Name: Townsend Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2018-07-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2018-07-10

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $127.42/cwt on 103 head.

Average price

$127.42

103 head · 510 lb average

Value per head Derived

$650

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$59

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

$10.38/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.92

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	512	131.55	674	62
Medium and Large 2	507	121.17	614	41

One grade step is worth $10.38/cwt here — about $59 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 sale103 hd

127.42

—

FL average8 barns · 1,146 hd

138.34

−10.92

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	2,009	84.91	1,706	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,350	60.97	823	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,229	59.41	730	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	976	56.76	554	12

Every lot, as filed

40 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
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	976	56.76/cwt	54.00–58.00	554	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	285	184.91/cwt	182.50–187.50	527	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	529	132.43/cwt	130.00–137.50	701	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	332	168.86/cwt	167.00–175.00	561	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	368	155.10/cwt	152.50–160.00	571	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	700	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	840	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	169.80/cwt	165.00–175.00	628	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	485	151.37/cwt	145.00–157.50	734	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	535	143.30/cwt	142.50–145.00	767	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	268	159.11/cwt	157.50–160.00	426	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	111.34/cwt	110.00–120.00	689	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	126.27/cwt	125.00–127.50	665	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	381	148.30/cwt	147.50–150.00	565	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	138.20/cwt	132.50–140.00	518	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	480	125.96/cwt	125.00–130.00	605	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	109.26/cwt	105.00–110.00	729	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	472	143.41/cwt	140.00–147.00	677	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	535	131.04/cwt	127.00–135.00	701	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	117.43/cwt	115.00–120.00	617	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	112.77/cwt	112.00–117.50	643	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	136.64/cwt	132.00–140.00	629	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	141.96/cwt	140.00–145.00	602	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	153.11/cwt	150.00–160.00	723	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	133.33/cwt	130.00–137.50	771	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	421	134.11/cwt	130.00–137.50	565	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	860	112.97/cwt	110.00–116.00	972	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	147.68/cwt	145.00–152.00	632	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	272	185.67/cwt	185.00–187.00	505	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	283	211.53/cwt	210.00–215.00	599	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	127.45/cwt	120.00–130.00	798	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	123.32/cwt	120.00–127.50	821	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	166.18/cwt	165.00–170.00	718	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	780	120.84/cwt	116.00–122.50	943	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	538	143.08/cwt	142.00–147.50	770	10
Bulls	—	—	1,782	81.77/cwt	80.00–83.00	1,457	2
Bulls	—	—	2,161	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	1,880	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,238	58.80/cwt	57.00–60.00	728	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,165	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	746	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,365	58.68/cwt	57.00–60.00	801	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,344	61.83/cwt	61.00–63.00	831	8

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 Jul 10, 2018

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 681Last week 0Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 60Last week 0Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	976	54.00–58.00	56.76
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,238	57.00–60.00	58.80
2	—	1,165	64.00	64.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,365	57.00–60.00	58.68
8	—	1,344	61.00–63.00	61.83
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,782	80.00–83.00	81.77
3	—	2,161	87.00	87.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	285	182.50–187.50	184.91
5	—	529	130.00–137.50	132.43
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	332	167.00–175.00	168.86
4	—	368	152.50–160.00	155.10
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	700	120.00	120.00
2	—	370	165.00–175.00	169.80
16	—	472	150.00–160.00	153.11
11	—	578	130.00–137.50	133.33
2	—	860	110.00–116.00	112.97
3	—	283	210.00–215.00	211.53
10	—	626	120.00–130.00	127.45
3	—	666	120.00–127.50	123.32
4	—	432	165.00–170.00	166.18
4	—	780	116.00–122.50	120.84
10	—	538	142.00–147.50	143.08
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	472	140.00–147.00	143.41
6	—	535	127.00–135.00	131.04
5	—	428	145.00–152.00	147.68
6	—	272	185.00–187.00	185.67
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	485	145.00–157.50	151.37
3	—	535	142.50–145.00	143.30
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	268	157.50–160.00	159.11
11	—	619	110.00–120.00	111.34
12	—	527	125.00–127.50	126.27
3	—	381	147.50–150.00	148.30
7	—	667	105.00–110.00	109.26
6	—	460	132.00–140.00	136.64
10	—	424	140.00–145.00	141.96
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	375	132.50–140.00	138.20
10	—	480	125.00–130.00	125.96
10	—	525	115.00–120.00	117.43
14	—	570	112.00–117.50	112.77
3	—	421	130.00–137.50	134.11

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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