Sale reports / Florida / Townsend Livestock Market / 2023-01-10

Townsend Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Madison, Florida · Tue, Jan 10
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1420
Feeder Cattle receipts
410 head
▲ 230 vs last sale 180▲ 50 vs year ago 360 · +13.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
80 head
▲ 11 vs last sale 69▼ 16 vs year ago 96 · −16.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 0▼ 27 vs year ago 37 · −73.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: slaughter cows steady. Feeder cattle 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder and replacement cows too limited to test.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $179.82/cwt on 58 head.
Average price
$179.82
58 head · 492 lb average
Value per head Derived
$885
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$204
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$16.72/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−21.26
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1518185.8796237
Medium and Large 2448169.1575821
One grade step is worth $16.72/cwt here — about $204 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 sale58 hd
179.82
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FL average8 barns · 554 hd
201.08
−21.26
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%High1,50674.081,11612
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,17863.4774813

Every lot

28 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 2368176.52/cwt170.00–180.006503
Steers—Medium and Large 1418188.27/cwt185.00–190.007879
Steers—Medium and Large 2427164.27/cwt160.00–170.007019
Steers—Medium and Large 2470170.87/cwt165.00–175.008035
Steers—Medium and Large 1472183.90/cwt180.00–190.008685
Steers—Medium and Large 2528172.46/cwt170.00–175.009114
Steers—Medium and Large 1532194.46/cwt192.50–200.001,03511
Steers—Medium and Large 1580180.72/cwt177.50–187.501,0486
Steers—Medium and Large 1616173.32/cwt170.00–177.501,0686
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2373152.42/cwt150.00–155.0056910
Heifers—Medium and Large 1375163.84/cwt160.00–170.006145
Heifers—Medium and Large 1430167.44/cwt165.00–170.007204
Heifers—Medium and Large 2438153.69/cwt150.00–157.506734
Heifers—Medium and Large 1472165.42/cwt162.50–170.007815
Heifers—Medium and Large 2487150.79/cwt147.50–157.507343
Heifers—Medium and Large 1530159.07/cwt157.50–160.0084311
Heifers—Medium and Large 1612139.71/cwt137.50–140.008559
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1265237.36/cwt230.00–245.006292
Bulls—Medium and Large 2277216.87/cwt210.00–220.006013
Bulls—Medium and Large 2317186.74/cwt180.00–200.005923
Bulls—Medium and Large 1332226.14/cwt220.00–230.007515
Bulls—Medium and Large 1373193.88/cwt190.00–197.507234
Bulls—Medium and Large 2380174.87/cwt170.00–180.006654
Bulls—Medium and Large 2416162.61/cwt160.00–170.006764
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,17863.47/cwt61.00–67.0074813
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,49281.87/cwt79.00–83.001,2223
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,51171.48/cwt67.00–75.001,0809
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,04875.43/cwt74.00–77.507913

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.