Sale reports / Florida / Townsend Livestock Market / 2023-10-10

Townsend Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Madison, Florida · Tue, Oct 10
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1420
Feeder Cattle receipts
900 head
▲ 316 vs last sale 584▲ 270 vs year ago 630 · +42.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
145 head
▲ 42 vs last sale 103▲ 72 vs year ago 73 · +98.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder cattle unevenly steady..

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $195.05/cwt on 120 head.
Average price
$195.05
120 head · 503 lb average
Value per head Derived
$980
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$190
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$47.07/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−41.52
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1499217.091,08461
Medium and Large 3357189.026757thin
Medium and Large 2526170.0289452
One grade step is worth $47.07/cwt here — about $190 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 sale120 hd
195.05
—
FL average8 barns · 594 hd
236.58
−41.52
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—Average1,592108.171,7229thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,63589.001,4551thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,20085.321,02421
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,03776.2779113

Every lot

52 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2370237.30/cwt230.00–245.008784
Steers—Medium and Large 1373297.90/cwt280.00–310.001,1113
Steers—Medium and Large 1426251.13/cwt240.00–265.001,07019
Steers—Medium and Large 2478232.54/cwt230.00–235.001,1122
Steers—Medium and Large 1482244.75/cwt240.00–260.001,18012
Steers—Medium and Large 1530232.45/cwt230.00–235.001,2324
Steers—Medium and Large 1578231.76/cwt230.00–250.001,34011
Steers—Medium and Large 1626226.19/cwt220.00–230.001,4164
Steers—Medium and Large 2645175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,1291
Steers—Medium and Large 1675216.67/cwt215.00–220.001,4633
Steers—Medium and Large 2685176.61/cwt175.00–180.001,2106
Steers—Medium and Large 1733196.64/cwt190.00–200.001,4413
Steers—Medium and Large 2740173.29/cwt172.50–180.001,2829
Steers—Medium and Large 1765195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,4921
Steers—Medium and Large 2766175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,3413
Steers—Medium and Large 2830175.06/cwt170.00–180.001,4532
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1313237.56/cwt235.00–240.007444
Heifers—Medium and Large 2323204.73/cwt200.00–210.006614
Heifers—Medium and Large 3328189.64/cwt185.00–200.006223
Heifers—Medium and Large 3379188.56/cwt185.00–200.007154
Heifers—Medium and Large 2383198.71/cwt195.00–215.0076110
Heifers—Medium and Large 1385223.12/cwt220.00–240.008596
Heifers—Medium and Large 2415182.18/cwt175.00–185.0075611
Heifers—Medium and Large 1439227.39/cwt225.00–235.009988
Heifers—Medium and Large 1472225.85/cwt220.00–230.001,06610
Heifers—Medium and Large 2478189.86/cwt185.00–200.009083
Heifers—Medium and Large 2515197.28/cwt190.00–205.001,0162
Heifers—Medium and Large 1526213.42/cwt210.00–215.001,12313
Heifers—Medium and Large 1564192.97/cwt190.00–210.001,0887
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement574216.53/cwt210.00–245.001,2437
Heifers—Medium and Large 2580172.37/cwt165.00–180.001,0004
Heifers—Medium and Large 1615180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,1071
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement625245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,5312
Heifers—Medium and Large 1665182.39/cwt175.00–190.001,2132
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement670200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3401
Heifers—Medium and Large 2687134.17/cwt130.00–135.009226
Heifers—Medium and Large 2712131.37/cwt130.00–140.009359
Heifers—Medium and Large 2770130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,0012
Heifers—Medium and Large 2800130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,0401
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1328252.21/cwt245.00–260.008274
Bulls—Medium and Large 2333225.00/cwt225.00–225.007494
Bulls—Medium and Large 2370227.57/cwt225.00–230.008422
Bulls—Medium and Large 1372267.74/cwt260.00–280.009965
Bulls—Medium and Large 1427246.72/cwt245.00–250.001,0533
Bulls—Medium and Large 2429210.87/cwt205.00–220.009055
Bulls—Medium and Large 2472203.90/cwt200.00–210.009625
Bulls—Medium and Large 1530231.60/cwt230.00–235.001,2276
Bulls—Medium and Large 2530198.21/cwt195.00–205.001,0516
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,592108.17/cwt106.00–112.001,7229
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03776.27/cwt74.00–78.0079113
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20085.32/cwt84.00–91.001,02421
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,63589.00/cwt89.00–89.001,4551

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.