Name: Townsend Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2024-05-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the previous week, slaughter cattle mostly steady. Feeder cattle fully steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $228.85/cwt on 15 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −165.35 against this barn's trailing median of $394.20.

Average price

$228.85

15 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,226

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$145

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

$28.68/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−15.45

vs FL average

−38.74 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	533	249.88	1,332	4thin
Medium and Large 2	537	221.20	1,187	11thin

One grade step is worth $28.68/cwt here — about $145 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale15 hd

228.85

—

FL average5 barns · 38 hd

244.29

−15.45

National average178 barns · 10,823 hd

267.59

−38.74

This barn, trailing median13 sales

394.20

−165.35

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	1,733	139.48	2,416	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,519	120.48	1,830	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,152	117.02	1,348	51
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,064	101.80	1,083	22

Every lot, as filed

35 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
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	368	307.96/cwt	285.00–330.00	1,133	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	277.70/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,314	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	328	270.23/cwt	265.00–275.00	886	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	227.32/cwt	220.00–235.00	1,189	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	282.66/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,230	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	249.88/cwt	245.00–255.00	1,332	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	250.12/cwt	245.00–255.00	1,076	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	204.88/cwt	200.00–215.00	1,174	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	328	297.90/cwt	280.00–315.00	977	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	516	238.14/cwt	235.00–250.00	1,229	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,574	115.27/cwt	111.00–118.00	1,814	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,144	117.36/cwt	116.00–122.00	1,343	47
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	275.08/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,287	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,408	130.91/cwt	128.00–134.00	1,843	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,024	91.50/cwt	88.00–95.00	937	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,083	106.60/cwt	104.00–111.00	1,154	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,240	113.01/cwt	111.00–115.00	1,401	4
Bulls	—	—	1,690	145.51/cwt	144.00–147.00	2,459	2
Bulls	—	—	1,775	133.45/cwt	129.00–138.00	2,369	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	270.94/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,038	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	265.09/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,405	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	278.46/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,175	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	268	296.92/cwt	285.00–310.00	796	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	265.18/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,127	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	242.67/cwt	235.00–250.00	1,043	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	334	343.85/cwt	335.00–350.00	1,148	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	235.26/cwt	225.00–245.00	1,113	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	282.44/cwt	280.00–285.00	912	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	252.70/cwt	245.00–260.00	935	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	324	276.39/cwt	270.00–285.00	896	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	250.08/cwt	245.00–255.00	1,195	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	256.85/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,212	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	249.88/cwt	245.00–260.00	1,432	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	265	352.78/cwt	345.00–360.00	935	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	350.34/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,307	6

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 May 7, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 270Last week 170Year ago 330

Slaughter CattleReceipts 100Last week 32Year ago 148

Compared to the previous week, slaughter cattle mostly steady. Feeder cattle fully steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	328	280.00–315.00	297.90
2	350–400	368	285.00–330.00	307.96
6	450–500	473	270.00–285.00	277.70
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	422	270.00–285.00	278.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	328	265.00–275.00	270.23
6	350–400	370	245.00–260.00	252.70
4	400–450	430	245.00–255.00	250.12
10	450–500	473	225.00–245.00	235.26
8	500–550	523	220.00–235.00	227.32
3	550–600	573	200.00–215.00	204.88
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	268	285.00–310.00	296.92
5	300–350	324	270.00–285.00	276.39
10	350–400	383	270.00–280.00	270.94
4	400–450	425	260.00–270.00	265.18
8	450–500	472	250.00–260.00	256.85
4	500–550	533	245.00–255.00	249.88
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	265	345.00–360.00	352.78
7	300–350	334	335.00–350.00	343.85
6	350–400	373	340.00–360.00	350.34
7	400–450	435	280.00–300.00	282.66
2	450–500	468	270.00–280.00	275.08
8	500–550	530	260.00–270.00	265.09
3	550–600	573	245.00–260.00	249.88
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	323	280.00–285.00	282.44
6	400–450	430	235.00–250.00	242.67
6	450–500	478	245.00–255.00	250.08
5	500–550	516	235.00–250.00	238.14

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,574	111.00–118.00	115.27
2	—	1,408	128.00–134.00	130.91
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	1,144	116.00–122.00	117.36
4	—	1,240	111.00–115.00	113.01
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,024	88.00–95.00	91.50
15	—	1,083	104.00–111.00	106.60
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,690	144.00–147.00	145.51
2	—	1,775	129.00–138.00	133.45

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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