Name: Townsend Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2020-06-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-06-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Feeder cattle not enough to establish trend.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $130.53/cwt on 23 head.

Average price

$130.53

23 head · 372 lb average

Value per head Derived

$485

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$84

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

$0.15/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.80

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	355	130.57	463	17thin
Medium and Large 1	420	130.42	548	6thin

One grade step is worth $0.15/cwt here — about −$84 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 sale23 hd

130.53

—

FL average10 barns · 753 hd

128.73

+1.80

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	1,598	93.85	1,500	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,401	74.07	1,038	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,040	55.95	582	4thin

Every lot, as filed

14 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	—	260	187.55/cwt	185.00–190.00	488	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	270	168.37/cwt	165.00–172.00	455	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	570	107.95/cwt	105.00–111.00	615	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	423	129.23/cwt	127.50–132.50	547	6
Bulls	—	—	1,792	97.71/cwt	95.00–100.00	1,751	3
Bulls	—	—	1,482	91.53/cwt	90.00–93.00	1,356	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	328	128.37/cwt	125.00–132.00	421	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	423	126.31/cwt	125.00–127.00	534	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,160	68.52/cwt	66.00–72.00	795	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,535	77.15/cwt	75.00–79.00	1,184	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,040	55.95/cwt	55.00–57.00	582	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	130.42/cwt	130.00–132.50	548	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	126.30/cwt	125.00–127.00	467	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	268	142.38/cwt	140.00–145.00	382	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 Jun 9, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 143Last week 196Year ago 249

Slaughter CattleReceipts 37Last week 70Year ago 40

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Feeder cattle 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	—	260	185.00–190.00	187.55
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	270	165.00–172.00	168.37
4	—	570	105.00–111.00	107.95
6	—	423	127.50–132.50	129.23
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	328	125.00–132.00	128.37
6	—	423	125.00–127.00	126.31
3	—	370	125.00–127.00	126.30
4	—	268	140.00–145.00	142.38
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	420	130.00–132.50	130.42

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,792	95.00–100.00	97.71
5	—	1,482	90.00–93.00	91.53
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,160	66.00–72.00	68.52
9	—	1,535	75.00–79.00	77.15
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,040	55.00–57.00	55.95

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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