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Townsend Livestock Market

Name: Townsend Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2024-04-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-02

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Madison, Florida · Tue, Apr 2

● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1420

← Mar 26Apr 2Apr 9 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

206 head

▼ 141 vs last sale 347▲ 23 vs year ago 183 · +12.6%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

25 head

▼ 35 vs last sale 60▼ 9 vs year ago 34 · −26.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle steady. Feeder cattle steady.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $253.00/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −79.34 against this barn's trailing median of $332.34.

Average price

$253.00

5 head · 532 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,345

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$77

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$15.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.00

vs FL average

−17.59 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	530	262.55	1,392	2thin
Medium and Large 2	533	246.63	1,315	3thin

One grade step is worth $15.92/cwt here — about $77 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale5 hd

253.00

—

FL average4 barns · 32 hd

248.00

+5.00

National average179 barns · 13,329 hd

270.59

−17.59

This barn, trailing median19 sales

332.34

−79.34

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

19 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $434.64, low $303.86, median $332.34 across 19 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,796	158.02	2,839	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,226	126.58	1,552	7thin

Every lot

27 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	325	395.08/cwt	390.00–400.00	1,284	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	378	372.05/cwt	350.00–395.00	1,406	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	427	290.20/cwt	280.00–310.00	1,239	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	433	316.62/cwt	315.00–320.00	1,371	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	309.79/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,456	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	513	303.34/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,556	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	320	296.46/cwt	290.00–300.00	949	6
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	329	292.05/cwt	290.00–295.00	961	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	370	252.43/cwt	250.00–255.00	934	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	371	278.31/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,033	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	423	279.70/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,183	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	426	235.92/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,005	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	478	265.08/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,267	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	478	249.93/cwt	245.00–255.00	1,195	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	262.55/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,392	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	533	246.63/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,315	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	745	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,453	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 3	321	278.97/cwt	275.00–290.00	895	4
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	326	304.39/cwt	295.00–310.00	992	5
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	331	375.75/cwt	370.00–395.00	1,244	4
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	373	309.66/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,155	4
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	373	287.08/cwt	275.00–300.00	1,071	4
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	432	267.78/cwt	260.00–280.00	1,157	5
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	290.21/cwt	270.00–300.00	1,393	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,712	161.44/cwt	159.00–163.00	2,764	7
Bulls	—	—	1,944	152.04/cwt	147.00–155.00	2,956	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,226	126.58/cwt	123.00–128.00	1,552	7

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.

Florida feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Townsend Livestock Auction - Madison, FL

Tue Apr 2, 2024

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Tallahassee, FL (LS-OR)

Feeder CattleReceipts 206Last week 347Year ago 183

Slaughter CattleReceipts 25Last week 60Year ago 34

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle steady. Feeder cattle steady.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,944	147.00–155.00	152.04
7	—	1,712	159.00–163.00	161.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,226	123.00–128.00	126.58

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	331	370.00–395.00	375.75
4	350–400	373	300.00–320.00	309.66
3	450–500	480	270.00–300.00	290.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	326	295.00–310.00	304.39
4	350–400	373	275.00–300.00	287.08
5	400–450	432	260.00–280.00	267.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	321	275.00–290.00	278.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	320	290.00–300.00	296.46
7	350–400	371	270.00–290.00	278.31
4	400–450	423	270.00–290.00	279.70
6	450–500	478	260.00–270.00	265.08
2	500–550	530	260.00–265.00	262.55
2	700–750	745	195.00	195.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	329	290.00–295.00	292.05
4	350–400	370	250.00–255.00	252.43
5	400–450	426	230.00–240.00	235.92
6	450–500	478	245.00–255.00	249.93
3	500–550	533	240.00–250.00	246.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	325	390.00–400.00	395.08
2	350–400	378	350.00–395.00	372.05
3	400–450	433	315.00–320.00	316.62
2	450–500	470	300.00–320.00	309.79
3	500–550	513	300.00–305.00	303.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	427	280.00–310.00	290.20

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.