Sale reports / Florida / Townsend Livestock Market / 2023-02-07

Townsend Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Madison, Florida · Tue, Feb 7
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1420
Feeder Cattle receipts
249 head
▲ 19 vs last sale 230▲ 69 vs year ago 180 · +38.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
62 head
▼ 11 vs last sale 73▼ 4 vs year ago 66 · −6.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
11 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 13▲ 11 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $171.34/cwt on 29 head.
Average price
$171.34
29 head · 376 lb average
Value per head Derived
$645
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$53
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$25.91/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.91
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1371176.7065523
Medium and Large 2399150.796026thin
One grade step is worth $25.91/cwt here — about $53 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 sale29 hd
171.34
—
FL average8 barns · 659 hd
178.24
−6.91
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—Low1,58996.511,53310
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,26480.381,0164thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,13271.3780818

Every lot

22 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 1310201.57/cwt200.00–210.006257
Steers—Medium and Large 1470200.11/cwt195.00–205.009412
Steers—Medium and Large 1565188.78/cwt185.00–192.501,0672
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1233213.00/cwt210.00–220.004963
Heifers—Medium and Large 1267204.56/cwt195.00–210.005463
Heifers—Medium and Large 1326161.96/cwt160.00–165.005285
Heifers—Medium and Large 2368146.52/cwt140.00–150.005393
Heifers—Medium and Large 1378162.42/cwt160.00–165.006144
Heifers—Medium and Large 2430155.06/cwt152.50–160.006673
Heifers—Medium and Large 1470170.76/cwt167.50–172.508036
Heifers—Medium and Large 1530163.68/cwt160.00–167.508682
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1243240.05/cwt235.00–245.005832
Bulls—Medium and Large 1278239.06/cwt235.00–250.006658
Bulls—Medium and Large 1332186.93/cwt185.00–190.006215
Bulls—Medium and Large 2333174.81/cwt170.00–180.005824
Bulls—Medium and Large 2382171.05/cwt170.00–180.006539
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,50992.14/cwt91.00–93.001,3907
Bulls——1,775106.70/cwt106.00–107.001,8943
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05865.94/cwt65.00–67.006986
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,16974.09/cwt69.00–75.0086612
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26480.38/cwt78.00–83.001,0164
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2910104.63/cwt90.00–115.009525

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.