Sale reports / Florida / Townsend Livestock Market / 2021-08-31

Townsend Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Madison, Florida · Tue, Aug 31
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1420
Feeder Cattle receipts
590 head
▼ 138 vs last sale 728▲ 124 vs year ago 466 · +26.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
148 head
▲ 66 vs last sale 82▲ 84 vs year ago 64 · +131.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
34 head
▲ 34 vs last sale 0▲ 34 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. Feeder cattle steady. Feeder and replacement cows steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $149.19/cwt on 95 head.
Average price
$149.19
95 head · 530 lb average
Value per head Derived
$790
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$124
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$1.13/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−10.72
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2465150.0369724
Medium and Large 1552148.9082171
One grade step is worth $1.13/cwt here — about −$124 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 sale95 hd
149.19
—
FL average9 barns · 881 hd
159.90
−10.72
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—Average1,51090.011,3596thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,29769.0089532
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,22960.3674228

Every lot

37 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2370167.43/cwt165.00–170.006194
Steers—Medium and Large 1372195.40/cwt192.50–200.007275
Steers—Medium and Large 2425156.12/cwt152.50–160.006646
Steers—Medium and Large 1429167.93/cwt165.00–170.007207
Steers—Medium and Large 1482149.45/cwt147.50–155.0072011
Steers—Medium and Large 2483145.94/cwt145.00–150.0070510
Steers—Medium and Large 1533149.33/cwt147.50–152.5079616
Steers—Medium and Large 2573133.72/cwt132.50–135.007664
Steers—Medium and Large 1583146.63/cwt145.00–150.008559
Steers—Medium and Large 1616135.21/cwt132.00–137.508339
Steers—Medium and Large 1667136.65/cwt132.50–137.509119
Steers—Medium and Large 1713123.32/cwt122.50–125.008793
Steers—Medium and Large 1768125.00/cwt125.00–125.009602
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1373143.57/cwt140.00–147.505362
Heifers—Medium and Large 2384128.91/cwt127.50–135.0049510
Heifers—Medium and Large 2428124.86/cwt122.50–130.0053412
Heifers—Medium and Large 1432133.89/cwt130.00–140.005785
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473126.22/cwt125.00–127.505978
Heifers—Medium and Large 2483119.85/cwt117.50–120.0057916
Heifers—Medium and Large 1522126.61/cwt125.00–130.006613
Heifers—Medium and Large 2527122.93/cwt120.00–125.006487
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement560140.00/cwt140.00–140.007841
Heifers—Medium and Large 2572114.41/cwt110.00–117.506545
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573129.13/cwt127.50–132.507403
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1330197.42/cwt195.00–200.006516
Bulls—Medium and Large 2367168.27/cwt165.00–170.006183
Bulls—Medium and Large 1380191.72/cwt190.00–200.0072911
Bulls—Medium and Large 1418157.43/cwt155.00–160.006582
Bulls—Medium and Large 1475151.82/cwt150.00–157.507214
Bulls—Medium and Large 2476146.53/cwt142.50–147.506975
Bulls—Medium and Large 2533129.94/cwt127.50–135.006936
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,41488.21/cwt85.00–91.001,2475
Bulls——1,99099.00/cwt99.00–99.001,9701
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,12753.41/cwt51.00–56.006027
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,26362.67/cwt59.00–66.0079221
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,29769.00/cwt67.00–74.0089532
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-291076.86/cwt75.00–85.006998

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.