Name: Townsend Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2024-04-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sharply lower. Feeder cattle mostly steady. Replacement cows steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $233.30/cwt on 9 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −158.66 against this barn's trailing median of $391.96.

Average price

$233.30

9 head · 532 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,240

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$108

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

$25.69/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.97

vs FL average

−35.08 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	525	247.57	1,300	4thin
Medium and Large 2	537	221.88	1,191	5thin

One grade step is worth $25.69/cwt here — about $108 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

14 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $434.64, low $309.07, median $391.96 across 14 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 sale9 hd

233.30

—

FL average5 barns · 39 hd

243.26

−9.97

National average173 barns · 11,009 hd

268.38

−35.08

This barn, trailing median14 sales

391.96

−158.66

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	1,565	133.41	2,088	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,325	125.27	1,660	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,103	107.21	1,183	14

Every lot, as filed

24 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	Medium and Large 1	250–300	262	351.50/cwt	350.00–360.00	921	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	367	320.60/cwt	315.00–335.00	1,177	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	282.49/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,590	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	330.05/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,215	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	262.49/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,202	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	267.58/cwt	265.00–270.00	1,127	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	256.55/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,201	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	230.13/cwt	225.00–235.00	1,089	2
Bulls	—	—	1,595	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	2,217	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,325	125.27/cwt	118.00–128.00	1,660	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,103	107.21/cwt	103.00–111.00	1,183	14
Bulls	—	—	1,550	130.61/cwt	129.00–132.00	2,024	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	333	276.99/cwt	270.00–300.00	922	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	271.27/cwt	265.00–280.00	895	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	288.25/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,536	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	247.57/cwt	245.00–250.00	1,300	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	813	156.52/cwt	150.00–160.00	1,273	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	289.74/cwt	285.00–310.00	1,101	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	378	265.87/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,005	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	416	224.09/cwt	220.00–230.00	932	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	438	240.96/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,055	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	537	221.88/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,191	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	413	277.55/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,146	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	257.46/cwt	255.00–265.00	1,205	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 30, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 170Last week 202Year ago 180

Slaughter CattleReceipts 32Last week 40Year ago 57

Replacement CattleReceipts 11Last week 0Year ago 11

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle sharply lower. Feeder cattle mostly steady. Replacement cows steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	262	350.00–360.00	351.50
7	350–400	367	315.00–335.00	320.60
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	380	285.00–310.00	289.74
6	450–500	468	250.00–260.00	256.55
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	368	320.00–335.00	330.05
3	500–550	533	285.00–295.00	288.25
2	550–600	563	280.00–285.00	282.49
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	333	270.00–300.00	276.99
2	400–450	413	270.00–285.00	277.55
4	450–500	468	255.00–265.00	257.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	421	265.00–270.00	267.58
2	450–500	458	260.00–265.00	262.49
4	500–550	525	245.00–250.00	247.57
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	330	265.00–280.00	271.27
10	350–400	378	260.00–270.00	265.87
10	400–450	438	240.00–250.00	240.96
2	450–500	473	225.00–235.00	230.13
5	500–550	537	220.00–230.00	221.88
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	416	220.00–230.00	224.09

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,595	139.00	139.00
2	—	1,550	129.00–132.00	130.61
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,325	118.00–128.00	125.27
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,103	103.00–111.00	107.21

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	813	150.00–160.00	156.52

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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Townsend Livestock Market

Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Townsend Livestock Auction - Madison, FL

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle