Name: Townsend Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2024-05-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: All classes steady in limited test.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 400–500 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

400–500 lb bulls averaged $271.78/cwt on 16 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −190.67 against this barn's trailing median of $462.45.

Average price

$271.78

16 head · 443 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,205

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$115

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

$23.53/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.20

vs FL average

What quality paid 400–500 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	446	287.95	1,284	5thin
Medium and Large 2	442	264.42	1,169	11thin

One grade step is worth $23.53/cwt here — about $115 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 400–500 lb

11 sales

Bulls 400–500 lb: high $524.28, low $373.61, median $462.45 across 11 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 400–500 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale16 hd

271.78

—

FL average2 barns · 23 hd

273.98

−2.20

This barn, trailing median11 sales

462.45

−190.67

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	—	Low	1,280	129.59	1,659	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,131	116.34	1,316	12

Every lot, as filed

16 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	264.43/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,119	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	273	397.48/cwt	395.00–400.00	1,085	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	282.50/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,328	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	225	366.33/cwt	350.00–395.00	824	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	313	343.30/cwt	340.00–345.00	1,075	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	308	292.48/cwt	290.00–295.00	901	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	268	293.54/cwt	290.00–300.00	787	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	433	267.37/cwt	265.00–275.00	1,158	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	247.56/cwt	245.00–250.00	800	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,131	116.34/cwt	110.00–118.00	1,316	12
Bulls	—	—	1,280	129.59/cwt	127.00–132.00	1,659	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	291.59/cwt	290.00–295.00	1,254	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	302.25/cwt	295.00–340.00	1,127	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	267.93/cwt	265.00–270.00	986	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	279.86/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,035	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	467	256.57/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,198	3

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 14, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 147Last week 270Year ago 330

Slaughter CattleReceipts 20Last week 100Year ago 118

Compared to one week ago: All classes steady in limited test.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	268	290.00–300.00	293.54
2	300–350	308	290.00–295.00	292.48
5	350–400	368	265.00–270.00	267.93
10	400–450	423	260.00–270.00	264.43
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	323	245.00–250.00	247.56
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	225	350.00–395.00	366.33
2	250–300	273	395.00–400.00	397.48
3	300–350	313	340.00–345.00	343.30
6	350–400	373	295.00–340.00	302.25
3	400–450	430	290.00–295.00	291.59
2	450–500	470	280.00–285.00	282.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	370	275.00–285.00	279.86
8	400–450	433	265.00–275.00	267.37
3	450–500	467	250.00–260.00	256.57

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,131	110.00–118.00	116.34
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,280	127.00–132.00	129.59

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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