.56/cwt on 79 head.
Average price
$128.56
79 head · 438 lb average
Value per head Derived
$563
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$141
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$0.05/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.77
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2373128.5947932
Medium and Large 1482128.5462047
One grade step is worth $0.05/cwt here — about −$141 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 sale79 hd
128.56
—
FL average10 barns · 938 hd
130.33
−1.77
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—Low1,78180.721,4388thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,42854.4777821
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,10044.9849516

Every lot

42 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3328132.37/cwt130.00–135.004344
Steers—Medium and Large 2332145.39/cwt142.50–150.004835
Steers—Medium and Large 2371146.93/cwt142.50–150.005455
Steers—Medium and Large 2432141.94/cwt140.00–145.006135
Steers—Medium and Large 1434149.46/cwt147.50–152.506495
Steers—Medium and Large 1475145.61/cwt145.00–147.506928
Steers—Medium and Large 1532141.61/cwt140.00–145.007536
Steers—Medium and Large 2538138.12/cwt137.50–140.007434
Steers—Medium and Large 1566138.08/cwt135.00–140.007828
Steers—Medium and Large 1643126.25/cwt125.00–127.508122
Steers—Medium and Large 1665121.69/cwt120.00–125.008093
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2218137.36/cwt135.00–140.002994
Heifers—Medium and Large 2276137.07/cwt132.50–140.003785
Heifers—Medium and Large 1325143.28/cwt140.00–145.004663
Heifers—Medium and Large 2334135.59/cwt135.00–137.504534
Heifers—Medium and Large 1370142.92/cwt140.00–145.005295
Heifers—Medium and Large 2378132.41/cwt130.00–137.505016
Heifers—Medium and Large 2433122.26/cwt120.00–127.005296
Heifers—Medium and Large 1436138.38/cwt137.50–142.5060311
Heifers—Medium and Large 1474131.20/cwt130.00–135.006228
Heifers—Medium and Large 2475118.63/cwt115.00–122.505634
Heifers—Medium and Large 2523111.69/cwt110.00–115.005843
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525117.43/cwt115.00–120.006178
Heifers—Medium and Large 1580115.58/cwt115.00–118.0067010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1630114.94/cwt112.50–117.507242
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2230143.59/cwt140.00–147.503304
Bulls—Medium and Large 2328144.57/cwt142.50–147.504745
Bulls—Medium and Large 1334146.95/cwt145.00–150.004915
Bulls—Medium and Large 2375143.96/cwt142.50–145.0054010
Bulls—Medium and Large 1382145.97/cwt145.00–150.0055810
Bulls—Medium and Large 1426147.85/cwt145.00–152.506305
Bulls—Medium and Large 2433141.62/cwt140.00–145.006136
Bulls—Medium and Large 2473142.43/cwt140.00–145.006744
Bulls—Medium and Large 1480145.80/cwt142.50–147.507003
Bulls—Medium and Large 1533142.56/cwt140.00–145.007604
Bulls—Medium and Large 1580133.95/cwt132.50–140.007775
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,58872.97/cwt71.00–75.001,1592
Bulls——1,78981.17/cwt80.00–84.001,4525
Bulls——2,13094.00/cwt94.00–94.002,0021
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08040.83/cwt38.00–44.004416
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,11247.47/cwt47.00–52.0052810
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,42854.47/cwt52.00–57.0077821

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.