Name: Townsend Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2020-04-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $139.35/cwt on 40 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −52.13 against this barn's trailing median of $191.48.

Average price

$139.35

40 head · 428 lb average

Value per head Derived

$597

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$122

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

$16.26/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.93

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	453	150.33	681	13thin
Medium and Large 2	417	134.07	559	27

One grade step is worth $16.26/cwt here — about $122 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 sale40 hd

139.35

—

FL average8 barns · 237 hd

132.42

+6.93

This barn, trailing median2 sales

191.48

−52.13

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	1,820	84.05	1,530	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,280	57.46	735	25

Every lot, as filed

20 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	130.39/cwt	127.50–135.00	561	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	469	128.25/cwt	127.00–130.00	601	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	427	128.09/cwt	125.00–132.50	547	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	478	138.70/cwt	137.50–140.00	663	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	570	131.32/cwt	127.50–135.00	749	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	315	180.73/cwt	177.50–187.50	569	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	428	154.90/cwt	150.00–157.50	663	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	520	135.77/cwt	132.50–137.50	706	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	332	154.80/cwt	152.50–160.00	514	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	367	138.60/cwt	135.00–140.00	509	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	148.72/cwt	147.50–150.00	550	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	332	133.86/cwt	130.00–140.00	444	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	379	130.43/cwt	127.50–135.00	494	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	437	116.60/cwt	115.00–120.00	510	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	117.51/cwt	117.00–118.00	556	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	267	156.75/cwt	155.00–160.00	419	3
Bulls	—	—	1,820	84.05/cwt	81.00–86.00	1,530	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,295	69.68/cwt	66.00–73.00	902	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,278	55.79/cwt	55.00–58.00	713	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	467	108.29/cwt	105.00–110.00	506	3

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 21, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 208Last week 100Year ago 263

Slaughter CattleReceipts 36Last week 27Year ago 55

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	430	127.50–135.00	130.39
7	—	367	135.00–140.00	138.60
2	—	473	117.00–118.00	117.51
3	—	267	155.00–160.00	156.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	332	130.00–140.00	133.86
5	—	379	127.50–135.00	130.43
6	—	437	115.00–120.00	116.60
3	—	467	105.00–110.00	108.29
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	469	127.00–130.00	128.25
14	—	427	125.00–132.50	128.09
6	—	332	152.50–160.00	154.80
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	478	137.50–140.00	138.70
2	—	570	127.50–135.00	131.32
3	—	315	177.50–187.50	180.73
3	—	428	150.00–157.50	154.90
3	—	520	132.50–137.50	135.77
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	370	147.50–150.00	148.72

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,820	81.00–86.00	84.05
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,295	66.00–73.00	69.68
22	—	1,278	55.00–58.00	55.79

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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