Name: Townsend Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2024-03-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder cattle steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $242.94/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −151.26 against this barn's trailing median of $394.20.

Average price

$242.94

5 head · 568 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,380

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$69

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$13.38/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.53

vs FL average

−23.93 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	567	248.29	1,408	3thin
Medium and Large 2	570	234.91	1,339	2thin

One grade step is worth $13.38/cwt here — about $69 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

13 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $434.64, low $309.07, median $394.20 across 13 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale5 hd

242.94

—

FL average5 barns · 36 hd

255.47

−12.53

National average161 barns · 9,489 hd

266.87

−23.93

This barn, trailing median13 sales

394.20

−151.26

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	—	High	2,000	160.00	3,200	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,238	131.50	1,628	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,716	127.14	2,182	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,123	102.69	1,153	8thin

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,716	127.14/cwt	125.00–133.00	2,182	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,123	102.69/cwt	99.00–106.00	1,153	8
Bulls	—	—	2,000	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	3,200	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,183	126.54/cwt	124.00–134.00	1,497	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,389	145.14/cwt	140.00–149.00	2,016	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	316.51/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,329	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	262.31/cwt	250.00–280.00	1,228	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	350.70/cwt	340.00–365.00	1,312	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	379.79/cwt	365.00–395.00	1,348	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	533	256.50/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,367	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	234.91/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,339	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	333	285.08/cwt	275.00–330.00	949	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	269.36/cwt	265.00–280.00	1,161	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	250.30/cwt	240.00–270.00	839	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	286.49/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,089	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	268	320.50/cwt	300.00–330.00	859	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	378	260.49/cwt	255.00–270.00	985	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	379	285.94/cwt	280.00–305.00	1,084	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	251.63/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,442	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	298.46/cwt	280.00–305.00	970	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	288.45/cwt	277.50–300.00	1,364	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	424	258.30/cwt	250.00–265.00	1,095	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	329.82/cwt	325.00–335.00	1,402	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	327	353.94/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,157	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	268.54/cwt	265.00–270.00	1,273	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	248.29/cwt	245.00–250.00	1,408	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	289.72/cwt	280.00–310.00	1,370	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	471	258.82/cwt	250.00–265.00	1,219	8

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 Mar 26, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 347Last week 265Year ago 368

Slaughter CattleReceipts 60Last week 48Year ago 61

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder cattle steady.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,716	125.00–133.00	127.14
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,123	99.00–106.00	102.69
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,183	124.00–134.00	126.54
4	—	1,389	140.00–149.00	145.14
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,000	160.00	160.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	374	340.00–365.00	350.70
3	400–450	420	310.00–320.00	316.51
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	268	300.00–330.00	320.50
5	450–500	468	250.00–280.00	262.31
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	327	350.00–360.00	353.94
2	350–400	355	365.00–395.00	379.79
2	400–450	425	325.00–335.00	329.82
3	450–500	473	280.00–310.00	289.72
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	325	280.00–305.00	298.46
8	350–400	379	280.00–305.00	285.94
4	450–500	473	277.50–300.00	288.45
6	500–550	533	250.00–270.00	256.50
3	550–600	573	250.00–255.00	251.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	335	240.00–270.00	250.30
13	350–400	378	255.00–270.00	260.49
11	400–450	424	250.00–265.00	258.30
8	450–500	471	250.00–265.00	258.82
2	550–600	570	230.00–240.00	234.91
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	333	275.00–330.00	285.08
6	350–400	380	280.00–300.00	286.49
17	400–450	431	265.00–280.00	269.36
7	450–500	474	265.00–270.00	268.54
3	550–600	567	245.00–250.00	248.29

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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