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 9 comparable sales and sits −163.68 against this barn's trailing median of $406.61.

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

9 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $434.64, low $383.80, median $406.61 across 9 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 median9 sales

406.61

−163.68

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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