Sale reports / Florida / Townsend Livestock Market / 2021-04-20

Townsend Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Madison, Florida · Tue, Apr 20
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1420
Feeder Cattle receipts
389 head
▲ 59 vs last sale 330▲ 181 vs year ago 208 · +87.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
76 head
▲ 15 vs last sale 61▲ 40 vs year ago 36 · +111.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
24 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 33▲ 24 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 steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder cattle generally 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 $135.61/cwt on 63 head.
Average price
$135.61
63 head · 425 lb average
Value per head Derived
$577
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$176
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$21.10/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.71
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1440139.0261242
Medium and Large 2404132.1753316thin
Medium and Large 3370117.924365thin
One grade step is worth $21.10/cwt here — about $176 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 sale63 hd
135.61
—
FL average10 barns · 665 hd
133.90
+1.71
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—Average1,60587.121,3983thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,32861.9282219
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,47156.488318thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,07856.0760527

Every lot

34 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3373134.83/cwt130.00–140.0050310
Steers—Medium and Large 1423173.23/cwt170.00–180.007333
Steers—Medium and Large 2425156.59/cwt150.00–160.006663
Steers—Medium and Large 1470163.67/cwt160.00–167.507692
Steers—Medium and Large 3470131.17/cwt127.50–135.006164
Steers—Medium and Large 2528130.40/cwt127.50–135.006895
Steers—Medium and Large 1570137.46/cwt135.00–140.007844
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1329152.78/cwt150.00–155.005037
Heifers—Medium and Large 2339132.36/cwt130.00–140.004494
Heifers—Medium and Large 3370117.92/cwt115.00–120.004365
Heifers—Medium and Large 1375147.40/cwt145.00–150.0055310
Heifers—Medium and Large 2375141.36/cwt138.00–145.005306
Heifers—Medium and Large 2427133.28/cwt130.00–135.005693
Heifers—Medium and Large 1438143.22/cwt142.50–150.0062710
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475133.67/cwt130.00–137.506354
Heifers—Medium and Large 2523112.44/cwt110.00–117.505883
Heifers—Medium and Large 1530128.47/cwt127.00–130.006814
Heifers—Medium and Large 1578116.38/cwt115.00–120.006737
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1320156.21/cwt155.00–157.505002
Bulls—Medium and Large 2330137.42/cwt135.00–140.004534
Bulls—Medium and Large 1367158.45/cwt155.00–165.005823
Bulls—Medium and Large 1427161.72/cwt140.00–170.006916
Bulls—Medium and Large 3428131.92/cwt127.50–135.005655
Bulls—Medium and Large 2430147.50/cwt147.50–147.506344
Bulls—Medium and Large 2473133.65/cwt130.00–137.506326
Bulls—Medium and Large 1520142.45/cwt140.00–145.007412
Bulls—Medium and Large 3532113.91/cwt110.00–120.006065
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,60587.12/cwt84.00–90.001,3983
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06749.66/cwt48.00–53.005307
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08258.32/cwt58.00–61.0063120
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,32861.92/cwt59.00–64.0082219
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,47156.48/cwt55.00–61.008318
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-288890.00/cwt90.00–90.007992
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,22563.27/cwt60.00–67.007758

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.