Sale reports / Florida / Townsend Livestock Market / 2022-12-06

Townsend Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Madison, Florida · Tue, Dec 6
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1420
Feeder Cattle receipts
630 head
▼ 143 vs last sale 773▲ 150 vs year ago 480 · +31.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
79 head
▼ 31 vs last sale 110▼ 5 vs year ago 84 · −6.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder cattle mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $150.57/cwt on 74 head.
Average price
$150.57
74 head · 432 lb average
Value per head Derived
$650
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$93
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$7.26/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.80
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1449153.6168943
Medium and Large 2408146.3559731
One grade step is worth $7.26/cwt here — about $93 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 sale74 hd
150.57
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FL average9 barns · 1,081 hd
153.37
−2.80
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%Average1,36271.7097721
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02959.7161414

Every lot

30 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2373176.56/cwt170.00–180.006596
Steers—Medium and Large 1420180.00/cwt180.00–180.007564
Steers—Medium and Large 2425168.06/cwt165.00–170.007148
Steers—Medium and Large 1465173.26/cwt170.00–175.008069
Steers—Medium and Large 1518162.44/cwt160.00–165.008412
Steers—Medium and Large 2535147.48/cwt145.00–150.007894
Steers—Medium and Large 1610159.98/cwt157.50–162.509764
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2266155.86/cwt150.00–160.004155
Heifers—Medium and Large 1273172.61/cwt170.00–175.004716
Heifers—Medium and Large 1318170.20/cwt165.00–175.005414
Heifers—Medium and Large 2330154.85/cwt150.00–160.0051110
Heifers—Medium and Large 1374163.56/cwt160.00–170.006128
Heifers—Medium and Large 1422154.90/cwt152.50–160.006543
Heifers—Medium and Large 2432141.94/cwt140.00–145.006135
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475151.94/cwt150.00–155.007225
Heifers—Medium and Large 1528151.73/cwt147.00–155.008015
Heifers—Medium and Large 2532136.31/cwt135.00–140.0072511
Heifers—Medium and Large 1568142.96/cwt140.00–145.008125
Heifers—Medium and Large 1611126.09/cwt125.00–127.507707
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1228279.67/cwt270.00–290.006386
Bulls—Medium and Large 1277229.88/cwt225.00–240.006373
Bulls—Medium and Large 1365183.42/cwt180.00–190.006696
Bulls—Medium and Large 2370166.35/cwt162.50–170.006154
Bulls—Medium and Large 1418180.00/cwt180.00–180.007522
Bulls—Medium and Large 2423158.31/cwt155.00–160.006703
Bulls—Medium and Large 2473144.87/cwt140.00–150.006856
Bulls—Medium and Large 1476167.98/cwt165.00–170.008005
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02959.71/cwt56.00–64.0061414
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,32876.71/cwt75.00–79.001,0196
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,37669.70/cwt67.00–74.0095915

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.