Sale reports / Florida / Townsend Livestock Market / 2024-06-25

Townsend Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Madison, Florida · Tue, Jun 25
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1420
Feeder Cattle receipts
400 head
▲ 100 vs last sale 300▼ 100 vs year ago 500 · −20.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
81 head
▲ 13 vs last sale 68▲ 15 vs year ago 66 · +22.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder steers and bulls 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder heifers mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $236.95/cwt on 17 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −95.39 against this barn's trailing median of $332.34.
Average price
$236.95
17 head · 534 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,265
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$69
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$12.58/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−12.17
vs FL average
−32.33 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1534239.171,27714thin
Medium and Large 2533226.591,2083thin
One grade step is worth $12.58/cwt here — about $69 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 sale17 hd
236.95
—
FL average7 barns · 116 hd
249.12
−12.17
National average153 barns · 8,958 hd
269.28
−32.33
This barn, trailing median19 sales
332.34
−95.39
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
449396343290median 332.3405/1207/1408/2509/2910/27
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,632165.402,7008thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,335143.951,92214
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,208133.681,61516
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,080125.221,35212

Every lot

37 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1428305.26/cwt290.00–320.001,3072
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2433271.46/cwt265.00–285.001,1753
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1475288.26/cwt285.00–295.001,3693
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1522279.84/cwt275.00–290.001,4613
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1562271.68/cwt270.00–275.001,5273
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1643238.34/cwt235.00–240.001,5333
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1275333.18/cwt320.00–345.009162
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1373269.83/cwt265.00–275.001,0068
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2373246.52/cwt240.00–250.009203
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1424263.89/cwt260.00–270.001,11916
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2429246.20/cwt235.00–255.001,0567
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1473255.26/cwt245.00–265.001,2072
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2480228.37/cwt225.00–230.001,09618
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2533226.59/cwt225.00–230.001,2083
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1534239.17/cwt235.00–250.001,27714
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Replacement634231.27/cwt230.00–235.001,4664
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1635204.96/cwt200.00–210.001,3014
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1693205.02/cwt200.00–210.001,4212
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Replacement715225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,6092
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1279344.19/cwt335.00–350.009605
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1323330.23/cwt320.00–340.001,0672
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2330307.88/cwt295.00–320.001,0164
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1368307.61/cwt290.00–320.001,13210
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2370245.41/cwt235.00–260.009085
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2425246.35/cwt240.00–260.001,0473
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1427276.56/cwt270.00–280.001,1819
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2481241.93/cwt240.00–250.001,1645
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1530265.09/cwt260.00–270.001,4054
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1573254.89/cwt250.00–260.001,4614
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2573222.55/cwt220.00–225.001,2754
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1619215.62/cwt210.00–220.001,3358
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,598162.13/cwt159.00–165.002,5916
Bulls——1,735175.22/cwt172.00–178.003,0402
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,080125.22/cwt121.00–129.001,35212
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,208133.68/cwt130.00–137.001,61516
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,326142.30/cwt137.00–148.001,88711
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,368149.99/cwt147.00–155.002,0523

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.