Sale reports / Florida / Townsend Livestock Market / 2022-02-08

Townsend Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Madison, Florida · Tue, Feb 8
● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1420
Feeder Cattle receipts
180 head
▼ 198 vs last sale 378▲ 27 vs year ago 153 · +17.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
66 head
▼ 31 vs last sale 97▼ 5 vs year ago 71 · −7.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder cattle firm in light test.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $150.87/cwt on 24 head.
Average price
$150.87
24 head · 426 lb average
Value per head Derived
$643
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$120
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$4.40/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.95
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1446152.1567817thin
Medium and Large 2378147.755597thin
One grade step is worth $4.40/cwt here — about $120 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 sale24 hd
150.87
—
FL average9 barns · 811 hd
155.82
−4.95
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—Average1,655112.721,8654thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,24386.931,08024
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,15373.5284811

Every lot

15 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 · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1328232.40/cwt230.00–235.007622
Steers—Medium and Large 1458174.97/cwt170.00–180.008014
Feeder Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2322163.21/cwt160.00–165.005263
Heifers—Medium and Large 1373155.80/cwt155.00–157.505813
Heifers—Medium and Large 2420136.16/cwt132.50–140.005724
Heifers—Medium and Large 1425158.62/cwt155.00–162.506744
Heifers—Medium and Large 1476148.47/cwt147.50–152.5070710
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1267238.25/cwt235.00–240.006363
Bulls—Medium and Large 2320187.42/cwt185.00–190.006002
Bulls—Medium and Large 3334161.29/cwt160.00–165.005394
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,615111.04/cwt110.00–112.001,7932
Bulls——1,695114.39/cwt114.00–115.001,9392
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,15373.52/cwt69.00–75.0084811
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20090.81/cwt88.00–95.001,09012
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28583.05/cwt80.00–86.001,06712

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.