Sale reports / Florida / Townsend Livestock Market / 2021-10-12

Townsend Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Madison, Florida · Tue, Oct 12
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1420
Feeder Cattle receipts
640 head
▲ 140 vs last sale 500▲ 211 vs year ago 429 · +49.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
82 head
▼ 40 vs last sale 122▼ 1 vs year ago 83 · −1.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
86 head
▼ 54 vs last sale 140▲ 35 vs year ago 51 · +68.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows steady. Slaughter bulls not well tested. Feeder cattle steady to firm. Replacement type 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 $137.09/cwt on 111 head.
Average price
$137.09
111 head · 471 lb average
Value per head Derived
$646
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$87
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$6.02/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.86
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1498140.8470142
Medium and Large 2456134.8161469
One grade step is worth $6.02/cwt here — about $87 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 sale111 hd
137.09
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FL average9 barns · 590 hd
146.95
−9.86
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%Average1,23957.5171214
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04451.3653614

Every lot

40 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 2239164.61/cwt160.00–167.503935
Steers—Medium and Large 2329152.78/cwt150.00–155.005037
Steers—Medium and Large 2372155.10/cwt152.00–160.005775
Steers—Medium and Large 1375162.40/cwt160.00–165.006096
Steers—Medium and Large 1428155.37/cwt152.50–160.006655
Steers—Medium and Large 2433142.73/cwt140.00–147.506188
Steers—Medium and Large 2469127.55/cwt125.00–130.0059819
Steers—Medium and Large 1480135.26/cwt132.50–140.0064917
Steers—Medium and Large 1513132.46/cwt130.00–135.006804
Steers—Medium and Large 2529122.81/cwt120.00–125.0065014
Steers—Medium and Large 1567133.29/cwt130.00–135.007563
Steers—Medium and Large 2572122.67/cwt120.00–125.0070211
Steers—Medium and Large 1620141.69/cwt140.00–145.008783
Steers—Medium and Large 1683127.42/cwt125.00–135.008704
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1270146.04/cwt142.50–150.003942
Heifers—Medium and Large 2308137.52/cwt135.00–140.004246
Heifers—Medium and Large 1329147.78/cwt145.00–152.504865
Heifers—Medium and Large 1366141.06/cwt135.00–145.0051616
Heifers—Medium and Large 2380137.43/cwt135.00–140.005224
Heifers—Medium and Large 1476125.91/cwt125.00–127.505998
Heifers—Medium and Large 2488118.74/cwt117.50–120.005796
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525119.93/cwt117.50–122.5063012
Heifers—Medium and Large 2528117.05/cwt115.00–120.006185
Heifers—Medium and Large 1578117.91/cwt115.00–122.506825
Heifers—Medium and Large 2578107.45/cwt105.00–110.006216
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1270166.42/cwt160.00–170.004493
Bulls—Medium and Large 2275154.82/cwt150.00–160.004266
Bulls—Medium and Large 2319149.65/cwt145.00–152.504777
Bulls—Medium and Large 1373162.42/cwt160.00–165.006066
Bulls—Medium and Large 3373134.97/cwt130.00–140.005038
Bulls—Medium and Large 1473132.43/cwt130.00–135.006266
Bulls—Medium and Large 2475123.71/cwt122.50–125.005886
Bulls—Medium and Large 2524114.31/cwt112.50–120.0059912
Bulls—Medium and Large 1575119.93/cwt117.50–122.506904
Bulls—Medium and Large 2582114.46/cwt112.50–117.506665
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04451.36/cwt48.00–53.0053614
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22656.14/cwt55.00–58.0068810
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27060.93/cwt60.00–62.007744
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,11382.44/cwt80.00–85.009188
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,14360.68/cwt56.00–66.006948

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.