Name: Townsend Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2020-09-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the previous week: Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Slaughter marked Heavy Weight are dairy. Feeder steers and bulls 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder heifers 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder and replacement cows limited in numbers.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $126.98/cwt on 85 head.

Average price

$126.98

85 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$713

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$122

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

$1.65/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.93

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	480	128.30	615	17thin
Medium and Large 1	582	126.65	737	68

One grade step is worth $1.65/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 sale85 hd

126.98

—

FL average6 barns · 519 hd

137.91

−10.93

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	1,653	85.10	1,407	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,382	63.68	880	29
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	993	57.08	567	12

Every lot, as filed

33 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	—	373	152.42/cwt	150.00–155.00	569	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	430	140.40/cwt	137.50–145.00	604	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	532	110.98/cwt	110.00–112.50	590	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	618	107.54/cwt	105.00–112.50	665	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	473	117.43/cwt	115.00–120.00	555	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	375	146.10/cwt	142.50–150.00	548	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	117.54/cwt	115.00–120.00	788	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	142.43/cwt	140.00–145.00	674	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	146.78/cwt	145.00–152.50	636	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	127.19/cwt	125.00–130.00	678	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	120.04/cwt	117.50–122.50	756	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	117.41/cwt	115.00–119.00	857	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	107.43/cwt	105.00–110.00	618	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	378	117.86/cwt	115.00–122.50	446	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	123.83/cwt	120.00–127.50	710	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	468	136.22/cwt	135.00–137.50	638	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	134.88/cwt	130.00–140.00	580	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	529	118.13/cwt	115.00–122.50	625	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	435	117.28/cwt	115.00–122.00	510	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	477	113.77/cwt	112.00–117.50	543	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	425	102.41/cwt	100.00–105.00	435	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	475	102.71/cwt	100.00–107.00	488	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	116.93/cwt	112.50–120.00	617	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	112.95/cwt	110.00–115.00	646	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	475	104.89/cwt	100.00–110.00	498	4
Bulls	—	—	1,653	85.10/cwt	81.00–89.00	1,407	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,355	70.99/cwt	70.00–73.00	962	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,213	67.05/cwt	66.00–69.00	813	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	993	57.08/cwt	54.00–60.00	567	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	123.41/cwt	120.00–127.00	584	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	577	129.12/cwt	127.50–132.50	745	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	665	118.05/cwt	115.00–120.00	785	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%Heavy Weight	—	1,476	60.61/cwt	56.00–64.00	895	17

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 Sep 8, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 547Last week 466Year ago 843

Slaughter CattleReceipts 55Last week 64Year ago 66

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	373	150.00–155.00	152.42
5	—	430	137.50–145.00	140.40
5	—	532	110.00–112.50	110.98
7	—	618	105.00–112.50	107.54
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	473	115.00–120.00	117.43
6	—	375	142.50–150.00	146.10
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	475	100.00–110.00	104.89
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	670	115.00–120.00	117.54
6	—	473	140.00–145.00	142.43
8	—	433	145.00–152.50	146.78
9	—	533	125.00–130.00	127.19
10	—	630	117.50–122.50	120.04
11	—	730	115.00–119.00	117.41
20	—	573	120.00–127.50	123.83
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	468	135.00–137.50	136.22
6	—	430	130.00–140.00	134.88
7	—	529	115.00–122.50	118.13
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	575	105.00–110.00	107.43
5	—	378	115.00–122.50	117.86
6	—	435	115.00–122.00	117.28
12	—	477	112.00–117.50	113.77
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	425	100.00–105.00	102.41
5	—	475	100.00–107.00	102.71
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	528	112.50–120.00	116.93
10	—	572	110.00–115.00	112.95
16	—	473	120.00–127.00	123.41
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	577	127.50–132.50	129.12
5	—	665	115.00–120.00	118.05

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,653	81.00–89.00	85.10
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,355	70.00–73.00	70.99
9	—	1,213	66.00–69.00	67.05
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	993	54.00–60.00	57.08
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,476	56.00–64.00	60.61

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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