Name: Townsend Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2022-01-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Townsend Livestock Market closed the previous two weeks for the holiday break.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $144.72/cwt on 43 head.

Average price

$144.72

43 head · 367 lb average

Value per head Derived

$531

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$240

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$27.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.46

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	402	154.92	623	18thin
Medium and Large 2	370	143.98	533	15thin
Medium and Large 3	300	127.48	382	10thin

One grade step is worth $27.44/cwt here — about $240 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 sale43 hd

144.72

—

FL average8 barns · 722 hd

147.18

−2.46

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	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,335	72.83	972	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,225	59.56	730	11

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	—	225	202.67/cwt	195.00–210.00	456	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	430	165.95/cwt	162.00–170.00	714	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	273	193.41/cwt	190.00–195.00	528	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	532	140.43/cwt	137.50–145.00	747	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	367	173.27/cwt	170.00–175.00	636	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	331	173.74/cwt	170.00–175.00	575	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	137.43/cwt	135.00–140.00	508	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	184.88/cwt	180.00–190.00	776	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	338	152.44/cwt	150.00–155.00	515	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	325	180.82/cwt	177.00–185.00	588	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	152.45/cwt	150.00–155.00	717	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	331	150.60/cwt	147.50–155.00	498	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	270	125.78/cwt	120.00–130.00	340	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	331	163.10/cwt	160.00–167.50	540	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	156.27/cwt	155.00–157.50	1,052	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	330	129.18/cwt	125.00–135.00	426	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	439	138.96/cwt	138.00–142.00	610	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	333	152.41/cwt	150.00–155.00	508	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	275	154.82/cwt	150.00–160.00	426	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	433	146.14/cwt	142.50–150.00	633	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	185.23/cwt	180.00–190.00	700	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	434	148.15/cwt	145.00–152.50	643	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,406	70.31/cwt	68.00–75.00	989	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,158	79.12/cwt	78.00–80.00	916	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,225	59.56/cwt	55.00–63.00	730	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 Jan 4, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 299Last week 513Year ago 200

Slaughter CattleReceipts 72Last week 69Year ago 69

Townsend Livestock Market closed the previous two weeks for the holiday break.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	225	195.00–210.00	202.67
2	—	430	162.00–170.00	165.95
3	—	273	190.00–195.00	193.41
3	—	367	170.00–175.00	173.27
4	—	331	170.00–175.00	173.74
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	532	137.50–145.00	140.43
4	—	333	150.00–155.00	152.41
2	—	275	150.00–160.00	154.82
6	—	433	142.50–150.00	146.14
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	370	135.00–140.00	137.43
7	—	331	147.50–155.00	150.60
4	—	439	138.00–142.00	138.96
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	470	150.00–155.00	152.45
7	—	331	160.00–167.50	163.10
7	—	434	145.00–152.50	148.15
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	270	120.00–130.00	125.78
5	—	330	125.00–135.00	129.18
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	420	180.00–190.00	184.88
4	—	325	177.00–185.00	180.82
2	—	673	155.00–157.50	156.27
4	—	378	180.00–190.00	185.23
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	338	150.00–155.00	152.44

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,406	68.00–75.00	70.31
4	—	1,158	78.00–80.00	79.12
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,225	55.00–63.00	59.56

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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