Name: Townsend Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2021-11-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

All Florida Markets closed last week for holiday.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $154.07/cwt on 82 head.

Average price

$154.07

82 head · 484 lb average

Value per head Derived

$746

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$139

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

$25.52/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.66

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	489	167.14	818	40
Medium and Large 2	479	141.62	679	42

One grade step is worth $25.52/cwt here — about $139 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 sale82 hd

154.07

—

FL average6 barns · 477 hd

165.73

−11.66

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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,319	66.48	877	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,206	56.37	680	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,125	53.00	596	20

Every lot, as filed

25 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	—	423	172.49/cwt	170.00–175.00	730	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	123.88/cwt	117.50–130.00	766	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	118.77/cwt	117.50–120.00	796	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	323	146.65/cwt	145.00–150.00	474	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	136.46/cwt	132.00–140.00	714	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	130.39/cwt	127.50–132.50	610	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	472	148.19/cwt	142.00–155.00	699	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	145.82/cwt	145.00–147.50	908	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	714	139.13/cwt	135.00–140.00	993	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	132.46/cwt	130.00–135.00	755	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	386	142.05/cwt	137.50–145.00	548	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	478	117.06/cwt	115.00–122.50	560	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	172.49/cwt	172.00–180.00	831	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	172.06/cwt	170.00–175.00	735	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	177.42/cwt	175.00–180.00	585	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	432	136.29/cwt	135.00–140.00	589	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	713	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	856	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	128.29/cwt	125.00–130.00	549	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	141.94/cwt	140.00–145.00	745	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	371	132.64/cwt	130.00–135.00	492	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	192.30/cwt	185.00–200.00	712	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	590	122.46/cwt	120.00–127.50	723	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,319	66.48/cwt	65.00–70.00	877	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,125	53.00/cwt	53.00–53.00	596	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,206	56.37/cwt	55.00–60.00	680	11

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 Nov 30, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 430Last week 548Year ago 468

Slaughter CattleReceipts 104Last week 80Year ago 79

All Florida Markets closed last week for holiday.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	423	170.00–175.00	172.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	618	117.50–130.00	123.88
2	—	670	117.50–120.00	118.77
6	—	323	145.00–150.00	146.65
8	—	468	127.50–132.50	130.39
5	—	386	137.50–145.00	142.05
2	—	713	120.00	120.00
5	—	525	140.00–145.00	141.94
3	—	590	120.00–127.50	122.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	478	115.00–122.50	117.06
6	—	428	125.00–130.00	128.29
11	—	371	130.00–135.00	132.64
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	523	132.00–140.00	136.46
20	—	472	142.00–155.00	148.19
4	—	570	130.00–135.00	132.46
11	—	432	135.00–140.00	136.29
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	623	145.00–147.50	145.82
6	—	714	135.00–140.00	139.13
16	—	482	172.00–180.00	172.49
7	—	427	170.00–175.00	172.06
6	—	330	175.00–180.00	177.42
2	—	370	185.00–200.00	192.30

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,319	65.00–70.00	66.48
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,125	53.00	53.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,206	55.00–60.00	56.37

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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