Sale reports / Florida / Townsend Livestock Market / 2021-02-16

Townsend Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Madison, Florida · Tue, Feb 16
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1420
Feeder Cattle receipts
188 head
▲ 35 vs last sale 153▼ 35 vs year ago 223 · −15.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
111 head
▲ 40 vs last sale 71▲ 81 vs year ago 30 · +270.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows 4.00 to 8.00 higher. Slaughter bulls not well tested. Feeder cattle mostly steady. Replacement cows not well tested.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $120.78/cwt on 35 head.
Average price
$120.78
35 head · 444 lb average
Value per head Derived
$536
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$50
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$14.52/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.12
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1436129.9156713thin
Medium and Large 2448115.3951722
One grade step is worth $14.52/cwt here — about $50 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 sale35 hd
120.78
—
FL average9 barns · 589 hd
122.90
−2.12
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,35972.7098860
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,23763.6878822

Every lot

28 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1427154.92/cwt150.00–157.506623
Steers—Medium and Large 1480149.95/cwt147.50–152.507202
Steers—Medium and Large 2515133.71/cwt130.00–137.506892
Steers—Medium and Large 1539139.91/cwt137.50–147.507544
Steers—Medium and Large 2578131.20/cwt127.50–135.007584
Steers—Medium and Large 1610132.50/cwt132.50–132.508081
Steers—Medium and Large 1670126.24/cwt125.00–127.508462
Steers—Medium and Large 1720115.03/cwt112.50–117.508282
Steers—Medium and Large 1788112.48/cwt110.00–115.008862
Steers—Medium and Large 1825111.88/cwt110.00–112.509234
Steers—Medium and Large 1883105.00/cwt102.50–107.509273
Steers—Medium and Large 1931106.50/cwt105.00–107.509924
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2325123.34/cwt120.00–127.004012
Heifers—Medium and Large 2375123.36/cwt120.00–127.004636
Heifers—Medium and Large 1422130.45/cwt127.50–135.005509
Heifers—Medium and Large 2432116.94/cwt115.00–120.005055
Heifers—Medium and Large 1468128.69/cwt125.00–132.506024
Heifers—Medium and Large 2533107.44/cwt105.00–112.505739
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3323107.75/cwt105.00–110.003489
Bulls—Medium and Large 1420148.31/cwt147.50–150.006233
Bulls—Medium and Large 2430141.16/cwt137.50–145.006074
Bulls—Medium and Large 1470144.69/cwt142.00–147.506804
Bulls—Medium and Large 2472120.12/cwt117.00–125.005675
Bulls—Medium and Large 2572113.04/cwt110.00–115.006475
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,23360.75/cwt57.00–64.007496
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,23864.78/cwt63.00–66.0080216
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,32771.36/cwt68.00–76.0094745
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,45576.73/cwt75.00–80.001,11615

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.