Name: Townsend Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2021-01-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Townsend Livestock closed the previous two weeks for holidays. No trends reported.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $125.72/cwt on 85 head.

Average price

$125.72

85 head · 398 lb average

Value per head Derived

$501

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$77

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

$3.73/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.33

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	417	127.13	530	53
Medium and Large 2	367	123.39	453	32

One grade step is worth $3.73/cwt here — about $77 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

125.72

—

FL average8 barns · 727 hd

127.05

−1.33

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	1,755	89.00	1,562	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,454	56.72	825	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,108	46.54	516	17

Every lot, as filed

32 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	—	—	1,755	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	1,562	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,454	56.72/cwt	56.00–59.00	825	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,140	47.61/cwt	42.00–52.00	543	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,005	43.07/cwt	42.00–44.00	433	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	274	150.58/cwt	147.50–155.00	413	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	378	139.92/cwt	137.50–142.50	529	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	533	129.96/cwt	127.50–132.50	693	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	321	145.44/cwt	142.50–147.50	467	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	136.12/cwt	132.50–140.00	579	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	338	133.85/cwt	132.50–137.50	452	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	324	139.64/cwt	137.50–142.50	452	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	530	123.68/cwt	120.00–127.50	656	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	270	130.09/cwt	127.50–132.50	351	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	123.65/cwt	120.00–127.50	464	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	116.23/cwt	115.00–117.50	663	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	430	138.41/cwt	135.00–140.00	595	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	474	139.44/cwt	137.50–142.50	661	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	139.44/cwt	137.50–142.50	602	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	332	127.44/cwt	122.50–130.00	423	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	408	123.35/cwt	120.00–125.00	503	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	121.99/cwt	120.00–125.00	579	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	115.02/cwt	112.50–117.50	615	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	377	143.30/cwt	142.50–147.50	540	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	364	134.43/cwt	132.50–140.00	489	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	137.41/cwt	135.00–140.00	584	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	273	147.48/cwt	142.50–150.00	403	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	230	124.78/cwt	120.00–130.00	287	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	116.22/cwt	115.00–117.50	552	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	136.22/cwt	135.00–137.50	504	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	373	132.54/cwt	130.00–137.50	494	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	141.43/cwt	137.50–145.00	675	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	282	128.97/cwt	120.00–140.00	364	8

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 Jan 5, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 200Last week 338Year ago 299

Slaughter CattleReceipts 69Last week 34Year ago 48

Townsend Livestock closed the previous two weeks for holidays. No trends reported.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,755	89.00	89.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,454	56.00–59.00	56.72
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,140	42.00–52.00	47.61
4	—	1,005	42.00–44.00	43.07

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	274	147.50–155.00	150.58
4	—	378	137.50–142.50	139.92
4	—	533	127.50–132.50	129.96
5	—	321	142.50–147.50	145.44
15	—	474	137.50–142.50	139.44
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	324	137.50–142.50	139.64
4	—	530	120.00–127.50	123.68
3	—	430	135.00–140.00	138.41
5	—	273	142.50–150.00	147.48
6	—	373	130.00–137.50	132.54
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	425	132.50–140.00	136.12
7	—	338	132.50–137.50	133.85
4	—	570	115.00–117.50	116.23
16	—	475	120.00–125.00	121.99
4	—	535	112.50–117.50	115.02
8	—	364	132.50–140.00	134.43
8	—	282	120.00–140.00	128.97
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	270	127.50–132.50	130.09
4	—	375	120.00–127.50	123.65
6	—	332	122.50–130.00	127.44
6	—	408	120.00–125.00	123.35
4	—	230	120.00–130.00	124.78
8	—	475	115.00–117.50	116.22
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	432	137.50–142.50	139.44
6	—	377	142.50–147.50	143.30
20	—	477	137.50–145.00	141.43
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	425	135.00–140.00	137.41
4	—	370	135.00–137.50	136.22

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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