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Townsend Livestock Market

Name: Townsend Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2024-05-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-28

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Madison, Florida · Tue, May 28

● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1420

← May 21May 28Jun 4 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

189 head

▼ 99 vs last sale 288▼ 101 vs year ago 290 · −34.8%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

59 head

▲ 18 vs last sale 41▼ 32 vs year ago 91 · −35.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Feeder cattle fully 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 $234.90/cwt on 10 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −97.44 against this barn's trailing median of $332.34.

Average price

$234.90

10 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,297

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$155

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

$45.82/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.09

vs FL average

−32.72 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	528	262.39	1,385	4thin
Medium and Large 2	568	216.57	1,230	6thin

One grade step is worth $45.82/cwt here — about $155 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 sale10 hd

234.90

—

FL average2 barns · 15 hd

242.99

−8.09

National average129 barns · 6,320 hd

267.62

−32.72

This barn, trailing median19 sales

332.34

−97.44

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,210	127.67	1,545	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,103	120.39	1,328	11

Every lot

20 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 · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	313	324.88/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,017	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	477	269.83/cwt	265.00–280.00	1,287	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	366	285.90/cwt	280.00–295.00	1,046	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	375	272.60/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,022	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	272.56/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,172	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	433	262.43/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,136	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	470	219.89/cwt	215.00–225.00	1,033	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	471	243.36/cwt	235.00–255.00	1,146	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	477	269.13/cwt	265.00–275.00	1,284	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	262.39/cwt	255.00–270.00	1,385	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	568	216.57/cwt	210.00–220.00	1,230	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	636	241.17/cwt	230.00–250.00	1,534	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	745	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,378	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 2	285	285.26/cwt	270.00–300.00	813	4
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	328	289.77/cwt	280.00–300.00	950	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	373	297.73/cwt	285.00–310.00	1,111	11
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	312.43/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,337	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	478	291.07/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,391	9
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,103	120.39/cwt	116.00–125.00	1,328	11
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,210	127.67/cwt	125.00–134.00	1,545	18

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 May 28, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 189Last week 288Year ago 290

Slaughter CattleReceipts 59Last week 41Year ago 91

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	366	280.00–295.00	285.90
2	400–450	430	270.00–275.00	272.56
7	450–500	477	265.00–275.00	269.13
4	500–550	528	255.00–270.00	262.39
4	600–650	636	230.00–250.00	241.17
2	700–750	745	185.00	185.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	375	270.00–275.00	272.60
6	400–450	433	260.00–265.00	262.43
7	450–500	471	235.00–255.00	243.36
6	550–600	568	210.00–220.00	216.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	470	215.00–225.00	219.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	428	310.00–315.00	312.43
9	450–500	478	290.00–300.00	291.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	285	270.00–300.00	285.26
2	300–350	328	280.00–300.00	289.77
11	350–400	373	285.00–310.00	297.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	313	320.00–330.00	324.88
3	450–500	477	265.00–280.00	269.83

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,210	125.00–134.00	127.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,103	116.00–125.00	120.39

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.