Sale reports / Florida / Townsend Livestock Market / 2021-05-25

Townsend Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Madison, Florida · Tue, May 25
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1420
Feeder Cattle receipts
590 head
▲ 206 vs last sale 384▲ 250 vs year ago 340 · +73.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
78 head
▲ 19 vs last sale 59▼ 2 vs year ago 80 · −2.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Slaughter bulls firm. Feeder steers and bulls 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 400 pounds 2.00 to 4.00 lower, over 400 pounds steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $125.45/cwt on 134 head.
Average price
$125.45
134 head · 461 lb average
Value per head Derived
$579
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$204
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$16.40/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.76
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1482129.1762385
Medium and Large 2446121.4954235
Medium and Large 3372112.7641914thin
One grade step is worth $16.40/cwt here — about $204 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 sale134 hd
125.45
—
FL average10 barns · 925 hd
130.21
−4.76
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—High1,57791.801,4474thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,25772.0190521
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,10059.3465219

Every lot

54 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1330164.85/cwt160.00–170.005444
Steers—Medium and Large 1378149.85/cwt147.50–155.005666
Steers—Medium and Large 2379139.28/cwt137.50–142.505288
Steers—Medium and Large 2420139.13/cwt137.50–140.005843
Steers—Medium and Large 3423130.07/cwt127.50–132.505504
Steers—Medium and Large 1431145.29/cwt142.50–147.506267
Steers—Medium and Large 2475139.70/cwt137.50–142.5066411
Steers—Medium and Large 1478141.41/cwt140.00–147.506765
Steers—Medium and Large 2534135.22/cwt130.00–137.5072210
Steers—Medium and Large 1535140.87/cwt140.00–145.0075411
Steers—Medium and Large 2571123.66/cwt120.00–127.507068
Steers—Medium and Large 1574133.66/cwt130.00–137.5076712
Steers—Medium and Large 1635130.14/cwt127.50–135.008267
Steers—Medium and Large 1673124.97/cwt122.50–127.508413
Steers—Medium and Large 1722117.07/cwt115.00–117.508456
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1273147.39/cwt145.00–150.004024
Heifers—Medium and Large 2325129.88/cwt127.50–132.504224
Heifers—Medium and Large 1330136.14/cwt132.50–140.004494
Heifers—Medium and Large 3333117.93/cwt110.00–120.003935
Heifers—Medium and Large 3372107.90/cwt105.00–112.504015
Heifers—Medium and Large 2375124.11/cwt120.00–127.504657
Heifers—Medium and Large 1385130.85/cwt130.00–135.0050411
Heifers—Medium and Large 3420112.38/cwt107.50–117.504724
Heifers—Medium and Large 2423125.19/cwt122.50–127.505309
Heifers—Medium and Large 1438131.69/cwt130.00–137.5057716
Heifers—Medium and Large 2468128.53/cwt127.50–130.006025
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473131.22/cwt130.00–132.5062116
Heifers—Medium and Large 2537112.47/cwt110.00–117.506046
Heifers—Medium and Large 1538127.48/cwt125.00–130.0068618
Heifers—Medium and Large 1572124.41/cwt120.00–127.507125
Heifers—Medium and Large 2583104.89/cwt100.00–110.006124
Heifers—Medium and Large 1632118.61/cwt116.00–122.507505
Heifers—Medium and Large 1678114.89/cwt111.00–117.007796
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1257153.38/cwt150.00–160.003943
Bulls—Medium and Large 2273144.77/cwt140.00–150.003954
Bulls—Medium and Large 1373146.38/cwt145.00–147.505467
Bulls—Medium and Large 2380139.87/cwt137.50–145.005326
Bulls—Medium and Large 1430144.09/cwt142.50–147.506209
Bulls—Medium and Large 2430128.66/cwt125.00–132.505536
Bulls—Medium and Large 1466133.07/cwt130.00–135.006208
Bulls—Medium and Large 3475107.45/cwt105.00–110.005104
Bulls—Medium and Large 2480121.44/cwt120.00–127.505835
Bulls—Medium and Large 1523121.20/cwt117.50–125.006344
Bulls—Medium and Large 3535104.95/cwt100.00–110.005614
Bulls—Medium and Large 2536115.61/cwt112.50–118.006207
Bulls—Medium and Large 1573116.22/cwt115.00–117.506664
Bulls—Medium and Large 2575111.22/cwt110.00–115.006404
Bulls—Medium and Large 1617111.99/cwt110.00–115.0069110
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,51289.40/cwt85.00–92.001,3523
Bulls——1,77099.00/cwt99.00–99.001,7521
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09761.41/cwt59.00–63.0067414
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10753.53/cwt53.00–56.005935
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22169.98/cwt66.00–73.0085416
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,37278.51/cwt76.00–84.001,0775

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.