Sale reports / Florida / Townsend Livestock Market / 2021-02-02

Townsend Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Madison, Florida · Tue, Feb 2
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1420
Feeder Cattle receipts
172 head
▼ 102 vs last sale 274▼ 235 vs year ago 407 · −57.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
35 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 47▲ 6 vs year ago 29 · +20.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Feeder cattle 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 $130.91/cwt on 30 head.
Average price
$130.91
30 head · 382 lb average
Value per head Derived
$501
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$15
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$9.08/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.15
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1364135.4549215thin
Medium and Large 2401126.3750715thin
One grade step is worth $9.08/cwt here — about −$15 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 sale30 hd
130.91
—
FL average8 barns · 640 hd
133.07
−2.15
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—Average1,70884.001,4352thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,47857.8085410
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,20851.3562015

Every lot

21 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2373150.89/cwt147.50–152.505633
Steers—Medium and Large 1425154.65/cwt152.00–157.506574
Steers—Medium and Large 2430150.00/cwt150.00–150.006455
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1275139.20/cwt137.50–140.003833
Heifers—Medium and Large 2328124.82/cwt122.50–130.004093
Heifers—Medium and Large 1330136.57/cwt135.00–140.004513
Heifers—Medium and Large 1373134.92/cwt132.50–137.505036
Heifers—Medium and Large 2373129.92/cwt127.50–132.504854
Heifers—Medium and Large 2434126.09/cwt125.00–132.005476
Heifers—Medium and Large 1467131.64/cwt130.00–132.506153
Heifers—Medium and Large 2470122.45/cwt120.00–125.005762
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2273147.38/cwt145.00–152.504026
Bulls—Medium and Large 1328160.60/cwt157.50–167.505273
Bulls—Medium and Large 2332150.39/cwt147.50–155.004995
Bulls—Medium and Large 1370156.64/cwt155.00–157.505803
Bulls—Medium and Large 2370148.65/cwt145.00–152.505504
Bulls—Medium and Large 1470148.67/cwt145.00–152.506992
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,70884.00/cwt84.00–84.001,4352
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,02564.00/cwt64.00–64.006561
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,20851.35/cwt49.00–53.0062015
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,52857.11/cwt55.00–61.008739

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.