Sale reports / Florida / Townsend Livestock Market / 2022-12-13

Townsend Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Madison, Florida · Tue, Dec 13
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1420
Feeder Cattle receipts
573 head
▼ 57 vs last sale 630▲ 60 vs year ago 513 · +11.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
70 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 79▲ 1 vs year ago 69 · +1.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls firm. Feeder cattle 1.00 to 3.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $162.03/cwt on 80 head.
Average price
$162.03
80 head · 380 lb average
Value per head Derived
$615
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$98
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$13.92/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.40
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1394169.1666739
Medium and Large 2366155.2456941
One grade step is worth $13.92/cwt here — about $98 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 sale80 hd
162.03
—
FL average9 barns · 940 hd
158.63
+3.40
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—High1,70599.551,6974thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,23072.9089612
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,14565.0674512

Every lot

34 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2231208.99/cwt200.00–220.004836
Steers—Medium and Large 1270229.81/cwt225.00–240.006203
Steers—Medium and Large 2273207.02/cwt200.00–215.005656
Steers—Medium and Large 2331168.57/cwt165.00–175.005588
Steers—Medium and Large 1370187.43/cwt185.00–190.006934
Steers—Medium and Large 2378176.56/cwt175.00–180.006673
Steers—Medium and Large 1417183.28/cwt180.00–185.007643
Steers—Medium and Large 2427170.59/cwt167.50–175.007287
Steers—Medium and Large 1465183.74/cwt182.50–185.008542
Steers—Medium and Large 1513177.42/cwt172.50–180.009106
Steers—Medium and Large 1574177.09/cwt175.00–182.501,0167
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2228202.42/cwt200.00–205.004624
Heifers—Medium and Large 2267163.50/cwt160.00–170.004379
Heifers—Medium and Large 1271192.11/cwt190.00–195.005217
Heifers—Medium and Large 1319187.87/cwt185.00–190.005995
Heifers—Medium and Large 2328158.78/cwt155.00–165.005215
Heifers—Medium and Large 2373164.83/cwt160.00–170.006156
Heifers—Medium and Large 1374178.09/cwt175.00–182.506667
Heifers—Medium and Large 1418153.02/cwt147.50–155.006408
Heifers—Medium and Large 2432132.59/cwt130.00–140.0057311
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473154.40/cwt152.50–160.007308
Heifers—Medium and Large 2475140.03/cwt137.50–142.506652
Heifers—Medium and Large 2531140.59/cwt140.00–142.507474
Heifers—Medium and Large 1533151.80/cwt150.00–157.508094
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2268167.29/cwt160.00–170.004484
Bulls—Medium and Large 1420177.44/cwt175.00–180.007452
Bulls—Medium and Large 2430167.38/cwt165.00–172.507203
Bulls—Medium and Large 1473172.43/cwt170.00–175.008164
Bulls—Medium and Large 2473157.46/cwt152.50–160.007453
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,59597.40/cwt94.00–100.001,5543
Bulls——2,035106.00/cwt106.00–106.002,1571
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,14565.06/cwt64.00–66.0074512
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17069.79/cwt67.00–72.008178
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,34979.11/cwt77.00–82.001,0674

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.