Name: Townsend Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2018-02-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2018-02-06

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $147.80/cwt on 58 head.

Average price

$147.80

58 head · 416 lb average

Value per head Derived

$615

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$97

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$7.97/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.28

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	427	150.81	644	16thin
Medium and Large 2	420	147.69	620	33
Medium and Large 3	383	142.85	547	9thin

One grade step is worth $7.97/cwt here — about $97 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 sale58 hd

147.80

—

FL average5 barns · 411 hd

156.08

−8.28

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,666	76.91	1,281	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,387	64.11	889	33
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,357	62.60	849	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,005	53.65	539	11

Every lot, as filed

33 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	472	172.08/cwt	170.00–175.00	812	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	372	187.23/cwt	182.00–192.00	696	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	329	197.95/cwt	195.00–200.00	651	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	427	180.89/cwt	175.00–185.00	772	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	275	180.27/cwt	175.00–185.00	496	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	470	158.04/cwt	156.00–160.00	743	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	330	154.07/cwt	150.00–157.00	508	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	162.80/cwt	160.00–165.00	855	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	173.37/cwt	170.00–175.00	824	3
Bulls	—	—	1,666	76.91/cwt	76.00–78.00	1,281	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	143.96/cwt	142.00–148.00	679	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	521	148.54/cwt	147.00–150.00	774	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,367	65.95/cwt	65.00–67.00	902	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,411	61.91/cwt	60.00–63.00	874	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,382	64.47/cwt	63.00–66.00	891	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	365	167.14/cwt	162.00–172.00	610	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	150.56/cwt	147.50–152.50	643	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	182.15/cwt	177.00–187.00	769	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,030	57.40/cwt	54.00–60.00	591	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	960	47.08/cwt	46.00–48.00	452	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,331	60.73/cwt	58.00–62.00	808	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	441	148.03/cwt	145.00–150.00	653	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	277	164.77/cwt	160.00–170.00	456	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	427	168.52/cwt	165.00–172.00	720	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	418	160.98/cwt	160.00–165.00	673	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	327	170.19/cwt	165.00–175.00	557	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	159.29/cwt	155.00–162.00	593	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	433	139.06/cwt	135.00–140.00	602	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	469	140.84/cwt	140.00–142.00	661	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	528	137.58/cwt	135.00–140.00	726	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	158.38/cwt	155.00–160.00	828	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	371	152.42/cwt	150.00–157.00	565	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	320	147.58/cwt	145.00–150.00	472	4

How this sale compares

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 Feb 6, 2018

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 314Last week 0Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 63Last week 0Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	472	170.00–175.00	172.08
6	—	372	182.00–192.00	187.23
7	—	329	195.00–200.00	197.95
7	—	427	175.00–185.00	180.89
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	275	175.00–185.00	180.27
2	—	470	156.00–160.00	158.04
4	—	521	147.00–150.00	148.54
4	—	365	162.00–172.00	167.14
10	—	418	160.00–165.00	160.98
6	—	327	165.00–175.00	170.19
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	330	150.00–157.00	154.07
5	—	441	145.00–150.00	148.03
6	—	277	160.00–170.00	164.77
11	—	469	140.00–142.00	140.84
6	—	528	135.00–140.00	137.58
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	472	142.00–148.00	143.96
5	—	427	147.50–152.50	150.56
5	—	372	155.00–162.00	159.29
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	433	135.00–140.00	139.06
4	—	320	145.00–150.00	147.58
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	525	160.00–165.00	162.80
3	—	475	170.00–175.00	173.37
6	—	422	177.00–187.00	182.15
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	427	165.00–172.00	168.52
3	—	523	155.00–160.00	158.38
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	371	150.00–157.00	152.42

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,666	76.00–78.00	76.91
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,367	65.00–67.00	65.95
15	—	1,411	60.00–63.00	61.91
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,382	63.00–66.00	64.47
6	—	1,331	58.00–62.00	60.73
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,030	54.00–60.00	57.40
4	—	960	46.00–48.00	47.08

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.

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