Name: Townsend Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2019-03-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-03-19

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $140.10/cwt on 91 head.

Average price

$140.10

91 head · 460 lb average

Value per head Derived

$644

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$82

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

$0.61/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.15

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	495	140.48	696	34
Medium and Large 2	439	139.87	614	57

One grade step is worth $0.61/cwt here — about $82 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 sale91 hd

140.10

—

FL average10 barns · 777 hd

143.25

−3.15

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	—	High	1,583	85.69	1,356	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,636	65.32	1,069	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,256	60.88	765	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	997	51.26	511	9thin

Every lot, as filed

37 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 2	—	370	167.57/cwt	165.00–170.00	620	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	131.43/cwt	127.50–135.00	687	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	372	143.62/cwt	140.00–147.50	534	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	310	181.50/cwt	178.00–185.00	563	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	426	157.62/cwt	155.00–160.00	671	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	152.03/cwt	147.50–155.00	575	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	588	135.35/cwt	135.00–137.50	796	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	149.10/cwt	145.00–152.00	634	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	183.31/cwt	180.00–185.00	775	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	317	158.72/cwt	157.50–160.00	503	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	469	138.06/cwt	135.00–140.00	648	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	142.28/cwt	140.00–147.00	683	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	136.82/cwt	135.00–142.50	732	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	121.28/cwt	120.00–122.50	754	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	277	182.34/cwt	180.00–185.00	505	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	322	152.72/cwt	150.00–157.50	492	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	422	140.41/cwt	137.50–142.50	593	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	535	158.09/cwt	157.50–160.00	846	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	418	168.50/cwt	165.00–170.00	704	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	469	160.51/cwt	157.50–162.50	753	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	580	146.02/cwt	145.00–152.50	847	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	168.31/cwt	165.00–170.00	779	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	157.00/cwt	155.00–162.50	904	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	377	188.63/cwt	185.00–192.50	711	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	161.19/cwt	160.00–165.00	856	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	171.61/cwt	170.00–175.00	640	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	432	177.46/cwt	175.00–180.00	767	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	560	146.64/cwt	145.00–150.00	821	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	327	192.92/cwt	190.00–195.00	631	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	478	159.30/cwt	157.50–165.00	761	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	621	131.65/cwt	130.00–135.00	818	3
Bulls	—	—	1,935	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	1,819	1
Bulls	—	—	1,407	81.53/cwt	78.00–85.00	1,147	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,397	66.87/cwt	66.00–68.00	934	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,216	59.17/cwt	56.00–63.00	720	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,636	65.32/cwt	64.00–67.00	1,069	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	997	51.26/cwt	48.00–55.00	511	9

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 Mar 19, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 418Last week 430Year ago 180

Slaughter CattleReceipts 37Last week 69Year ago 36

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	370	165.00–170.00	167.57
8	—	310	178.00–185.00	181.50
13	—	426	155.00–160.00	157.62
3	—	560	145.00–150.00	146.64
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	432	175.00–180.00	177.46
5	—	327	190.00–195.00	192.92
4	—	478	157.50–165.00	159.30
3	—	621	130.00–135.00	131.65
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	523	127.50–135.00	131.43
4	—	372	140.00–147.50	143.62
16	—	469	135.00–140.00	138.06
9	—	322	150.00–157.50	152.72
15	—	422	137.50–142.50	140.41
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	378	147.50–155.00	152.03
7	—	588	135.00–137.50	135.35
5	—	425	145.00–152.00	149.10
2	—	317	157.50–160.00	158.72
3	—	480	140.00–147.00	142.28
4	—	535	135.00–142.50	136.82
6	—	622	120.00–122.50	121.28
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	423	180.00–185.00	183.31
3	—	463	165.00–170.00	168.31
5	—	576	155.00–162.50	157.00
2	—	377	185.00–192.50	188.63
4	—	531	160.00–165.00	161.19
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	277	180.00–185.00	182.34
4	—	535	157.50–160.00	158.09
7	—	418	165.00–170.00	168.50
13	—	469	157.50–162.50	160.51
7	—	580	145.00–152.50	146.02
3	—	373	170.00–175.00	171.61

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,935	94.00	94.00
2	—	1,407	78.00–85.00	81.53
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,397	66.00–68.00	66.87
7	—	1,216	56.00–63.00	59.17
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,636	64.00–67.00	65.32
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	997	48.00–55.00	51.26

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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