Name: Townsend Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2019-01-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-01-08

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $134.97/cwt on 63 head.

Average price

$134.97

63 head · 467 lb average

Value per head Derived

$630

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$118

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

$4.78/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.92

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	491	136.64	671	41
Medium and Large 2	420	131.85	554	22

One grade step is worth $4.78/cwt here — about $118 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 sale63 hd

134.97

—

FL average8 barns · 781 hd

141.89

−6.92

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	1,776	78.46	1,393	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,299	47.29	614	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,485	47.14	700	17

Every lot, as filed

23 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	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,485	47.14/cwt	46.00–50.00	700	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,299	47.29/cwt	46.00–49.00	614	14
Bulls	—	—	1,776	78.46/cwt	75.00–79.00	1,393	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	656	126.98/cwt	125.00–130.00	833	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	132.95/cwt	130.00–135.00	702	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	127.48/cwt	125.00–130.00	603	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	330	167.42/cwt	165.00–170.00	552	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	270	167.41/cwt	165.00–170.00	452	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	476	164.24/cwt	160.00–170.00	782	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	146.58/cwt	145.00–150.00	557	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	333	151.60/cwt	150.00–155.00	505	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	413	130.92/cwt	127.50–135.00	541	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	317	143.80/cwt	142.50–145.00	456	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	140.26/cwt	137.50–145.00	607	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	131.23/cwt	130.00–132.50	748	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	433	152.94/cwt	150.00–155.00	662	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	336	173.17/cwt	170.00–180.00	582	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	360	171.62/cwt	170.00–175.00	618	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	281	182.53/cwt	180.00–185.00	513	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	432	167.43/cwt	165.00–170.00	723	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	537	157.47/cwt	155.00–160.00	846	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	373	162.41/cwt	160.00–167.50	606	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	133.67/cwt	130.00–137.50	635	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 Jan 8, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 187Last week 312Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 55Last week 55Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,485	46.00–50.00	47.14
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,299	46.00–49.00	47.29
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,776	75.00–79.00	78.46

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	656	125.00–130.00	126.98
5	—	528	130.00–135.00	132.95
3	—	380	145.00–150.00	146.58
3	—	333	150.00–155.00	151.60
13	—	433	137.50–145.00	140.26
8	—	570	130.00–132.50	131.23
4	—	475	130.00–137.50	133.67
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	473	125.00–130.00	127.48
9	—	413	127.50–135.00	130.92
4	—	317	142.50–145.00	143.80
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	330	165.00–170.00	167.42
4	—	270	165.00–170.00	167.41
3	—	373	160.00–167.50	162.41
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	476	160.00–170.00	164.24
3	—	336	170.00–180.00	173.17
3	—	360	170.00–175.00	171.62
4	—	281	180.00–185.00	182.53
4	—	432	165.00–170.00	167.43
4	—	537	155.00–160.00	157.47
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	433	150.00–155.00	152.94

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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