Sale reports / Florida / Townsend Livestock Market / 2023-04-11

Townsend Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Madison, Florida · Tue, Apr 11
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1420
Feeder Cattle receipts
396 head
▲ 213 vs last sale 183▼ 4 vs year ago 400 · −1.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
28 head
▼ 6 vs last sale 34▼ 52 vs year ago 80 · −65.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows 2.00 to 3.00 higher in light test. Slaughter bulls steady. Feeder cattle steady in limited test.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $181.85/cwt on 64 head.
Average price
$181.85
64 head · 378 lb average
Value per head Derived
$688
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$252
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$28.22/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−26.34
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1433195.3484615thin
Medium and Large 2365183.8667231
Medium and Large 3355167.1359318thin
One grade step is worth $28.22/cwt here — about $252 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
181.85
—
FL average7 barns · 450 hd
208.19
−26.34
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—Average1,683118.862,0004thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,334101.541,3548thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low92379.737365thin

Every lot

34 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1368216.52/cwt210.00–220.007973
Steers—Medium and Large 2370195.14/cwt190.00–200.007222
Steers—Medium and Large 3383174.90/cwt170.00–180.006702
Steers—Medium and Large 2415192.10/cwt190.00–200.007975
Steers—Medium and Large 3428173.27/cwt170.00–175.007423
Steers—Medium and Large 2477181.06/cwt180.00–190.008649
Steers—Medium and Large 1510192.48/cwt190.00–195.009822
Steers—Medium and Large 2518181.48/cwt180.00–182.509405
Steers—Medium and Large 1582198.48/cwt197.50–202.501,1555
Steers—Medium and Large 1763174.98/cwt170.00–180.001,3352
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2213202.47/cwt200.00–205.004312
Heifers—Medium and Large 2263191.21/cwt190.00–200.005039
Heifers—Medium and Large 1308201.28/cwt200.00–205.006204
Heifers—Medium and Large 3308166.59/cwt160.00–170.005136
Heifers—Medium and Large 2325191.31/cwt190.00–195.006224
Heifers—Medium and Large 3370167.89/cwt160.00–170.0062110
Heifers—Medium and Large 2373183.21/cwt180.00–190.006833
Heifers—Medium and Large 3420164.94/cwt160.00–170.006932
Heifers—Medium and Large 1427193.28/cwt190.00–195.008253
Heifers—Medium and Large 2430177.44/cwt175.00–180.007636
Heifers—Medium and Large 1465193.71/cwt190.00–195.009014
Heifers—Medium and Large 2467178.29/cwt175.00–180.008333
Heifers—Medium and Large 1530192.59/cwt187.50–197.501,0214
Heifers—Medium and Large 2533164.88/cwt160.00–170.008794
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2273199.77/cwt195.00–205.005452
Bulls—Medium and Large 1323217.09/cwt210.00–225.007012
Bulls—Medium and Large 1375209.80/cwt205.00–215.007874
Bulls—Medium and Large 2433194.86/cwt190.00–200.008444
Bulls—Medium and Large 2463181.03/cwt180.00–185.008385
Bulls—Medium and Large 1473202.62/cwt195.00–210.009582
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,683118.86/cwt115.00–123.002,0004
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%92379.73/cwt77.00–84.007365
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,188108.76/cwt107.00–110.001,2923
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,42197.21/cwt95.00–103.001,3815

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.