Sale reports / Florida / Townsend Livestock Market / 2024-02-13

Townsend Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Madison, Florida · Tue, Feb 13
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1420
Feeder Cattle receipts
369 head
61 vs last sale 430 139 vs year ago 230 · +60.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
55 head
15 vs last sale 70 15 vs year ago 70 · 21.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
10 vs last sale 25 6 vs year ago 21 · 28.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Feeder steers and heifers steady. Replacement type cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $248.56/cwt on 51 head.
Average price
$248.56
51 head · 434 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,079
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$108
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$3.09/cwt at this weight
vs the market
39.90
vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1447249.591,11534
Medium and Large 2409246.501,00717thin
One grade step is worth $3.09/cwt here — about $108 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 sale51 hd
248.56
FL average7 barns · 508 hd
288.47
−39.90
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
BullsAverage1,568126.701,9873thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,159117.581,36211
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,435108.191,5539thin

Every lot, as filed

28 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
BullsMedium and Large 1377351.15/cwt340.00–375.001,3243
BullsMedium and Large 2523225.07/cwt220.00–230.001,1772
BullsMedium and Large 2376288.04/cwt270.00–300.001,0837
BullsMedium and Large 1270463.10/cwt450.00–490.001,2504
BullsMedium and Large 1544254.97/cwt250.00–270.001,3874
HeifersMedium and Large 1368257.48/cwt250.00–270.0094811
SteersMedium and Large 2425295.12/cwt290.00–305.001,2543
SteersMedium and Large 1573264.89/cwt260.00–270.001,5188
HeifersMedium and Large 1573207.99/cwt200.00–225.001,1923
SteersMedium and Large 1373349.33/cwt330.00–370.001,3036
SteersMedium and Large 2375304.73/cwt295.00–315.001,1434
SteersMedium and Large 2522241.46/cwt240.00–250.001,2607
SteersMedium and Large 1282429.05/cwt390.00–450.001,2103
HeifersMedium and Large 2482238.90/cwt235.00–245.001,1515
HeifersMedium and Large 1430259.88/cwt255.00–265.001,1174
SteersMedium and Large 1479307.39/cwt295.00–340.001,4724
HeifersMedium and Large 1326255.29/cwt250.00–270.008324
HeifersMedium and Large 1533247.44/cwt245.00–250.001,31912
HeifersMedium and Large 2378249.67/cwt240.00–260.0094412
BullsMedium and Large 1468281.90/cwt275.00–295.001,3193
BullsMedium and Large 1577241.76/cwt225.00–250.001,3953
SteersMedium and Large 1433352.92/cwt340.00–380.001,5286
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,007126.80/cwt125.00–127.501,2773
Bulls1,568126.70/cwt124.00–129.001,9873
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,456115.95/cwt114.00–118.001,6885
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,40998.50/cwt98.00–100.001,3884
CowsBoner 80-85%1,129112.60/cwt110.00–117.001,2716
CowsBoner 80-85%1,194123.55/cwt122.00–125.001,4755

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.