Sale reports / Florida / Townsend Livestock Market / 2022-03-22

Townsend Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Madison, Florida · Tue, Mar 22
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1420
Feeder Cattle receipts
340 head
100 vs last sale 240 90 vs year ago 430 · 20.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
64 head
15 vs last sale 79 3 vs year ago 67 · 4.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
38 head
14 vs last sale 24 38 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Feeder cattle under 500 pounds steady, over 500 pounds 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Feeder and replacement cows mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $140.90/cwt on 56 head.
Average price
$140.90
56 head · 440 lb average
Value per head Derived
$620
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$139
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$9.33/cwt at this weight
vs the market
14.72
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1478146.0769825
Medium and Large 2409136.7355931
One grade step is worth $9.33/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 sale56 hd
140.90
FL average9 barns · 547 hd
155.62
−14.72
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,552110.881,7215thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,237100.501,2433thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18389.681,06113
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,08072.4378211

Every lot, as filed

24 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1705132.50/cwt132.50–132.509342
HeifersMedium and Large 1570151.23/cwt150.00–152.508624
HeifersMedium and Large 1380142.43/cwt140.00–145.005416
HeifersMedium and Large 2376130.96/cwt130.00–135.0049210
HeifersMedium and Large 2434137.94/cwt135.00–142.505995
HeifersMedium and Large 1435148.31/cwt147.50–150.006456
SteersMedium and Large 1622164.16/cwt160.00–167.501,0216
SteersMedium and Large 1678161.63/cwt160.00–165.001,0963
SteersMedium and Large 2378154.90/cwt150.00–160.005864
SteersMedium and Large 1530172.45/cwt170.00–175.009144
SteersMedium and Large 1707141.98/cwt140.00–150.001,0045
HeifersMedium and Large 1482148.19/cwt147.50–152.507147
HeifersMedium and Large 2489140.27/cwt140.00–142.506869
HeifersMedium and Large 2336139.57/cwt137.50–145.004697
SteersMedium and Large 1760130.00/cwt130.00–130.009881
SteersMedium and Large 1375172.40/cwt170.00–175.006474
SteersMedium and Large 1812135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,0963
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1601,069.29/cwt975.00–1,150.0012,4044
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-284594.94/cwt90.00–100.008024
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-288277.01/cwt75.00–80.006795
Bulls1,552110.88/cwt107.00–116.001,7215
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18389.68/cwt85.00–93.001,06113
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,237100.50/cwt99.00–104.001,2433
CowsLean 85-90%1,08072.43/cwt71.00–74.0078211

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.