Sale reports / Florida / Townsend Livestock Market / 2023-06-06

Townsend Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Madison, Florida · Tue, Jun 6
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1420
Feeder Cattle receipts
320 head
▲ 30 vs last sale 290▼ 43 vs year ago 363 · −11.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
102 head
▲ 11 vs last sale 91▲ 34 vs year ago 68 · +50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the previous week: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder cattle 1.00 to 4.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $223.50/cwt on 56 head.
Average price
$223.50
56 head · 408 lb average
Value per head Derived
$912
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$303
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$36.06/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.26
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1447231.261,03526
Medium and Large 2374220.0982226
Medium and Large 3375195.207324thin
One grade step is worth $36.06/cwt here — about $303 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 sale56 hd
223.50
—
FL average8 barns · 621 hd
217.24
+6.26
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
Bulls—Average1,375120.581,6582thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,367119.351,6323thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,210105.591,27812
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,10589.4398822

Every lot

32 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1369272.25/cwt265.00–295.001,0056
Steers—Medium and Large 1515233.27/cwt230.00–240.001,2013
Steers—Medium and Large 1575226.22/cwt225.00–230.001,3014
Steers—Medium and Large 1670222.46/cwt217.50–225.001,4903
Steers—Medium and Large 1753194.98/cwt190.00–200.001,4682
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1270239.81/cwt235.00–245.006472
Heifers—Medium and Large 2271225.87/cwt220.00–230.006125
Heifers—Medium and Large 2328229.81/cwt225.00–235.007546
Heifers—Medium and Large 2373214.83/cwt210.00–220.008018
Heifers—Medium and Large 1375259.73/cwt255.00–270.009746
Heifers—Medium and Large 3375195.20/cwt190.00–200.007324
Heifers—Medium and Large 1408240.03/cwt235.00–245.009794
Heifers—Medium and Large 2424217.61/cwt210.00–220.009234
Heifers—Medium and Large 1462218.98/cwt215.00–220.001,0125
Heifers—Medium and Large 1530211.64/cwt210.00–215.001,1226
Heifers—Medium and Large 2570208.33/cwt205.00–210.001,1873
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573216.63/cwt210.00–220.001,2413
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1268277.43/cwt275.00–280.007442
Bulls—Medium and Large 2273238.17/cwt235.00–245.006509
Bulls—Medium and Large 1323259.73/cwt255.00–265.008394
Bulls—Medium and Large 1371270.55/cwt265.00–275.001,0047
Bulls—Medium and Large 3374216.10/cwt210.00–220.008085
Bulls—Medium and Large 2377248.19/cwt245.00–255.009366
Bulls—Medium and Large 3417186.72/cwt185.00–190.007793
Bulls—Medium and Large 1418253.17/cwt240.00–265.001,0583
Bulls—Medium and Large 1476220.97/cwt220.00–225.001,05210
Bulls—Medium and Large 1526221.37/cwt220.00–230.001,1647
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,375120.58/cwt115.00–125.001,6582
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05882.72/cwt80.00–87.008759
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,13894.08/cwt90.00–97.001,07113
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,210105.59/cwt101.00–110.001,27812
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,367119.35/cwt116.00–124.001,6323

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.