Sale reports / Florida / Townsend Livestock Market / 2022-06-07

Townsend Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Madison, Florida · Tue, Jun 7
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1420
Feeder Cattle receipts
363 head
▲ 113 vs last sale 250▲ 103 vs year ago 260 · +39.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
68 head
▲ 28 vs last sale 40▲ 10 vs year ago 58 · +17.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder cattle mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $138.10/cwt on 71 head.
Average price
$138.10
71 head · 474 lb average
Value per head Derived
$655
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$99
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$5.33/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.85
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1510141.7172323
Medium and Large 2457136.3862348
One grade step is worth $5.33/cwt here — about $99 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 sale71 hd
138.10
—
FL average9 barns · 785 hd
144.95
−6.85
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—Average1,698105.751,7963thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,34885.461,1529thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,25082.071,02617
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,27372.6592523

Every lot

26 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 2368162.39/cwt157.50–165.005983
Steers—Medium and Large 2531152.67/cwt150.00–155.0081111
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2224147.88/cwt145.00–152.503315
Heifers—Medium and Large 2318142.60/cwt140.00–145.004536
Heifers—Medium and Large 2370142.36/cwt137.50–145.005276
Heifers—Medium and Large 1373150.89/cwt147.50–152.505633
Heifers—Medium and Large 2411140.57/cwt137.50–145.005785
Heifers—Medium and Large 1430149.57/cwt147.50–152.506435
Heifers—Medium and Large 1477149.11/cwt147.50–152.507116
Heifers—Medium and Large 2483139.12/cwt137.50–142.506726
Heifers—Medium and Large 2525138.71/cwt137.50–140.007288
Heifers—Medium and Large 1622129.35/cwt128.00–130.008059
Heifers—Medium and Large 2628120.80/cwt120.00–122.5075912
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1214208.22/cwt200.00–220.004465
Bulls—Medium and Large 2273171.59/cwt170.00–175.004683
Bulls—Medium and Large 3283156.59/cwt150.00–160.004433
Bulls—Medium and Large 1364170.44/cwt170.00–172.506206
Bulls—Medium and Large 2377160.57/cwt157.50–165.006057
Bulls—Medium and Large 2430149.88/cwt147.50–155.006446
Bulls—Medium and Large 1432156.94/cwt155.00–160.006785
Bulls—Medium and Large 2473147.43/cwt145.00–150.006974
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,698105.75/cwt103.00–109.001,7963
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25082.07/cwt78.00–84.001,02617
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,27372.65/cwt69.00–74.0092523
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,33583.33/cwt83.00–84.001,1123
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,35486.52/cwt84.00–89.001,1716

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.