Sale reports / Florida / Townsend Livestock Market / 2022-10-18

Townsend Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Madison, Florida · Tue, Oct 18
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1420
Feeder Cattle receipts
650 head
▲ 20 vs last sale 630▼ 60 vs year ago 710 · −8.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
104 head
▲ 31 vs last sale 73▲ 20 vs year ago 84 · +23.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Feeder cattle mostly steady instances 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 $134.55/cwt on 180 head.
Average price
$134.55
180 head · 434 lb average
Value per head Derived
$584
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$114
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$27.27/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.45
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1465141.4265784
Medium and Large 2404129.3352391
Medium and Large 3476114.155435thin
One grade step is worth $27.27/cwt here — about $114 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 sale180 hd
134.55
—
FL average9 barns · 1,012 hd
132.10
+2.45
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—Average1,58196.041,5185thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,23361.1475414
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,15656.0864837

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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2330164.85/cwt160.00–170.005444
Steers—Medium and Large 3368143.26/cwt140.00–145.005273
Steers—Medium and Large 3433129.67/cwt127.00–132.505614
Steers—Medium and Large 2438141.90/cwt140.00–148.006228
Steers—Medium and Large 2471143.14/cwt140.00–147.506747
Steers—Medium and Large 1527148.29/cwt145.00–150.007819
Steers—Medium and Large 2530138.68/cwt135.00–142.507354
Steers—Medium and Large 1567146.65/cwt145.00–150.008323
Steers—Medium and Large 1625141.67/cwt140.00–142.508853
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1273157.39/cwt155.00–160.004306
Heifers—Medium and Large 2328136.89/cwt132.50–140.0044915
Heifers—Medium and Large 1333151.11/cwt147.50–155.0050312
Heifers—Medium and Large 1376141.21/cwt140.00–145.005318
Heifers—Medium and Large 2384129.51/cwt127.50–132.5049727
Heifers—Medium and Large 2413127.10/cwt125.00–130.0052533
Heifers—Medium and Large 1435135.95/cwt135.00–140.0059110
Heifers—Medium and Large 3476114.15/cwt110.00–117.005435
Heifers—Medium and Large 2479126.20/cwt125.00–130.0060412
Heifers—Medium and Large 1483136.34/cwt135.00–142.5065911
Heifers—Medium and Large 1522138.29/cwt135.00–140.0072212
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement523144.98/cwt142.50–147.507586
Heifers—Medium and Large 2528127.46/cwt125.00–130.006734
Heifers—Medium and Large 1564137.02/cwt135.00–140.007735
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement579141.21/cwt140.00–147.508186
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement628133.85/cwt127.50–137.508418
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1223233.65/cwt230.00–235.005214
Bulls—Medium and Large 2272167.53/cwt165.00–170.0045617
Bulls—Medium and Large 2331154.14/cwt150.00–160.005107
Bulls—Medium and Large 1370157.43/cwt155.00–160.005824
Bulls—Medium and Large 3370128.11/cwt120.00–150.0047418
Bulls—Medium and Large 2382143.87/cwt140.00–150.005505
Bulls—Medium and Large 1422146.76/cwt145.00–150.006193
Bulls—Medium and Large 2429129.00/cwt125.00–132.5055311
Bulls—Medium and Large 3478112.46/cwt110.00–115.005386
Bulls—Medium and Large 1528145.47/cwt140.00–150.007685
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,58196.04/cwt92.00–101.001,5185
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08752.06/cwt48.00–55.0056613
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,19358.25/cwt55.00–61.0069524
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23361.14/cwt58.00–65.0075414

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.