Sale reports / Florida / Townsend Livestock Market / 2022-06-28

Townsend Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Madison, Florida · Tue, Jun 28
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1420
Feeder Cattle receipts
380 head
▲ 20 vs last sale 360▲ 380 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
73 head
▲ 28 vs last sale 45▲ 73 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 mostly steady. Feeder cattle steady to weak.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $171.15/cwt on 33 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits −18.22 against this barn's trailing median of $189.37.
Average price
$171.15
33 head · 357 lb average
Value per head Derived
$610
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$48
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$16.95/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+17.08
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1353178.3463019thin
Medium and Large 2361161.3958214thin
One grade step is worth $16.95/cwt here — about $48 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 sale33 hd
171.15
—
FL average9 barns · 445 hd
154.06
+17.08
This barn, trailing median5 sales
189.37
−18.22
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

5 sales
208192176160median 189.3705/1908/1808/2509/1510/13
Bulls 0–100 lb: high $193.60, low $174.45, median $189.37 across 5 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,31089.321,17019
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,15876.4588516

Every lot

21 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1367190.00/cwt190.00–190.006973
Steers—Medium and Large 2373173.78/cwt170.00–175.006484
Steers—Medium and Large 2430166.22/cwt165.00–167.507156
Steers—Medium and Large 2525150.64/cwt150.00–152.507914
Steers—Medium and Large 1584148.12/cwt147.50–150.008658
Feeder Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2233158.29/cwt155.00–160.003693
Heifers—Medium and Large 3368130.87/cwt125.00–135.004825
Heifers—Medium and Large 2420143.72/cwt142.50–145.006046
Heifers—Medium and Large 1478151.23/cwt150.00–152.507236
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525151.21/cwt150.00–152.507946
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2267168.25/cwt165.00–170.004493
Bulls—Medium and Large 1272192.87/cwt190.00–195.005255
Bulls—Medium and Large 1330177.42/cwt175.00–180.005856
Bulls—Medium and Large 2332173.29/cwt170.00–175.005753
Bulls—Medium and Large 2368160.00/cwt160.00–160.005893
Bulls—Medium and Large 1374177.44/cwt175.00–180.006644
Bulls—Medium and Large 2430150.97/cwt150.00–152.506495
Bulls—Medium and Large 1470162.45/cwt160.00–165.007644
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,15876.45/cwt74.00–82.0088516
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25586.73/cwt84.00–89.001,08813
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,42894.92/cwt93.00–96.001,3556

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.