Sale reports / Florida / Townsend Livestock Market / 2019-05-28

Townsend Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Madison, Florida · Tue, May 28
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1420
Feeder Cattle receipts
139 head
32 vs last sale 171 4 vs year ago 143 · 2.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
25 head
8 vs last sale 17 31 vs year ago 56 · 55.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the previous week Slaughter cows firm in light test. Slaughter bulls not well tested. Feeder cattle too few to call trend with a weak undertone. Replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $130.51/cwt on 37 head.
Average price
$130.51
37 head · 402 lb average
Value per head Derived
$525
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$185
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$14.12/cwt at this weight
vs the market
5.61
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1475132.5062912thin
Medium and Large 2366131.0748022
Medium and Large 3375118.384443thin
One grade step is worth $14.12/cwt here — about $185 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 sale37 hd
130.51
FL average7 barns · 444 hd
136.12
−5.61
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
BullsAverage1,77580.001,4201thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,29857.2774318
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,10049.745476thin

Every lot, as filed

18 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
CowsLean 85-90%1,10049.74/cwt47.00–53.005476
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27056.37/cwt54.00–59.0071616
CowsBoner 80-85%1,52364.46/cwt64.00–65.009822
Bulls1,77580.00/cwt80.00–80.001,4201
HeifersMedium and Large 3375118.38/cwt115.00–120.004443
HeifersMedium and Large 2373134.13/cwt127.50–145.0050010
HeifersMedium and Large 2325130.95/cwt130.00–132.004268
HeifersMedium and Large 2433123.68/cwt120.00–127.505364
HeifersMedium and Large 1477132.59/cwt127.50–135.006326
HeifersMedium and Large 1527126.61/cwt125.00–130.006673
HeifersMedium and Large 1417138.21/cwt127.50–145.005763
BullsMedium and Large 2367148.50/cwt145.00–150.005457
BullsMedium and Large 2518122.95/cwt120.00–125.006375
BullsMedium and Large 2432138.06/cwt135.00–140.005965
BullsMedium and Large 2270157.41/cwt155.00–160.004254
BullsMedium and Large 2224169.64/cwt165.00–175.003804
BullsMedium and Large 2567121.71/cwt120.00–125.006903
BullsMedium and Large 1567132.05/cwt130.00–135.007495

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.