Sale reports / Florida / Townsend Livestock Market / 2023-11-28

Townsend Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Madison, Florida · Tue, Nov 28
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1420
Feeder Cattle receipts
450 head
▼ 440 vs last sale 890▼ 323 vs year ago 773 · −41.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
71 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 74▼ 39 vs year ago 110 · −35.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: All Florida Markets closed last week for the holiday.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $236.17/cwt on 84 head.
Average price
$236.17
84 head · 455 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,075
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$148
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$29.42/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−25.13
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1458248.081,13650
Medium and Large 2452218.6698834
One grade step is worth $29.42/cwt here — about $148 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 sale84 hd
236.17
—
FL average7 barns · 495 hd
261.30
−25.13
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—Average1,925120.542,3203thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,22992.301,13519
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,14880.3292210

Every lot

35 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 1333281.41/cwt275.00–310.009375
Steers—Medium and Large 1371263.22/cwt250.00–275.0097711
Steers—Medium and Large 2376227.55/cwt220.00–240.008565
Steers—Medium and Large 1418244.99/cwt240.00–255.001,0249
Steers—Medium and Large 2435214.83/cwt210.00–230.0093512
Steers—Medium and Large 2468220.78/cwt215.00–225.001,03312
Steers—Medium and Large 1480241.39/cwt235.00–255.001,1596
Steers—Medium and Large 2528213.86/cwt210.00–220.001,1295
Steers—Medium and Large 1535233.89/cwt230.00–240.001,25110
Steers—Medium and Large 1573234.38/cwt230.00–240.001,3439
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2328201.71/cwt190.00–210.006625
Heifers—Medium and Large 2375192.20/cwt185.00–200.007218
Heifers—Medium and Large 2414202.66/cwt200.00–210.008398
Heifers—Medium and Large 1418234.85/cwt230.00–240.009822
Heifers—Medium and Large 2468184.92/cwt180.00–200.008654
Heifers—Medium and Large 1481223.19/cwt220.00–240.001,07412
Heifers—Medium and Large 1524215.84/cwt210.00–220.001,13115
Heifers—Medium and Large 2529175.36/cwt170.00–180.0092811
Heifers—Medium and Large 1578205.12/cwt195.00–210.001,1863
Heifers—Medium and Large 2582171.66/cwt165.00–180.009996
Heifers—Medium and Large 1610180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,0982
Heifers—Medium and Large 1678168.38/cwt165.00–170.001,1423
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2273257.29/cwt250.00–265.007022
Bulls—Medium and Large 1332279.75/cwt275.00–290.009296
Bulls—Medium and Large 2370215.84/cwt210.00–220.007995
Bulls—Medium and Large 1382279.84/cwt275.00–300.001,0695
Bulls—Medium and Large 2413216.53/cwt210.00–220.008943
Bulls—Medium and Large 1423244.79/cwt240.00–250.001,0356
Bulls—Medium and Large 1463222.51/cwt220.00–225.001,0302
Bulls—Medium and Large 1514234.11/cwt225.00–240.001,20310
Bulls—Medium and Large 2535207.43/cwt205.00–215.001,1104
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,925120.54/cwt115.00–125.002,3203
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,14880.32/cwt77.00–83.0092210
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22889.63/cwt87.00–93.001,10115
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,235102.29/cwt99.00–104.001,2634

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.