Sale reports / Florida / Townsend Livestock Market / 2021-10-19

Townsend Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Madison, Florida · Tue, Oct 19
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1420
Feeder Cattle receipts
710 head
▲ 70 vs last sale 640▲ 182 vs year ago 528 · +34.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
84 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 82▲ 31 vs year ago 53 · +58.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls not well tested. Feeder cattle firm.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $131.45/cwt on 79 head.
Average price
$131.45
79 head · 381 lb average
Value per head Derived
$501
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$105
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$17.73/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.91
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1392138.4154340
Medium and Large 2378128.1148419thin
Medium and Large 3362120.6843720
One grade step is worth $17.73/cwt here — about $105 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 sale79 hd
131.45
—
FL average9 barns · 829 hd
126.54
+4.91
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—High1,98591.001,8061thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,26054.4968715
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,13847.2753824

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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1326162.76/cwt160.00–165.005317
Steers—Medium and Large 2335148.57/cwt147.50–152.004984
Steers—Medium and Large 2371147.08/cwt145.00–150.0054614
Steers—Medium and Large 2421143.04/cwt140.00–145.006028
Steers—Medium and Large 1433154.58/cwt152.00–160.006693
Steers—Medium and Large 2473138.38/cwt135.00–140.006556
Steers—Medium and Large 2523136.21/cwt135.00–137.507124
Steers—Medium and Large 1530139.32/cwt135.00–147.507388
Steers—Medium and Large 2569127.51/cwt125.00–130.0072610
Steers—Medium and Large 1570136.03/cwt130.00–137.507755
Steers—Medium and Large 1632127.08/cwt125.00–130.008037
Steers—Medium and Large 1758123.74/cwt122.50–125.009382
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1270161.11/cwt157.50–165.004354
Heifers—Medium and Large 1317144.13/cwt142.50–145.004579
Heifers—Medium and Large 3322123.24/cwt120.00–125.003979
Heifers—Medium and Large 2328132.40/cwt130.00–135.004344
Heifers—Medium and Large 1363135.42/cwt135.00–140.0049213
Heifers—Medium and Large 3375122.53/cwt120.00–125.004596
Heifers—Medium and Large 2376126.98/cwt122.50–132.5047710
Heifers—Medium and Large 3420113.86/cwt110.00–120.004785
Heifers—Medium and Large 2422126.94/cwt125.00–130.005365
Heifers—Medium and Large 1433136.62/cwt135.00–140.005926
Heifers—Medium and Large 1535126.21/cwt125.00–130.006754
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573127.45/cwt125.00–130.007304
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2275152.36/cwt150.00–155.004194
Bulls—Medium and Large 1318158.25/cwt155.00–160.005033
Bulls—Medium and Large 3413113.27/cwt110.00–115.004683
Bulls—Medium and Large 1428152.54/cwt150.00–155.006534
Bulls—Medium and Large 1468151.61/cwt150.00–152.507104
Bulls—Medium and Large 2477130.82/cwt130.00–132.506243
Bulls—Medium and Large 2569122.81/cwt120.00–125.006997
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,98591.00/cwt91.00–91.001,8061
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,13847.27/cwt44.00–50.0053824
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26054.49/cwt52.00–57.0068715

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.