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 14 comparable sales and sits −157.06 against this barn's trailing median of $391.96.

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

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 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 median14 sales

391.96

−157.06

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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