Name: Townsend Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2024-04-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle steady. Feeder cattle steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $253.00/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 1 of 9 comparable sales and sits −153.62 against this barn's trailing median of $406.61.

Average price

$253.00

5 head · 532 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,345

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$77

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

$15.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.00

vs FL average

−17.59 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	530	262.55	1,392	2thin
Medium and Large 2	533	246.63	1,315	3thin

One grade step is worth $15.92/cwt here — about $77 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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

253.00

—

FL average4 barns · 32 hd

248.00

+5.00

National average179 barns · 13,329 hd

270.59

−17.59

This barn, trailing median9 sales

406.61

−153.62

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	1,796	158.02	2,839	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,226	126.58	1,552	7thin

Every lot, as filed

27 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
Bulls	—	—	1,944	152.04/cwt	147.00–155.00	2,956	4
Bulls	—	—	1,712	161.44/cwt	159.00–163.00	2,764	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,226	126.58/cwt	123.00–128.00	1,552	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	290.21/cwt	270.00–300.00	1,393	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	331	375.75/cwt	370.00–395.00	1,244	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	309.66/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,155	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	279.70/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,183	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	296.46/cwt	290.00–300.00	949	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	265.08/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,267	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	372.05/cwt	350.00–395.00	1,406	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	309.79/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,456	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	278.31/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,033	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	262.55/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,392	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,453	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	287.08/cwt	275.00–300.00	1,071	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	326	304.39/cwt	295.00–310.00	992	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	432	267.78/cwt	260.00–280.00	1,157	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	427	290.20/cwt	280.00–310.00	1,239	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	426	235.92/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,005	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	249.93/cwt	245.00–255.00	1,195	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	329	292.05/cwt	290.00–295.00	961	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	316.62/cwt	315.00–320.00	1,371	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	303.34/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,556	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	395.08/cwt	390.00–400.00	1,284	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	533	246.63/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,315	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	252.43/cwt	250.00–255.00	934	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	321	278.97/cwt	275.00–290.00	895	4

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 Apr 2, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 206Last week 347Year ago 183

Slaughter CattleReceipts 25Last week 60Year ago 34

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle steady. Feeder cattle steady.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,944	147.00–155.00	152.04
7	—	1,712	159.00–163.00	161.44
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,226	123.00–128.00	126.58

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	331	370.00–395.00	375.75
4	350–400	373	300.00–320.00	309.66
3	450–500	480	270.00–300.00	290.21
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	326	295.00–310.00	304.39
4	350–400	373	275.00–300.00	287.08
5	400–450	432	260.00–280.00	267.78
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	321	275.00–290.00	278.97
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	320	290.00–300.00	296.46
7	350–400	371	270.00–290.00	278.31
4	400–450	423	270.00–290.00	279.70
6	450–500	478	260.00–270.00	265.08
2	500–550	530	260.00–265.00	262.55
2	700–750	745	195.00	195.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	329	290.00–295.00	292.05
4	350–400	370	250.00–255.00	252.43
5	400–450	426	230.00–240.00	235.92
6	450–500	478	245.00–255.00	249.93
3	500–550	533	240.00–250.00	246.63
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	325	390.00–400.00	395.08
2	350–400	378	350.00–395.00	372.05
3	400–450	433	315.00–320.00	316.62
2	450–500	470	300.00–320.00	309.79
3	500–550	513	300.00–305.00	303.34
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	427	280.00–310.00	290.20

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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