Name: Townsend Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2020-03-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: All classes very limited and not enough to establish a trend.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $126.40/cwt on 9 head.

Average price

$126.40

9 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$687

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−7.12

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	126.40	687	9thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale9 hd

126.40

—

FL average10 barns · 295 hd

133.52

−7.12

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	1,670	85.00	1,420	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,535	55.00	844	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,090	50.00	545	1thin

Every lot, as filed

9 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	—	380	138.29/cwt	137.50–140.00	526	3
Bulls	—	—	1,670	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	1,420	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,535	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	844	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,090	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	545	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	328	104.56/cwt	102.00–107.00	343	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	99.73/cwt	95.00–102.00	522	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	109.87/cwt	105.00–115.00	520	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	631	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	124.60/cwt	122.00–130.00	714	6

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 17, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 76Last week 434Year ago 418

Slaughter CattleReceipts 5Last week 33Year ago 37

Compared to one week ago: All classes very limited and not enough to establish a trend.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	380	137.50–140.00	138.29
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	328	102.00–107.00	104.56
3	—	523	95.00–102.00	99.73
4	—	473	105.00–115.00	109.87
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	485	130.00	130.00
6	—	573	122.00–130.00	124.60

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,670	85.00	85.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,535	55.00	55.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,090	50.00	50.00

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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