Sale reports / Florida / Townsend Livestock Market / 2022-02-22

Townsend Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Madison, Florida · Tue, Feb 22
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1420
Feeder Cattle receipts
300 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 300▲ 1 vs year ago 299 · +0.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
108 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 112▼ 25 vs year ago 133 · −18.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
28 head
▼ 24 vs last sale 52▲ 28 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 and bulls steady. Feeder steers and bulls 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder heifers 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder and replacement cows steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $154.81/cwt on 73 head.
Average price
$154.81
73 head · 475 lb average
Value per head Derived
$736
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$195
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$10.34/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.94
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1495156.9377758
Medium and Large 2397146.5958215thin
One grade step is worth $10.34/cwt here — about $195 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 sale73 hd
154.81
—
FL average9 barns · 707 hd
157.75
−2.94
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—Average1,486104.131,5474thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,44887.051,26125
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,66382.951,3793thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,18572.3785811

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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1323191.60/cwt190.00–195.006193
Steers—Medium and Large 1370189.86/cwt185.00–195.007024
Steers—Medium and Large 1422179.37/cwt175.00–182.507575
Steers—Medium and Large 3433142.37/cwt140.00–150.006164
Steers—Medium and Large 2471148.58/cwt145.00–150.007007
Steers—Medium and Large 1479167.49/cwt165.00–170.008024
Steers—Medium and Large 1520156.51/cwt155.00–157.508145
Steers—Medium and Large 2533144.88/cwt140.00–150.007724
Steers—Medium and Large 1570155.77/cwt152.50–157.508886
Steers—Medium and Large 1612151.50/cwt150.00–152.509275
Steers—Medium and Large 2630138.46/cwt135.00–145.008725
Steers—Medium and Large 1668151.22/cwt147.50–152.501,0108
Steers—Medium and Large 2688138.76/cwt137.50–140.009552
Steers—Medium and Large 1723134.05/cwt130.00–137.509695
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1330179.85/cwt175.00–185.005942
Heifers—Medium and Large 1375173.60/cwt170.00–177.506518
Heifers—Medium and Large 2380141.42/cwt140.00–147.5053710
Heifers—Medium and Large 2432156.94/cwt155.00–160.006785
Heifers—Medium and Large 1435168.02/cwt162.50–170.0073111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473160.08/cwt155.00–165.0075716
Heifers—Medium and Large 1529150.63/cwt147.50–155.007977
Heifers—Medium and Large 1582148.73/cwt145.00–152.508666
Heifers—Medium and Large 1667127.96/cwt125.00–130.008535
Heifers—Medium and Large 1728119.15/cwt117.50–120.008673
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2358160.00/cwt160.00–160.005735
Bulls—Medium and Large 2430157.44/cwt155.00–160.006776
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,486104.13/cwt100.00–109.001,5474
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,18572.37/cwt70.00–74.0085811
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,41090.39/cwt88.00–94.001,27414
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,49782.80/cwt82.00–84.001,24011
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,66382.95/cwt80.00–85.001,3793
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,12294.55/cwt91.00–97.501,0613

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.