Name: Townsend Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2023-02-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-02-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder cattle mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $168.76/cwt on 17 head.

Average price

$168.76

17 head · 488 lb average

Value per head Derived

$824

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$218

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

$22.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−17.23

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	530	176.18	934	8thin
Medium and Large 2	443	166.59	737	6thin
Medium and Large 3	467	153.29	716	3thin

One grade step is worth $22.89/cwt here — about $218 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 sale17 hd

168.76

—

FL average7 barns · 481 hd

185.99

−17.23

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	—	Average	1,675	112.02	1,876	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,267	92.77	1,175	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,486	92.74	1,378	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,068	76.61	818	16

Every lot, as filed

14 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	176.18/cwt	172.50–180.00	934	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	428	167.06/cwt	165.00–170.00	715	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	731	161.23/cwt	160.00–165.00	1,179	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	228.71/cwt	220.00–245.00	842	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	166.59/cwt	160.00–170.00	775	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	166.59/cwt	160.00–170.00	700	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	467	153.29/cwt	150.00–155.00	716	3
Bulls	—	—	1,675	112.02/cwt	109.00–115.00	1,876	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,625	88.97/cwt	85.00–93.00	1,446	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,300	97.76/cwt	95.00–102.00	1,271	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,095	79.68/cwt	78.00–83.00	872	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,034	72.66/cwt	69.00–75.00	751	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,268	89.73/cwt	88.00–92.00	1,138	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,264	97.98/cwt	96.00–99.00	1,238	7

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 Feb 28, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 305Last week 163Year ago 239

Slaughter CattleReceipts 100Last week 38Year ago 50

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Feeder cattle mostly steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	530	172.50–180.00	176.18
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	465	160.00–170.00	166.59
3	—	420	160.00–170.00	166.59
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	467	150.00–155.00	153.29
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	428	165.00–170.00	167.06
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	731	160.00–165.00	161.23
3	—	368	220.00–245.00	228.71

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,675	109.00–115.00	112.02
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,625	85.00–93.00	88.97
3	—	1,300	95.00–102.00	97.76
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,095	78.00–83.00	79.68
7	—	1,034	69.00–75.00	72.66
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,268	88.00–92.00	89.73
7	—	1,264	96.00–99.00	97.98

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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