Sale reports / Florida / Townsend Livestock Market / 2023-08-01

Townsend Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Madison, Florida · Tue, Aug 1
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1420
Feeder Cattle receipts
469 head
▲ 29 vs last sale 440▲ 99 vs year ago 370 · +26.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
45 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 53▼ 31 vs year ago 76 · −40.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Feeder cattle fully steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $211.86/cwt on 94 head.
Average price
$211.86
94 head · 466 lb average
Value per head Derived
$987
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$150
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$18.81/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−15.31
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1478219.661,05155
Medium and Large 2449200.8590139
One grade step is worth $18.81/cwt here — about $150 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 sale94 hd
211.86
—
FL average8 barns · 641 hd
227.16
−15.31
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—Average1,444125.811,8163thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,123104.141,16911
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,09891.741,0078thin

Every lot

30 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 1312293.37/cwt290.00–300.009153
Steers—Medium and Large 2320247.42/cwt245.00–250.007922
Steers—Medium and Large 1379280.94/cwt275.00–300.001,0658
Steers—Medium and Large 1423266.46/cwt260.00–280.001,1273
Steers—Medium and Large 1474248.77/cwt240.00–255.001,1797
Steers—Medium and Large 2474236.23/cwt230.00–245.001,1207
Steers—Medium and Large 1528232.95/cwt230.00–235.001,23010
Steers—Medium and Large 2570194.91/cwt190.00–200.001,1114
Steers—Medium and Large 1579237.81/cwt235.00–255.001,3777
Steers—Medium and Large 1618237.45/cwt235.00–240.001,4672
Steers—Medium and Large 2683188.32/cwt185.00–190.001,2863
Steers—Medium and Large 1684228.95/cwt220.00–240.001,5665
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2373200.71/cwt195.00–210.0074910
Heifers—Medium and Large 1376225.39/cwt220.00–235.0084716
Heifers—Medium and Large 2441204.39/cwt200.00–210.0090118
Heifers—Medium and Large 1472222.80/cwt215.00–230.001,05215
Heifers—Medium and Large 1529213.53/cwt210.00–220.001,13015
Heifers—Medium and Large 2530195.19/cwt190.00–210.001,03511
Heifers—Medium and Large 1576212.07/cwt205.00–215.001,2227
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement623222.77/cwt215.00–230.001,3882
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1371262.18/cwt255.00–275.009738
Bulls—Medium and Large 2375229.47/cwt220.00–240.008614
Bulls—Medium and Large 1428251.78/cwt240.00–260.001,0785
Bulls—Medium and Large 2472208.90/cwt205.00–215.009865
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 3240110.00/cwt110.00–110.0026412
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,268124.22/cwt122.00–126.001,5752
Bulls——1,795129.00/cwt129.00–129.002,3161
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09891.74/cwt89.00–94.001,0078
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,114103.55/cwt97.00–105.001,15410
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,210110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,3311

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.