Sale reports / Florida / Townsend Livestock Market / 2024-11-19

Townsend Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Madison, Florida · Tue, Nov 19
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1420
Feeder Cattle receipts
470 head
▼ 80 vs last sale 550▲ 470 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
72 head
▼ 17 vs last sale 89▲ 72 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
39 head
▲ 39 vs last sale 0▲ 39 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $238.81/cwt on 17 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −93.53 against this barn's trailing median of $332.34.
Average price
$238.81
17 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,315
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$156
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$40.72/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.21
vs FL average
−28.24 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1540253.181,36711thin
Medium and Large 2570212.461,2116thin
One grade step is worth $40.72/cwt here — about $156 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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
238.81
—
FL average5 barns · 79 hd
235.60
+3.21
National average196 barns · 21,141 hd
267.05
−28.24
This barn, trailing median19 sales
332.34
−93.53
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—Average1,677148.252,4877thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,302113.711,4815thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,199112.951,35414
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,10098.751,08627

Every lot

50 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1267427.25/cwt400.00–460.001,1413
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2273345.96/cwt330.00–360.009442
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1325405.77/cwt380.00–430.001,3194
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2328333.76/cwt325.00–350.001,0953
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2370283.76/cwt275.00–290.001,0505
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1375355.78/cwt340.00–390.001,3343
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1425314.12/cwt290.00–340.001,33514
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2432275.83/cwt270.00–285.001,1925
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1473284.28/cwt280.00–320.001,3459
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2480262.55/cwt260.00–265.001,2604
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1532276.46/cwt270.00–290.001,4716
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1582259.86/cwt255.00–270.001,5123
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1622233.33/cwt225.00–240.001,4519
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1678224.98/cwt220.00–230.001,5256
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1763226.13/cwt210.00–240.001,7254
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1828190.14/cwt180.00–195.001,5743
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2257273.38/cwt270.00–280.007036
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1273315.85/cwt290.00–330.008623
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1318276.07/cwt270.00–280.008785
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2325261.51/cwt255.00–265.0085012
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1374253.43/cwt250.00–260.009486
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2379242.38/cwt240.00–250.0091912
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2423235.84/cwt230.00–240.009985
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1426241.90/cwt240.00–245.001,0305
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Replacement442281.68/cwt280.00–285.001,2453
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2471229.18/cwt225.00–235.001,0797
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1510237.57/cwt230.00–245.001,2124
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Replacement533301.63/cwt300.00–305.001,6083
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2570212.46/cwt210.00–215.001,2116
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1575232.46/cwt230.00–235.001,3374
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1621207.52/cwt200.00–215.001,2896
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2275306.82/cwt280.00–330.008442
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1288374.78/cwt350.00–400.001,0792
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2328280.76/cwt260.00–300.009218
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1333357.80/cwt330.00–380.001,1916
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2376289.44/cwt280.00–305.001,0885
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1377335.62/cwt325.00–350.001,2659
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1424305.63/cwt290.00–320.001,29613
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2430264.88/cwt260.00–270.001,1398
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1478261.92/cwt260.00–265.001,25210
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1528256.37/cwt250.00–270.001,3543
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1578267.47/cwt265.00–270.001,5462
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,653138.57/cwt138.00–139.002,2912
Bulls——1,687152.12/cwt150.00–155.002,5665
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02692.87/cwt88.00–96.0095310
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,143102.21/cwt100.00–104.001,16817
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,199112.95/cwt110.00–118.001,35414
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,302113.71/cwt112.00–117.001,4815
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,113188.52/cwt175.00–200.002,0984
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,175132.51/cwt125.00–140.001,5573

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.