Sale reports / Florida / Townsend Livestock Market / 2023-01-17

Townsend Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Madison, Florida · Tue, Jan 17
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1420
Feeder Cattle receipts
360 head
▼ 50 vs last sale 410▲ 60 vs year ago 300 · +20.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
34 head
▼ 46 vs last sale 80▼ 46 vs year ago 80 · −57.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Feeder cattle 1.00 to 3.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $185.56/cwt on 64 head.
Average price
$185.56
64 head · 437 lb average
Value per head Derived
$811
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$94
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$27.97/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−13.43
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1434189.9382554
Medium and Large 2451161.9573110thin
One grade step is worth $27.97/cwt here — about $94 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 sale64 hd
185.56
—
FL average8 barns · 573 hd
198.99
−13.43
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—Average1,692102.391,7323thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,22074.759128thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,00265.116527thin

Every lot

31 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1224243.20/cwt240.00–250.005456
Steers—Medium and Large 1268239.77/cwt235.00–245.006434
Steers—Medium and Large 1320198.23/cwt195.00–200.006343
Steers—Medium and Large 1363187.45/cwt180.00–190.006808
Steers—Medium and Large 1418178.27/cwt175.00–180.0074515
Steers—Medium and Large 2433161.82/cwt160.00–165.007018
Steers—Medium and Large 1524172.41/cwt170.00–180.009034
Steers—Medium and Large 2525162.48/cwt160.00–165.008532
Steers—Medium and Large 1580171.20/cwt170.00–177.509936
Steers—Medium and Large 1627170.85/cwt165.00–175.001,0713
Steers—Medium and Large 1658169.97/cwt167.50–172.501,1182
Steers—Medium and Large 1708166.69/cwt162.50–170.001,1803
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1223196.57/cwt195.00–200.004383
Heifers—Medium and Large 1263182.48/cwt180.00–185.004802
Heifers—Medium and Large 2275163.78/cwt160.00–170.004505
Heifers—Medium and Large 2318162.40/cwt160.00–165.005162
Heifers—Medium and Large 1327170.52/cwt170.00–175.005589
Heifers—Medium and Large 2424146.19/cwt145.00–150.006204
Heifers—Medium and Large 1428159.42/cwt157.50–162.506825
Heifers—Medium and Large 2465148.30/cwt145.00–150.006903
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473162.43/cwt160.00–167.507686
Heifers—Medium and Large 1531161.77/cwt157.50–162.508597
Heifers—Medium and Large 1633142.55/cwt140.00–145.009022
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1273203.17/cwt200.00–210.005556
Bulls—Medium and Large 1323201.60/cwt200.00–205.006513
Bulls—Medium and Large 1363176.61/cwt170.00–180.006413
Bulls—Medium and Large 2365166.82/cwt165.00–172.006094
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,692102.39/cwt99.00–104.001,7323
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00265.11/cwt62.00–68.006527
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19881.01/cwt79.00–82.009703
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23371.00/cwt71.00–71.008755

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.