Name: Townsend Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2020-08-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: slaughter cows and bulls steady to 1.00 lower. Feeder cattle unevenly steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $133.86/cwt on 136 head.

Average price

$133.86

136 head · 507 lb average

Value per head Derived

$678

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$87

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

$4.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.62

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	528	135.86	717	76
Medium and Large 2	480	131.32	630	60

One grade step is worth $4.54/cwt here — about $87 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 sale136 hd

133.86

—

FL average10 barns · 1,214 hd

139.47

−5.62

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	1,874	87.89	1,647	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,202	59.56	716	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,038	49.98	519	27

Every lot, as filed

39 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 2	—	325	152.38/cwt	150.00–155.00	495	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	473	122.43/cwt	120.00–125.00	579	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	477	128.77/cwt	127.00–132.50	614	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	605	108.05/cwt	105.00–115.00	654	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	426	144.23/cwt	140.00–150.00	614	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	373	140.81/cwt	137.00–145.00	525	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	573	108.42/cwt	105.00–112.00	621	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	543	114.13/cwt	112.00–117.00	620	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	433	129.58/cwt	127.00–135.00	561	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	128.65/cwt	125.00–132.50	476	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	114.37/cwt	112.50–115.00	705	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	115.51/cwt	112.50–117.50	762	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	117.45/cwt	115.00–120.00	622	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	118.53/cwt	117.00–125.00	569	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	123.79/cwt	122.50–127.50	535	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	115.53/cwt	115.00–117.00	655	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	118.24/cwt	115.00–120.00	437	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	436	118.95/cwt	117.00–125.00	519	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	471	112.17/cwt	110.00–115.00	528	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	522	110.10/cwt	107.00–115.00	575	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	567	112.94/cwt	110.00–115.00	640	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	683	121.70/cwt	120.00–122.50	831	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	774	120.63/cwt	117.50–122.50	934	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	173.87/cwt	170.00–180.00	647	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	538	126.23/cwt	125.00–130.00	679	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	122.44/cwt	120.00–125.00	695	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	123.10/cwt	120.00–127.50	777	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	160.82/cwt	157.00–165.00	688	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	129.93/cwt	127.50–132.50	615	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	619	114.41/cwt	112.00–115.00	708	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	323	157.36/cwt	155.00–160.00	508	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	372	153.18/cwt	150.00–160.00	570	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	463	122.78/cwt	120.00–125.00	568	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	569	118.69/cwt	117.00–120.00	675	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	423	148.41/cwt	145.00–150.00	628	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	120.89/cwt	117.00–125.00	635	20
Bulls	—	—	1,874	87.89/cwt	85.00–91.00	1,647	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,202	59.56/cwt	57.00–63.00	716	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,038	49.98/cwt	48.00–54.00	519	27

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 Aug 18, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 589Last week 578Year ago 372

Slaughter CattleReceipts 56Last week 53Year ago 64

Compared to one week ago: slaughter cows and bulls steady to 1.00 lower. Feeder cattle unevenly steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	325	150.00–155.00	152.38
4	—	473	120.00–125.00	122.43
6	—	373	137.00–145.00	140.81
6	—	573	105.00–112.00	108.42
7	—	543	112.00–117.00	114.13
9	—	433	127.00–135.00	129.58
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	477	127.00–132.50	128.77
5	—	605	105.00–115.00	108.05
7	—	426	140.00–150.00	144.23
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	370	125.00–132.50	128.65
4	—	616	112.50–115.00	114.37
5	—	660	112.50–117.50	115.51
6	—	530	115.00–120.00	117.45
10	—	480	117.00–125.00	118.53
11	—	432	122.50–127.50	123.79
22	—	567	115.00–117.00	115.53
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	370	115.00–120.00	118.24
8	—	436	117.00–125.00	118.95
9	—	471	110.00–115.00	112.17
10	—	522	107.00–115.00	110.10
10	—	567	110.00–115.00	112.94
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	683	120.00–122.50	121.70
4	—	774	117.50–122.50	120.63
5	—	372	170.00–180.00	173.87
8	—	538	125.00–130.00	126.23
12	—	568	120.00–125.00	122.44
12	—	631	120.00–127.50	123.10
16	—	428	157.00–165.00	160.82
16	—	473	127.50–132.50	129.93
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	619	112.00–115.00	114.41
6	—	323	155.00–160.00	157.36
6	—	372	150.00–160.00	153.18
7	—	463	120.00–125.00	122.78
7	—	569	117.00–120.00	118.69
9	—	423	145.00–150.00	148.41
20	—	525	117.00–125.00	120.89

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,874	85.00–91.00	87.89
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,202	57.00–63.00	59.56
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,038	48.00–54.00	49.98

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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