Sale reports / Florida / Townsend Livestock Market / 2022-10-11

Townsend Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Madison, Florida · Tue, Oct 11
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1420
Feeder Cattle receipts
630 head
▲ 30 vs last sale 600▼ 10 vs year ago 640 · −1.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
73 head
▼ 45 vs last sale 118▼ 9 vs year ago 82 · −11.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $141.18/cwt on 82 head.
Average price
$141.18
82 head · 399 lb average
Value per head Derived
$563
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$126
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$30.18/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.51
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1420148.1162136
Medium and Large 2378137.9352141
Medium and Large 3420117.934955thin
One grade step is worth $30.18/cwt here — about $126 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 sale82 hd
141.18
—
FL average9 barns · 943 hd
137.68
+3.51
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—Average1,45089.531,29810
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,17868.5680711
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,71567.701,1613thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,08357.6262423

Every lot

39 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2273170.23/cwt165.00–175.004654
Steers—Medium and Large 2377160.57/cwt157.50–165.006057
Steers—Medium and Large 1379168.91/cwt165.00–175.006405
Steers—Medium and Large 3425134.45/cwt130.00–139.005714
Steers—Medium and Large 1430162.44/cwt160.00–165.006984
Steers—Medium and Large 2430152.44/cwt150.00–155.006556
Steers—Medium and Large 1465155.87/cwt155.00–157.507253
Steers—Medium and Large 2479149.02/cwt147.50–150.007145
Steers—Medium and Large 1515156.63/cwt155.00–160.008073
Steers—Medium and Large 2523149.94/cwt147.50–155.007843
Steers—Medium and Large 2570151.23/cwt150.00–152.508624
Steers—Medium and Large 1572155.54/cwt152.50–157.508905
Steers—Medium and Large 1625148.50/cwt147.50–150.009285
Steers—Medium and Large 1660142.05/cwt140.00–145.009385
Steers—Medium and Large 1779126.25/cwt125.00–127.509834
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1278172.43/cwt170.00–175.004792
Heifers—Medium and Large 1316162.65/cwt160.00–170.005148
Heifers—Medium and Large 2335143.23/cwt140.00–150.0048018
Heifers—Medium and Large 1370157.92/cwt155.00–160.005845
Heifers—Medium and Large 2378137.04/cwt135.00–142.505187
Heifers—Medium and Large 3420117.93/cwt115.00–120.004955
Heifers—Medium and Large 1425137.41/cwt135.00–140.005846
Heifers—Medium and Large 2426132.36/cwt130.00–140.0056416
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement470146.28/cwt145.00–147.506882
Heifers—Medium and Large 1484138.89/cwt137.50–142.506727
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525136.60/cwt135.00–140.007173
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573132.44/cwt130.00–137.507593
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1273182.39/cwt180.00–185.004982
Bulls—Medium and Large 1330171.57/cwt170.00–175.005663
Bulls—Medium and Large 2332166.93/cwt165.00–170.005545
Bulls—Medium and Large 2375159.52/cwt157.00–165.005983
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,32587.93/cwt85.00–91.001,1658
Bulls——1,94895.95/cwt94.00–98.001,8692
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02955.29/cwt54.00–60.0056915
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17765.72/cwt65.00–70.007747
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17973.52/cwt72.00–75.008674
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,18462.00/cwt61.00–65.007348
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,61574.00/cwt74.00–74.001,1951
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,76564.55/cwt64.00–65.001,1392

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.