Sale reports / Florida / Townsend Livestock Market / 2021-01-26

Townsend Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Madison, Florida · Tue, Jan 26
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1420
Feeder Cattle receipts
274 head
▼ 42 vs last sale 316▼ 143 vs year ago 417 · −34.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
47 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 42▲ 5 vs year ago 42 · +11.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
53 head
▲ 53 vs last sale 0▲ 53 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 fully steady. Feeder cattle mostly steady. 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 $128.04/cwt on 60 head.
Average price
$128.04
60 head · 414 lb average
Value per head Derived
$531
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$120
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$0.87/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.78
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1449128.3757737
Medium and Large 2358127.5045723
One grade step is worth $0.87/cwt here — about $120 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 sale60 hd
128.04
—
FL average8 barns · 664 hd
127.26
+0.78
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—Average1,57583.631,3173thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,00057.005702thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,22056.2268618
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02248.324948thin

Every lot

30 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 2333141.75/cwt140.00–147.504724
Steers—Medium and Large 1425139.94/cwt137.50–145.005953
Steers—Medium and Large 2430131.16/cwt127.50–135.005646
Steers—Medium and Large 2480133.67/cwt130.00–137.506424
Steers—Medium and Large 1532136.58/cwt135.00–140.007273
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2233142.37/cwt140.00–145.003324
Heifers—Medium and Large 1273142.62/cwt137.50–145.003893
Heifers—Medium and Large 2273132.39/cwt130.00–135.003614
Heifers—Medium and Large 1370134.93/cwt132.50–137.504996
Heifers—Medium and Large 2373124.46/cwt120.00–127.504645
Heifers—Medium and Large 2425122.41/cwt120.00–125.005208
Heifers—Medium and Large 1432130.96/cwt127.50–135.005668
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475127.07/cwt122.50–132.5060412
Heifers—Medium and Large 2475115.97/cwt115.00–117.005512
Heifers—Medium and Large 1535116.24/cwt115.00–117.506224
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573118.72/cwt117.50–120.006804
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1228177.58/cwt175.00–180.004052
Bulls—Medium and Large 2237158.24/cwt155.00–165.003753
Bulls—Medium and Large 2328139.89/cwt135.00–145.004592
Bulls—Medium and Large 2371144.02/cwt140.00–145.005345
Bulls—Medium and Large 1372152.10/cwt147.50–155.005665
Bulls—Medium and Large 1430141.22/cwt140.00–142.506074
Bulls—Medium and Large 1534129.97/cwt127.50–132.506944
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,57583.63/cwt80.00–87.001,3173
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,00057.00/cwt57.00–57.005702
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02248.32/cwt46.00–52.004948
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19255.52/cwt53.00–58.0066215
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,36259.72/cwt59.00–61.008133
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-277169.94/cwt65.00–80.005397
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-288485.66/cwt82.50–90.007574

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.