Name: Townsend Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2023-01-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Townsend Livestock Market has been closed two weeks for the Christmas Holidays. No trends.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $155.52/cwt on 49 head.

Average price

$155.52

49 head · 360 lb average

Value per head Derived

$560

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$210

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

$31.72/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.01

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	392	166.53	652	21
Medium and Large 2	338	150.67	510	22
Medium and Large 3	328	134.81	442	6thin

One grade step is worth $31.72/cwt here — about $210 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 sale49 hd

155.52

—

FL average7 barns · 707 hd

162.53

−7.01

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%	High	1,526	72.64	1,108	31

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,353	77.66/cwt	77.00–79.00	1,051	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,559	71.68/cwt	68.00–74.00	1,117	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	151.22/cwt	150.00–152.50	560	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	328	134.81/cwt	130.00–140.00	442	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	437	158.00/cwt	155.00–165.00	690	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	158.97/cwt	157.50–160.00	585	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	288	183.41/cwt	180.00–190.00	528	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	325	174.77/cwt	170.00–180.00	568	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	181.17/cwt	177.50–185.00	851	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	326	151.32/cwt	150.00–155.00	493	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	273	151.59/cwt	150.00–155.00	414	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	147.44/cwt	145.00–150.00	634	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	320	181.56/cwt	175.00–185.00	581	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	163.47/cwt	162.50–165.00	776	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	194.82/cwt	190.00–200.00	828	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	161.63/cwt	160.00–165.00	861	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	202.38/cwt	200.00–210.00	658	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	257	229.94/cwt	220.00–235.00	591	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	416	182.43/cwt	180.00–190.00	759	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	270	214.81/cwt	210.00–220.00	580	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	523	159.16/cwt	157.50–160.00	832	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	658	142.49/cwt	140.00–145.00	938	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	370	214.86/cwt	210.00–220.00	795	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	322	216.93/cwt	215.00–220.00	699	5

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 3, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 180Last week 573Year ago 299

Slaughter CattleReceipts 69Last week 70Year ago 72

Townsend Livestock Market has been closed two weeks for the Christmas Holidays. No trends.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,353	77.00–79.00	77.66
26	—	1,559	68.00–74.00	71.68

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	370	150.00–152.50	151.22
8	—	326	150.00–155.00	151.32
6	—	273	150.00–155.00	151.59
4	—	430	145.00–150.00	147.44
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	328	130.00–140.00	134.81
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	437	155.00–165.00	158.00
5	—	368	157.50–160.00	158.97
3	—	288	180.00–190.00	183.41
3	—	320	175.00–185.00	181.56
5	—	475	162.50–165.00	163.47
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	325	170.00–180.00	174.77
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	416	180.00–190.00	182.43
4	—	270	210.00–220.00	214.81
3	—	523	157.50–160.00	159.16
2	—	658	140.00–145.00	142.49
6	—	370	210.00–220.00	214.86
5	—	322	215.00–220.00	216.93
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	470	177.50–185.00	181.17
4	—	425	190.00–200.00	194.82
3	—	533	160.00–165.00	161.63
3	—	257	220.00–235.00	229.94
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	325	200.00–210.00	202.38

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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