Sale reports / Florida / Townsend Livestock Market / 2022-08-09

Townsend Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Madison, Florida · Tue, Aug 9
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1420
Feeder Cattle receipts
490 head
▲ 120 vs last sale 370▼ 260 vs year ago 750 · −34.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
66 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 76▼ 43 vs year ago 109 · −39.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls not well tested. Feeder cattle steady to 3.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $146.46/cwt on 106 head.
Average price
$146.46
106 head · 467 lb average
Value per head Derived
$685
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$154
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$17.05/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.00
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1469155.2372747
Medium and Large 2487139.9968242
Medium and Large 3415138.1857317thin
One grade step is worth $17.05/cwt here — about $154 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 sale106 hd
146.46
—
FL average9 barns · 1,188 hd
143.45
+3.00
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,36982.121,12417

Every lot

29 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1377199.78/cwt195.00–210.007536
Steers—Medium and Large 1423192.28/cwt185.00–200.008134
Steers—Medium and Large 2426170.41/cwt165.00–175.007269
Steers—Medium and Large 1473173.65/cwt170.00–177.508212
Steers—Medium and Large 1533162.39/cwt160.00–170.008664
Steers—Medium and Large 2570161.18/cwt157.50–165.009194
Steers—Medium and Large 1609157.51/cwt155.00–160.009594
Steers—Medium and Large 1680146.26/cwt145.00–147.509952
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1377164.09/cwt160.00–170.006197
Heifers—Medium and Large 3382137.39/cwt135.00–142.505256
Heifers—Medium and Large 2391141.58/cwt140.00–150.0055412
Heifers—Medium and Large 1433154.92/cwt152.50–160.0067115
Heifers—Medium and Large 3433138.61/cwt135.00–140.0060011
Heifers—Medium and Large 2479141.66/cwt140.00–147.5067913
Heifers—Medium and Large 1481153.70/cwt152.50–160.0073912
Heifers—Medium and Large 1526153.11/cwt147.50–160.008057
Heifers—Medium and Large 2538138.70/cwt135.00–142.507466
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573151.17/cwt147.50–155.008666
Heifers—Medium and Large 2575136.99/cwt135.00–142.5078811
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1333200.11/cwt195.00–205.006664
Bulls—Medium and Large 1370189.93/cwt185.00–195.007034
Bulls—Medium and Large 1428178.15/cwt175.00–185.007626
Bulls—Medium and Large 2428157.49/cwt155.00–160.006744
Bulls—Medium and Large 2470144.89/cwt140.00–150.006816
Bulls—Medium and Large 1478163.31/cwt162.50–167.507816
Bulls—Medium and Large 1533156.63/cwt155.00–160.008359
Bulls—Medium and Large 1574148.20/cwt147.50–150.008517
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27680.24/cwt78.00–82.001,0249
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,47384.24/cwt83.00–86.001,2418

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.