Name: Townsend Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2020-04-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $125.99/cwt on 20 head.

Average price

$125.99

20 head · 420 lb average

Value per head Derived

$529

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$52

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

$6.31/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.40

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	426	127.89	545	14thin
Medium and Large 2	405	121.58	493	6thin

One grade step is worth $6.31/cwt here — about $52 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 sale20 hd

125.99

—

FL average10 barns · 351 hd

139.39

−13.40

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	1,814	84.32	1,530	5thin

Every lot, as filed

11 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	—	473	119.93/cwt	117.50–122.50	567	2
Bulls	—	—	1,755	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,580	1
Bulls	—	—	1,829	82.90/cwt	79.00–88.00	1,516	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	456	113.76/cwt	112.50–117.50	519	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	381	121.33/cwt	120.00–130.00	462	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	423	112.43/cwt	110.00–115.00	476	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	125.88/cwt	122.00–130.00	539	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	327	140.39/cwt	137.50–142.50	459	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	116.99/cwt	115.00–117.50	612	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	129.93/cwt	127.50–132.50	481	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	423	117.40/cwt	115.00–120.00	497	4

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 Apr 7, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 83Last week 323Year ago 297

Slaughter CattleReceipts 7Last week 103Year ago 46

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	473	117.50–122.50	119.93
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	456	112.50–117.50	113.76
7	—	381	120.00–130.00	121.33
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	423	110.00–115.00	112.43
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	428	122.00–130.00	125.88
5	—	327	137.50–142.50	140.39
5	—	523	115.00–117.50	116.99
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	370	127.50–132.50	129.93
4	—	423	115.00–120.00	117.40

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,755	90.00	90.00
4	—	1,829	79.00–88.00	82.90

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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