Sale reports / Florida / Townsend Livestock Market / 2023-01-03

Townsend Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Madison, Florida · Tue, Jan 3
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1420
Feeder Cattle receipts
180 head
▼ 393 vs last sale 573▼ 119 vs year ago 299 · −39.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
69 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 70▼ 3 vs year ago 72 · −4.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Townsend Livestock Market has been closed two weeks for the Christmas Holidays. No trends.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $155.52/cwt on 49 head.
Average price
$155.52
49 head · 360 lb average
Value per head Derived
$560
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$210
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$31.72/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.01
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1392166.5365221
Medium and Large 2338150.6751022
Medium and Large 3328134.814426thin
One grade step is worth $31.72/cwt here — about $210 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 sale49 hd
155.52
—
FL average7 barns · 707 hd
162.53
−7.01
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%High1,52672.641,10831

Every lot

24 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1257229.94/cwt220.00–235.005913
Steers—Medium and Large 2325202.38/cwt200.00–210.006584
Steers—Medium and Large 1425194.82/cwt190.00–200.008284
Steers—Medium and Large 1470181.17/cwt177.50–185.008512
Steers—Medium and Large 1533161.63/cwt160.00–165.008613
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2273151.59/cwt150.00–155.004146
Heifers—Medium and Large 1288183.41/cwt180.00–190.005283
Heifers—Medium and Large 1320181.56/cwt175.00–185.005813
Heifers—Medium and Large 2326151.32/cwt150.00–155.004938
Heifers—Medium and Large 3328134.81/cwt130.00–140.004426
Heifers—Medium and Large 1368158.97/cwt157.50–160.005855
Heifers—Medium and Large 2370151.22/cwt150.00–152.505604
Heifers—Medium and Large 2430147.44/cwt145.00–150.006344
Heifers—Medium and Large 1437158.00/cwt155.00–165.006905
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475163.47/cwt162.50–165.007765
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1270214.81/cwt210.00–220.005804
Bulls—Medium and Large 1322216.93/cwt215.00–220.006995
Bulls—Medium and Large 2325174.77/cwt170.00–180.005686
Bulls—Medium and Large 1370214.86/cwt210.00–220.007956
Bulls—Medium and Large 1416182.43/cwt180.00–190.007594
Bulls—Medium and Large 1523159.16/cwt157.50–160.008323
Bulls—Medium and Large 1658142.49/cwt140.00–145.009382
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,35377.66/cwt77.00–79.001,0515
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,55971.68/cwt68.00–74.001,11726

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.