Sale reports / Florida / Townsend Livestock Market / 2021-10-05

Townsend Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Madison, Florida · Tue, Oct 5
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1420
Feeder Cattle receipts
500 head
▼ 327 vs last sale 827▼ 180 vs year ago 680 · −26.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
122 head
▲ 12 vs last sale 110▲ 56 vs year ago 66 · +84.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
140 head
▲ 140 vs last sale 0▲ 105 vs year ago 35 · +300.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder cattle 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Feeder and replacement cows steady to firm.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $129.63/cwt on 86 head.
Average price
$129.63
86 head · 479 lb average
Value per head Derived
$621
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$28
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$19.09/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−18.56
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2411137.4256443
Medium and Large 1630124.8978723
Medium and Large 3453118.3353620
One grade step is worth $19.09/cwt here — about $28 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 sale86 hd
129.63
—
FL average8 barns · 606 hd
148.19
−18.56
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—Average1,84082.291,5142thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,29655.9372519
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,83054.761,0025thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01648.7149543

Every lot

39 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2333151.11/cwt147.50–155.005036
Steers—Medium and Large 1367154.91/cwt150.00–157.505693
Steers—Medium and Large 2368142.05/cwt137.50–145.0052321
Steers—Medium and Large 3369128.91/cwt125.00–132.004767
Steers—Medium and Large 2427135.78/cwt132.50–137.505803
Steers—Medium and Large 1470134.95/cwt132.50–137.506344
Steers—Medium and Large 2473127.43/cwt125.00–132.506036
Steers—Medium and Large 3475112.42/cwt110.00–115.005346
Steers—Medium and Large 2508125.83/cwt125.00–127.506393
Steers—Medium and Large 3519112.81/cwt110.00–115.005857
Steers—Medium and Large 1530131.23/cwt130.00–132.506964
Steers—Medium and Large 1570127.46/cwt125.00–130.007272
Steers—Medium and Large 2573117.45/cwt115.00–120.006734
Steers—Medium and Large 1826108.81/cwt107.00–110.0089910
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2286131.83/cwt130.00–135.003778
Heifers—Medium and Large 2333122.41/cwt120.00–125.004086
Heifers—Medium and Large 1341133.17/cwt132.50–137.5045414
Heifers—Medium and Large 1370133.72/cwt132.50–135.004952
Heifers—Medium and Large 2379126.19/cwt125.00–130.004788
Heifers—Medium and Large 2426118.12/cwt115.00–122.505037
Heifers—Medium and Large 1470123.43/cwt120.00–127.005804
Heifers—Medium and Large 2480110.00/cwt110.00–110.005282
Heifers—Medium and Large 1522119.92/cwt117.50–125.006263
Heifers—Medium and Large 3530102.45/cwt100.00–105.005434
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2270151.18/cwt150.00–152.504086
Bulls—Medium and Large 1320161.91/cwt160.00–165.005185
Bulls—Medium and Large 2337142.38/cwt140.00–147.504806
Bulls—Medium and Large 2370137.43/cwt135.00–140.005084
Bulls—Medium and Large 3373127.25/cwt125.00–132.004753
Bulls—Medium and Large 2425129.67/cwt127.50–132.005514
Bulls—Medium and Large 2473122.43/cwt120.00–125.005796
Bulls—Medium and Large 1525117.43/cwt115.00–120.006174
Bulls—Medium and Large 2535113.49/cwt112.00–115.006074
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,84082.29/cwt79.00–85.001,5142
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%96644.66/cwt42.00–48.0043119
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05551.91/cwt50.00–54.0054824
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,29655.93/cwt54.00–60.0072519
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,83054.76/cwt52.00–58.001,0025
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-292979.96/cwt77.50–87.5074322

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.