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 13 comparable sales and sits −141.20 against this barn's trailing median of $394.20.

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

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

253.00

—

FL average4 barns · 32 hd

248.00

+5.00

National average179 barns · 13,329 hd

270.59

−17.59

This barn, trailing median13 sales

394.20

−141.20

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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