Sale reports / Florida / Townsend Livestock Market / 2022-02-15

Townsend Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Madison, Florida · Tue, Feb 15
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1420
Feeder Cattle receipts
300 head
▲ 120 vs last sale 180▲ 112 vs year ago 188 · +59.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
112 head
▲ 46 vs last sale 66▲ 1 vs year ago 111 · +0.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
52 head
▲ 52 vs last sale 0▲ 52 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 1.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder cattle firm. Feeder and replacement cows firm.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $162.72/cwt on 84 head.
Average price
$162.72
84 head · 507 lb average
Value per head Derived
$824
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$336
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$25.85/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−36.02
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1568172.7298244
Medium and Large 2438163.0071312thin
Medium and Large 3439146.8864528
One grade step is worth $25.85/cwt here — about $336 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 sale84 hd
162.72
—
FL average9 barns · 569 hd
198.74
−36.02
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—Average1,708118.002,01510
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,54186.471,33311
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,34185.781,15027
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,21271.8887113

Every lot

32 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 3272161.18/cwt155.00–165.004385
Steers—Medium and Large 1369218.84/cwt210.00–230.008087
Steers—Medium and Large 2375165.13/cwt160.00–170.006194
Steers—Medium and Large 1424200.86/cwt195.00–205.008527
Steers—Medium and Large 3425152.59/cwt150.00–155.006496
Steers—Medium and Large 2469161.94/cwt160.00–165.007598
Steers—Medium and Large 3473143.05/cwt140.00–145.0067710
Steers—Medium and Large 1523178.80/cwt175.00–182.509354
Steers—Medium and Large 3523137.23/cwt135.00–142.507187
Steers—Medium and Large 1570176.90/cwt172.50–180.001,0087
Steers—Medium and Large 1669150.34/cwt147.50–152.501,0069
Steers—Medium and Large 1719135.40/cwt132.50–137.509747
Steers—Medium and Large 1772135.87/cwt132.50–137.501,0493
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1373155.17/cwt150.00–160.005796
Heifers—Medium and Large 2373142.24/cwt140.00–145.005317
Heifers—Medium and Large 2418137.57/cwt135.00–140.005754
Heifers—Medium and Large 2468131.10/cwt130.00–132.506147
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473140.07/cwt137.50–142.506636
Heifers—Medium and Large 2573121.28/cwt120.00–122.506952
Heifers—Medium and Large 1616124.00/cwt122.50–125.007645
Heifers—Medium and Large 1655121.26/cwt120.00–122.507942
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1268234.30/cwt220.00–250.006286
Bulls—Medium and Large 1325224.54/cwt215.00–235.007306
Bulls—Medium and Large 2325202.62/cwt200.00–205.006596
Bulls—Medium and Large 1370222.70/cwt215.00–230.008244
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,698120.59/cwt120.00–121.002,0486
Bulls——1,723114.11/cwt109.00–118.001,9664
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,21271.88/cwt69.00–75.0087113
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,30581.56/cwt79.00–84.001,06416
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,39391.93/cwt87.00–95.001,28111
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,54186.47/cwt84.00–89.001,33311
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,031105.95/cwt100.00–115.001,0928

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.