Sale reports / Florida / Townsend Livestock Market / 2022-04-26

Townsend Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Madison, Florida · Tue, Apr 26
● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1420
Feeder Cattle receipts
158 head
▼ 122 vs last sale 280▼ 31 vs year ago 189 · −16.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
65 head
▼ 20 vs last sale 85▼ 12 vs year ago 77 · −15.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Feeder cattle steady 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 $143.59/cwt on 17 head.
Average price
$143.59
17 head · 404 lb average
Value per head Derived
$580
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$119
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$25.80/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.02
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1437152.406669thin
Medium and Large 2328137.934525thin
Medium and Large 3432126.605473thin
One grade step is worth $25.80/cwt here — about $119 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 sale17 hd
143.59
—
FL average9 barns · 646 hd
152.61
−9.02
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—Average1,552103.501,6065thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,75886.411,5193thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,21080.5797524
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,13164.6373122

Every lot

14 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 · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2328137.93/cwt135.00–140.004525
Heifers—Medium and Large 3432126.60/cwt125.00–130.005473
Heifers—Medium and Large 1437152.40/cwt150.00–157.506669
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1272188.25/cwt185.00–190.005123
Bulls—Medium and Large 1330185.15/cwt180.00–190.006114
Bulls—Medium and Large 2330164.85/cwt160.00–170.005442
Bulls—Medium and Large 1382194.31/cwt187.50–197.507423
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,547109.78/cwt106.00–114.001,6983
Bulls——1,56094.07/cwt91.00–97.001,4672
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09759.37/cwt57.00–61.0065111
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,16469.88/cwt66.00–74.0081311
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17578.39/cwt73.00–85.0092120
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,38591.47/cwt90.00–93.001,2674
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,75886.41/cwt85.00–89.001,5193

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.