Sale reports / Florida / Townsend Livestock Market / 2022-09-20

Townsend Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Madison, Florida · Tue, Sep 20
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1420
Feeder Cattle receipts
570 head
▲ 90 vs last sale 480▼ 70 vs year ago 640 · −10.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
95 head
▼ 37 vs last sale 132▼ 9 vs year ago 104 · −8.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder cattle 2.00 to 4.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $143.07/cwt on 122 head.
Average price
$143.07
122 head · 481 lb average
Value per head Derived
$689
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$109
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$2.94/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.81
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1513144.4974263
Medium and Large 2447141.5563359
One grade step is worth $2.94/cwt here — about $109 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 sale122 hd
143.07
—
FL average9 barns · 1,078 hd
149.88
−6.81
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—Average1,620104.121,6872thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,24376.1694717
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,16067.0677842

Every lot

33 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1425190.86/cwt185.00–195.008115
Steers—Medium and Large 2430170.12/cwt165.00–175.007324
Steers—Medium and Large 1468167.46/cwt165.00–170.007842
Steers—Medium and Large 2468158.36/cwt157.50–160.007416
Steers—Medium and Large 2517158.35/cwt157.50–160.008193
Steers—Medium and Large 1531169.68/cwt167.50–172.509019
Steers—Medium and Large 1571168.27/cwt165.00–172.5096118
Steers—Medium and Large 1613163.92/cwt157.50–167.501,00519
Steers—Medium and Large 1659156.53/cwt155.00–162.501,03213
Steers—Medium and Large 1715151.76/cwt150.00–152.501,0854
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2330147.09/cwt145.00–150.004855
Heifers—Medium and Large 2377142.05/cwt140.00–145.0053614
Heifers—Medium and Large 2423141.81/cwt140.00–145.0060014
Heifers—Medium and Large 1424143.71/cwt142.50–150.0060919
Heifers—Medium and Large 2468139.91/cwt135.00–142.506556
Heifers—Medium and Large 1471147.34/cwt145.00–150.0069411
Heifers—Medium and Large 2528140.76/cwt140.00–142.5074316
Heifers—Medium and Large 1538145.57/cwt145.00–150.0078317
Heifers—Medium and Large 2570137.54/cwt135.00–140.007844
Heifers—Medium and Large 1571146.71/cwt142.50–150.008387
Heifers—Medium and Large 1630141.22/cwt140.00–142.508902
Heifers—Medium and Large 1671138.20/cwt137.50–140.009277
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1366186.76/cwt185.00–187.506847
Bulls—Medium and Large 1430176.59/cwt175.00–180.007593
Bulls—Medium and Large 2438160.48/cwt158.00–167.5070311
Bulls—Medium and Large 1470168.53/cwt162.50–170.007925
Bulls—Medium and Large 2471152.73/cwt150.00–157.5071910
Bulls—Medium and Large 2520141.63/cwt140.00–142.507369
Bulls—Medium and Large 1534145.75/cwt142.50–150.007789
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,620104.12/cwt103.00–105.001,6872
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08564.28/cwt61.00–66.0069720
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,22969.58/cwt64.00–73.0085522
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24376.16/cwt74.00–81.0094717

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.