Sale reports / Florida / Townsend Livestock Market / 2023-09-12

Townsend Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Madison, Florida · Tue, Sep 12
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1420
Feeder Cattle receipts
357 head
▲ 356 vs last sale 1▼ 123 vs year ago 480 · −25.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
42 head
▲ 42 vs last sale 0▼ 90 vs year ago 132 · −68.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the previous week: Market closed the previous week because of major damage from hurricane.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $216.02/cwt on 77 head.
Average price
$216.02
77 head · 402 lb average
Value per head Derived
$868
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$77
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$19.43/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−23.89
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1402230.4092520
Medium and Large 2402210.9784857
One grade step is worth $19.43/cwt here — about $77 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 sale77 hd
216.02
—
FL average8 barns · 666 hd
239.90
−23.89
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—High1,673128.432,1492thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,264102.881,30013
CowsLean 85-90%Average95589.0585015

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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1328316.19/cwt310.00–330.001,0373
Steers—Medium and Large 1373297.75/cwt290.00–305.001,11112
Steers—Medium and Large 2380263.51/cwt250.00–270.001,0016
Steers—Medium and Large 2418245.15/cwt240.00–250.001,0252
Steers—Medium and Large 1428277.54/cwt275.00–280.001,1882
Steers—Medium and Large 2469222.39/cwt215.00–235.001,04314
Steers—Medium and Large 1480259.90/cwt250.00–270.001,24810
Steers—Medium and Large 2508218.34/cwt215.00–220.001,1096
Steers—Medium and Large 1567237.25/cwt235.00–240.001,34511
Steers—Medium and Large 1630224.15/cwt220.00–227.501,4123
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2270215.19/cwt210.00–220.005814
Heifers—Medium and Large 2327220.67/cwt215.00–225.0072211
Heifers—Medium and Large 1330232.58/cwt230.00–235.007686
Heifers—Medium and Large 2363215.10/cwt210.00–220.0078116
Heifers—Medium and Large 1375227.80/cwt220.00–235.008548
Heifers—Medium and Large 2432206.80/cwt200.00–215.008939
Heifers—Medium and Large 1481222.44/cwt220.00–230.001,0704
Heifers—Medium and Large 2488202.46/cwt200.00–210.009888
Heifers—Medium and Large 2515201.63/cwt200.00–205.001,0389
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement563250.22/cwt240.00–260.001,4092
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2272288.53/cwt270.00–300.007855
Bulls—Medium and Large 1280301.90/cwt295.00–305.008453
Bulls—Medium and Large 1367306.82/cwt290.00–315.001,1263
Bulls—Medium and Large 2380231.54/cwt225.00–235.008806
Bulls—Medium and Large 1430221.90/cwt210.00–240.009546
Bulls—Medium and Large 1473227.30/cwt220.00–235.001,0754
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,673128.43/cwt127.00–130.002,1492
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%95589.05/cwt85.00–93.0085015
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,202100.10/cwt96.00–104.001,2039
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,403109.13/cwt106.00–112.001,5314

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.