Sale reports / Florida / Townsend Livestock Market / 2022-03-29

Townsend Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Madison, Florida · Tue, Mar 29
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1420
Feeder Cattle receipts
388 head
▲ 48 vs last sale 340▲ 194 vs year ago 194 · +100.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
79 head
▲ 15 vs last sale 64▲ 37 vs year ago 42 · +88.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Feeder cattle steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $162.82/cwt on 90 head.
Average price
$162.82
90 head · 481 lb average
Value per head Derived
$784
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$251
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$22.18/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−20.69
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1521172.6590039
Medium and Large 2480162.2177821
Medium and Large 3431150.4864930
One grade step is worth $22.18/cwt here — about $251 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 sale90 hd
162.82
—
FL average8 barns · 392 hd
183.52
−20.69
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—Average1,642117.011,9213thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,72096.351,6576thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,32195.151,25719
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,14779.8091514

Every lot

37 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 2372171.94/cwt170.00–175.006405
Steers—Medium and Large 1373204.30/cwt190.00–220.007622
Steers—Medium and Large 3381151.35/cwt150.00–160.0057714
Steers—Medium and Large 2423171.61/cwt170.00–175.007263
Steers—Medium and Large 1425181.91/cwt180.00–190.007735
Steers—Medium and Large 3436151.26/cwt150.00–160.006598
Steers—Medium and Large 1470184.89/cwt180.00–190.008698
Steers—Medium and Large 2473158.24/cwt155.00–165.007483
Steers—Medium and Large 3514148.16/cwt145.00–150.007628
Steers—Medium and Large 2530159.30/cwt155.00–162.008444
Steers—Medium and Large 1536176.48/cwt170.00–177.509467
Steers—Medium and Large 2567153.32/cwt150.00–155.008696
Steers—Medium and Large 1571157.98/cwt150.00–167.5090213
Steers—Medium and Large 1631161.78/cwt160.00–167.501,0214
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2430134.88/cwt130.00–140.0058010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475145.97/cwt145.00–147.506935
Heifers—Medium and Large 2476133.63/cwt130.00–140.0063624
Heifers—Medium and Large 1536152.16/cwt150.00–155.0081616
Heifers—Medium and Large 2537142.42/cwt140.00–147.507656
Heifers—Medium and Large 1581148.52/cwt147.50–150.008635
Heifers—Medium and Large 1606141.51/cwt140.00–147.508585
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 3373152.58/cwt150.00–155.005698
Bulls—Medium and Large 2380163.16/cwt160.00–170.006206
Bulls—Medium and Large 1383181.85/cwt180.00–190.006965
Bulls—Medium and Large 2420159.48/cwt157.50–165.0067010
Bulls—Medium and Large 1430174.88/cwt170.00–180.007524
Bulls—Medium and Large 1473171.62/cwt170.00–175.008123
Bulls—Medium and Large 2530147.45/cwt145.00–152.507813
Bulls—Medium and Large 1537158.71/cwt157.50–165.008526
Bulls—Medium and Large 3570141.28/cwt140.00–145.0080516
Bulls—Medium and Large 1576154.86/cwt150.00–158.008925
Bulls—Medium and Large 2584148.61/cwt145.00–150.008687
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,642117.01/cwt116.00–119.001,9213
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,14779.80/cwt77.00–84.0091514
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27091.67/cwt88.00–95.001,16412
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,409101.11/cwt99.00–106.001,4257
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,72096.35/cwt95.00–97.001,6576

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.