Name: Townsend Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2019-12-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Feeder cattle mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $119.15/cwt on 79 head.

Average price

$119.15

79 head · 451 lb average

Value per head Derived

$538

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$77

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

$0.16/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.42

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	466	119.18	555	61
Medium and Large 2	402	119.03	478	18thin

One grade step is worth $0.16/cwt here — about $77 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 sale79 hd

119.15

—

FL average10 barns · 911 hd

121.57

−2.42

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	1,825	90.48	1,651	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,216	57.01	693	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,021	50.46	515	10

Every lot, as filed

30 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 1	—	225	166.74/cwt	165.00–170.00	375	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	270	171.08/cwt	167.50–177.50	462	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	333	159.81/cwt	155.00–165.00	532	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	430	148.42/cwt	145.00–152.00	638	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	525	123.64/cwt	120.00–127.50	649	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	472	132.07/cwt	130.00–135.00	623	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	328	158.25/cwt	155.00–160.00	519	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	530	123.43/cwt	120.00–127.00	654	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	333	174.81/cwt	170.00–180.00	582	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	362	162.45/cwt	160.00–167.50	588	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	134.58/cwt	132.00–140.00	716	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	122.46/cwt	120.00–125.00	698	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	121.32/cwt	120.00–125.00	528	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	383	121.76/cwt	120.00–127.50	466	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	118.85/cwt	117.00–125.00	566	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	114.43/cwt	112.00–117.00	541	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	329	127.78/cwt	125.00–130.00	420	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	434	112.90/cwt	110.00–117.00	490	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	425	133.62/cwt	130.00–137.50	568	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,212	61.96/cwt	59.00–64.00	751	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,219	53.91/cwt	52.00–55.00	657	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,021	50.46/cwt	46.00–53.00	515	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	114.46/cwt	112.00–117.00	652	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	116.43/cwt	115.00–122.50	622	10
Bulls	—	—	1,825	90.48/cwt	90.00–91.00	1,651	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	573	113.42/cwt	110.00–117.00	650	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	530	113.43/cwt	110.00–117.00	601	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	328	142.93/cwt	140.00–145.00	469	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	369	137.71/cwt	135.00–140.00	508	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	473	121.62/cwt	120.00–125.00	575	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 Dec 10, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 462Last week 407Year ago 655

Slaughter CattleReceipts 65Last week 31Year ago 44

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Feeder cattle mostly steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	225	165.00–170.00	166.74
3	—	270	167.50–177.50	171.08
6	—	333	155.00–165.00	159.81
6	—	430	145.00–152.00	148.42
6	—	525	120.00–127.50	123.64
7	—	472	130.00–135.00	132.07
8	—	573	110.00–117.00	113.42
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	425	130.00–137.50	133.62
4	—	530	110.00–117.00	113.43
5	—	328	140.00–145.00	142.93
9	—	369	135.00–140.00	137.71
9	—	473	120.00–125.00	121.62
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	328	155.00–160.00	158.25
4	—	530	120.00–127.00	123.43
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	333	170.00–180.00	174.81
3	—	362	160.00–167.50	162.45
6	—	532	132.00–140.00	134.58
6	—	570	120.00–125.00	122.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	435	120.00–125.00	121.32
12	—	383	120.00–127.50	121.76
24	—	476	117.00–125.00	118.85
4	—	570	112.00–117.00	114.46
10	—	534	115.00–122.50	116.43
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	473	112.00–117.00	114.43
7	—	329	125.00–130.00	127.78
7	—	434	110.00–117.00	112.90

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,212	59.00–64.00	61.96
8	—	1,219	52.00–55.00	53.91
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,021	46.00–53.00	50.46
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,825	90.00–91.00	90.48

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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