Sale reports / Florida / Townsend Livestock Market / 2019-03-05

Townsend Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Madison, Florida · Tue, Mar 5
● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1420
Feeder Cattle receipts
183 head
230 vs last sale 413 110 vs year ago 293 · 37.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
83 head
32 vs last sale 51 10 vs year ago 73 · +13.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter classes firm. Most feeder classes firm. All classes limited test.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $193.03/cwt on 15 head.
Average price
$193.03
15 head · 358 lb average
Value per head Derived
$690
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$297
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$10.52/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.23
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2244200.044885thin
Medium and Large 1414189.5278510thin
One grade step is worth $10.52/cwt here — about −$297 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 sale15 hd
193.03
FL average9 barns · 442 hd
184.80
+8.23
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,71286.631,4834thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,25262.327807thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,64360.069874thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,24154.8568127

Every lot, as filed

17 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 1565170.00/cwt170.00–170.009611
HeifersMedium and Large 1370158.96/cwt157.50–160.005885
HeifersMedium and Large 1330158.31/cwt157.50–160.005223
HeifersMedium and Large 1423153.71/cwt152.50–155.006502
CowsLean 85-90%1,24154.85/cwt53.00–58.0068127
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,64360.06/cwt58.00–62.009874
SteersMedium and Large 2230206.74/cwt205.00–210.004763
SteersMedium and Large 2265190.00/cwt190.00–190.005042
SteersMedium and Large 1421190.59/cwt187.50–195.008024
SteersMedium and Large 1318198.51/cwt195.00–205.006313
SteersMedium and Large 1470183.67/cwt180.00–187.508632
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25262.32/cwt59.00–65.007807
Bulls1,75785.50/cwt84.00–88.001,5023
Bulls1,57590.00/cwt90.00–90.001,4181
BullsMedium and Large 2317172.28/cwt170.00–177.005463
BullsMedium and Large 1582160.85/cwt157.50–162.509363
BullsMedium and Large 1430181.22/cwt180.00–182.507792

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.