Sale reports / Florida / Townsend Livestock Market / 2022-11-15

Townsend Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Madison, Florida · Tue, Nov 15
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1420
Feeder Cattle receipts
420 head
▼ 140 vs last sale 560▼ 128 vs year ago 548 · −23.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
46 head
▼ 21 vs last sale 67▼ 34 vs year ago 80 · −42.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
14 head
▲ 14 vs last sale 0▲ 14 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 and bulls steady. Feeder cattle 4.00 to 8.00 higher. Feeder and replacement cows steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $148.99/cwt on 109 head.
Average price
$148.99
109 head · 460 lb average
Value per head Derived
$685
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$193
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$40.36/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.05
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1475159.7575853
Medium and Large 2431148.7964237
Medium and Large 3473119.3856519thin
One grade step is worth $40.36/cwt here — about $193 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 sale109 hd
148.99
—
FL average9 barns · 865 hd
145.94
+3.05
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—Average1,63590.001,4723thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,22971.228759thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,14460.776958thin

Every lot

36 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 1330200.96/cwt190.00–225.006636
Steers—Medium and Large 1373206.43/cwt200.00–220.0077012
Steers—Medium and Large 2419166.72/cwt165.00–170.006996
Steers—Medium and Large 1428199.91/cwt190.00–210.008565
Steers—Medium and Large 2473157.43/cwt155.00–160.007454
Steers—Medium and Large 1475163.87/cwt160.00–170.007785
Steers—Medium and Large 1528157.95/cwt155.00–160.008345
Steers—Medium and Large 2535151.94/cwt150.00–155.008135
Steers—Medium and Large 1570157.46/cwt155.00–160.008986
Steers—Medium and Large 2570144.91/cwt140.00–150.008262
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1322211.31/cwt192.50–220.006803
Heifers—Medium and Large 2329164.28/cwt160.00–170.0054011
Heifers—Medium and Large 1372179.93/cwt175.00–185.0066912
Heifers—Medium and Large 2377163.27/cwt160.00–170.006163
Heifers—Medium and Large 2428145.89/cwt140.00–150.006245
Heifers—Medium and Large 3431124.17/cwt120.00–130.005357
Heifers—Medium and Large 1435162.41/cwt160.00–170.007068
Heifers—Medium and Large 3474114.16/cwt110.00–120.005417
Heifers—Medium and Large 1478151.47/cwt147.50–155.007247
Heifers—Medium and Large 2480140.96/cwt140.00–145.0067710
Heifers—Medium and Large 1532146.10/cwt145.00–150.0077713
Heifers—Medium and Large 3532120.00/cwt120.00–120.006385
Heifers—Medium and Large 2533133.66/cwt130.00–140.007128
Heifers—Medium and Large 1572145.98/cwt145.00–147.508355
Heifers—Medium and Large 1625136.95/cwt135.00–140.008565
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2210213.49/cwt210.00–220.004486
Bulls—Medium and Large 1313205.36/cwt190.00–220.006434
Bulls—Medium and Large 2373171.61/cwt170.00–175.006403
Bulls—Medium and Large 1376196.81/cwt190.00–205.007405
Bulls—Medium and Large 2428145.66/cwt140.00–150.006237
Bulls—Medium and Large 1430169.88/cwt165.00–175.007306
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,34085.00/cwt85.00–85.001,1392
Bulls——2,225100.00/cwt100.00–100.002,2251
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,14460.77/cwt58.00–63.006958
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22971.22/cwt67.00–74.008759
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-299071.68/cwt68.00–75.007104

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.