Name: Townsend Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2024-05-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Feeder cattle fully steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $234.90/cwt on 10 head. That ranks 1 of 9 comparable sales and sits −171.72 against this barn's trailing median of $406.61.

Average price

$234.90

10 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,297

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$155

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

$45.82/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.09

vs FL average

−32.72 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	528	262.39	1,385	4thin
Medium and Large 2	568	216.57	1,230	6thin

One grade step is worth $45.82/cwt here — about $155 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 sale10 hd

234.90

—

FL average2 barns · 15 hd

242.99

−8.09

National average129 barns · 6,320 hd

267.62

−32.72

This barn, trailing median9 sales

406.61

−171.72

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,210	127.67	1,545	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,103	120.39	1,328	11

Every lot, as filed

20 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	500–550	528	262.39/cwt	255.00–270.00	1,385	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	312.43/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,337	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	291.07/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,391	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	285.90/cwt	280.00–295.00	1,046	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	328	289.77/cwt	280.00–300.00	950	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	285	285.26/cwt	270.00–300.00	813	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,210	127.67/cwt	125.00–134.00	1,545	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,103	120.39/cwt	116.00–125.00	1,328	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	216.57/cwt	210.00–220.00	1,230	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	471	243.36/cwt	235.00–255.00	1,146	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,378	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	269.13/cwt	265.00–275.00	1,284	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	241.17/cwt	230.00–250.00	1,534	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	272.56/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,172	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	433	262.43/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,136	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	470	219.89/cwt	215.00–225.00	1,033	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	297.73/cwt	285.00–310.00	1,111	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	272.60/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,022	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	313	324.88/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,017	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	477	269.83/cwt	265.00–280.00	1,287	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 28, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 189Last week 288Year ago 290

Slaughter CattleReceipts 59Last week 41Year ago 91

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Feeder cattle fully steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	366	280.00–295.00	285.90
2	400–450	430	270.00–275.00	272.56
7	450–500	477	265.00–275.00	269.13
4	500–550	528	255.00–270.00	262.39
4	600–650	636	230.00–250.00	241.17
2	700–750	745	185.00	185.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	375	270.00–275.00	272.60
6	400–450	433	260.00–265.00	262.43
7	450–500	471	235.00–255.00	243.36
6	550–600	568	210.00–220.00	216.57
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	470	215.00–225.00	219.89
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	428	310.00–315.00	312.43
9	450–500	478	290.00–300.00	291.07
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	285	270.00–300.00	285.26
2	300–350	328	280.00–300.00	289.77
11	350–400	373	285.00–310.00	297.73
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	313	320.00–330.00	324.88
3	450–500	477	265.00–280.00	269.83

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,210	125.00–134.00	127.67
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,103	116.00–125.00	120.39

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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