Sale reports / Florida / Townsend Livestock Market / 2022-01-04

Townsend Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Madison, Florida · Tue, Jan 4
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1420
Feeder Cattle receipts
299 head
▼ 214 vs last sale 513▲ 99 vs year ago 200 · +49.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
72 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 69▲ 3 vs year ago 69 · +4.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Townsend Livestock Market closed the previous two weeks for the holiday break.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $144.72/cwt on 43 head.
Average price
$144.72
43 head · 367 lb average
Value per head Derived
$531
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$240
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$27.44/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.46
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1402154.9262318thin
Medium and Large 2370143.9853315thin
Medium and Large 3300127.4838210thin
One grade step is worth $27.44/cwt here — about $240 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 sale43 hd
144.72
—
FL average8 barns · 722 hd
147.18
−2.46
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%Average1,33572.8397214
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,22559.5673011

Every lot

25 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1325180.82/cwt177.00–185.005884
Steers—Medium and Large 2338152.44/cwt150.00–155.005152
Steers—Medium and Large 1378185.23/cwt180.00–190.007004
Steers—Medium and Large 1420184.88/cwt180.00–190.007762
Steers—Medium and Large 1673156.27/cwt155.00–157.501,0522
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 3270125.78/cwt120.00–130.003405
Heifers—Medium and Large 3330129.18/cwt125.00–135.004265
Heifers—Medium and Large 1331163.10/cwt160.00–167.505407
Heifers—Medium and Large 2331150.60/cwt147.50–155.004987
Heifers—Medium and Large 2370137.43/cwt135.00–140.005084
Heifers—Medium and Large 1434148.15/cwt145.00–152.506437
Heifers—Medium and Large 2439138.96/cwt138.00–142.006104
Heifers—Medium and Large 1470152.45/cwt150.00–155.007174
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1225202.67/cwt195.00–210.004562
Bulls—Medium and Large 1273193.41/cwt190.00–195.005283
Bulls—Medium and Large 2275154.82/cwt150.00–160.004262
Bulls—Medium and Large 1331173.74/cwt170.00–175.005754
Bulls—Medium and Large 2333152.41/cwt150.00–155.005084
Bulls—Medium and Large 1367173.27/cwt170.00–175.006363
Bulls—Medium and Large 1430165.95/cwt162.00–170.007142
Bulls—Medium and Large 2433146.14/cwt142.50–150.006336
Bulls—Medium and Large 2532140.43/cwt137.50–145.007475
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15879.12/cwt78.00–80.009164
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,22559.56/cwt55.00–63.0073011
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,40670.31/cwt68.00–75.0098910

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.