Sale reports / Florida / Townsend Livestock Market / 2023-01-24

Townsend Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Madison, Florida · Tue, Jan 24
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1420
Feeder Cattle receipts
290 head
▼ 70 vs last sale 360▲ 2 vs year ago 288 · +0.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
44 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 34▼ 43 vs year ago 87 · −49.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to firm. Feeder cattle 2.00 to 4.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $165.06/cwt on 49 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits −24.31 against this barn's trailing median of $189.37.
Average price
$165.06
49 head · 494 lb average
Value per head Derived
$816
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$109
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$14.94/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−14.37
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1503171.1686129
Medium and Large 2481156.2275220
One grade step is worth $14.94/cwt here — about $109 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
165.06
—
FL average8 barns · 442 hd
179.43
−14.37
This barn, trailing median5 sales
189.37
−24.31
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

5 sales
208192176160median 189.3705/1908/1808/2509/1510/13
Bulls 0–100 lb: high $193.60, low $174.45, median $189.37 across 5 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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—Average1,534104.121,5977thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,17379.8093612
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02169.317089thin

Every lot

27 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1374201.66/cwt190.00–210.007545
Steers—Medium and Large 1417186.56/cwt180.00–190.007783
Steers—Medium and Large 1465172.58/cwt170.00–180.008024
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2268154.52/cwt150.00–157.004143
Heifers—Medium and Large 1273189.77/cwt185.00–195.005182
Heifers—Medium and Large 1317173.37/cwt170.00–175.005503
Heifers—Medium and Large 1378171.18/cwt167.50–175.006472
Heifers—Medium and Large 2378158.97/cwt157.50–160.006015
Heifers—Medium and Large 2410147.47/cwt145.00–150.006052
Heifers—Medium and Large 1426161.92/cwt160.00–170.006905
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473163.40/cwt157.50–167.507735
Heifers—Medium and Large 1537156.65/cwt155.00–160.008413
Heifers—Medium and Large 2568137.96/cwt135.00–140.007845
Heifers—Medium and Large 1576145.97/cwt145.00–150.0084110
Heifers—Medium and Large 1677134.16/cwt130.00–137.509083
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1270250.19/cwt245.00–255.006762
Bulls—Medium and Large 2417161.72/cwt160.00–165.006746
Bulls—Medium and Large 1430174.88/cwt170.00–180.007524
Bulls—Medium and Large 2468156.55/cwt150.00–160.007333
Bulls—Medium and Large 1474174.89/cwt170.00–180.008298
Bulls—Medium and Large 2520153.13/cwt150.00–155.0079611
Bulls—Medium and Large 1533167.44/cwt165.00–170.008926
Bulls—Medium and Large 1570163.68/cwt160.00–167.509334
Bulls—Medium and Large 1611141.04/cwt140.00–145.008625
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,534104.12/cwt98.00–109.001,5977
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02169.31/cwt67.00–72.007089
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17379.80/cwt78.00–83.0093612

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.