Sale reports / Florida / Townsend Livestock Market / 2024-01-23

Townsend Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Madison, Florida · Tue, Jan 23
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1420
Feeder Cattle receipts
407 head
▲ 20 vs last sale 387▲ 117 vs year ago 290 · +40.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
60 head
▼ 15 vs last sale 75▲ 16 vs year ago 44 · +36.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $227.91/cwt on 107 head.
Average price
$227.91
107 head · 442 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,007
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$156
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$8.95/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−30.62
vs FL average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1465232.011,07958
Medium and Large 2414223.0592349
One grade step is worth $8.95/cwt here — about $156 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 sale107 hd
227.91
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FL average7 barns · 565 hd
258.53
−30.62
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—Average1,574125.511,9769thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,164106.201,23613
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,02690.3892716

Every lot

39 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1333334.44/cwt320.00–350.001,1146
Steers—Medium and Large 2374303.77/cwt290.00–315.001,1367
Steers—Medium and Large 1377330.91/cwt320.00–345.001,2489
Steers—Medium and Large 1426298.68/cwt290.00–315.001,27217
Steers—Medium and Large 2427264.27/cwt260.00–270.001,1289
Steers—Medium and Large 1483275.08/cwt270.00–280.001,3294
Steers—Medium and Large 2485253.63/cwt250.00–265.001,2308
Steers—Medium and Large 2532235.86/cwt230.00–245.001,2555
Steers—Medium and Large 1535262.43/cwt260.00–270.001,40412
Steers—Medium and Large 1568260.92/cwt255.00–265.001,48210
Steers—Medium and Large 2573228.26/cwt220.00–240.001,3089
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1268272.08/cwt265.00–285.007293
Heifers—Medium and Large 2273235.23/cwt230.00–240.006424
Heifers—Medium and Large 1325237.62/cwt235.00–240.007726
Heifers—Medium and Large 2330219.77/cwt215.00–225.007254
Heifers—Medium and Large 1370244.86/cwt240.00–250.009066
Heifers—Medium and Large 2384231.88/cwt230.00–240.0089015
Heifers—Medium and Large 1433233.23/cwt230.00–240.001,01018
Heifers—Medium and Large 2434219.14/cwt215.00–230.0095114
Heifers—Medium and Large 1468236.55/cwt230.00–240.001,1079
Heifers—Medium and Large 2475224.89/cwt220.00–230.001,0686
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525234.86/cwt230.00–240.001,23312
Heifers—Medium and Large 2530202.36/cwt195.00–210.001,0736
Heifers—Medium and Large 1925150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,3884
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1270340.37/cwt330.00–350.009194
Bulls—Medium and Large 1308307.32/cwt285.00–330.009474
Bulls—Medium and Large 1378297.91/cwt285.00–310.001,1262
Bulls—Medium and Large 1431292.35/cwt290.00–300.001,2604
Bulls—Medium and Large 2439263.92/cwt260.00–270.001,1595
Bulls—Medium and Large 2477224.13/cwt220.00–230.001,0697
Bulls—Medium and Large 2529218.75/cwt210.00–220.001,1578
Bulls—Medium and Large 1530257.36/cwt250.00–265.001,3642
Bulls—Medium and Large 2573216.74/cwt210.00–220.001,2423
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,559124.95/cwt122.00–129.001,9488
Bulls——1,695130.00/cwt130.00–130.002,2041
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%94380.12/cwt77.00–83.007566
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07696.54/cwt94.00–98.001,03910
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,135104.42/cwt103.00–110.001,18511
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,325116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,5372

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.