Name: Townsend Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2024-06-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the previous week: Slaughter cows and bulls fully steady. One set of very high yielding, high quality bulls brought 175 to 193 per pound. Feeder cattle 2.00 to 4.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $270.54/cwt on 48 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −126.41 against this barn's trailing median of $396.95.

Average price

$270.54

48 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,480

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$109

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

$30.43/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−14.44

vs FL average

−30.12 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	280.05	1,513	33
Medium and Large 2	562	249.63	1,404	15thin

One grade step is worth $30.43/cwt here — about $109 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

Steers 500–600 lb: high $503.42, low $347.10, median $396.95 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 sale48 hd

270.54

—

FL average5 barns · 137 hd

284.98

−14.44

National average144 barns · 7,865 hd

300.66

−30.12

This barn, trailing median14 sales

396.95

−126.41

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	1,704	158.32	2,697	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,226	135.25	1,658	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,743	128.08	2,232	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,018	121.80	1,240	4thin

Every lot, as filed

34 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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,743	128.08/cwt	120.00–133.00	2,232	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,018	121.80/cwt	119.00–125.00	1,240	4
Bulls	—	—	1,635	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	2,763	1
Bulls	—	—	1,738	152.98/cwt	150.00–155.00	2,659	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,225	133.03/cwt	129.00–137.00	1,630	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,228	143.38/cwt	140.00–146.00	1,761	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	365.55/cwt	355.00–375.00	1,005	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	327.43/cwt	325.00–330.00	1,369	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	263.23/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,113	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	370.07/cwt	365.00–375.00	1,351	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	232.42/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,346	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	239.94/cwt	235.00–250.00	1,264	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	574	249.56/cwt	245.00–255.00	1,432	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	299.53/cwt	280.00–320.00	1,288	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	217.80/cwt	200.00–235.00	1,575	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	230.18/cwt	210.00–240.00	1,524	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	309.21/cwt	295.00–350.00	1,500	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	282.33/cwt	270.00–300.00	1,502	26
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	476	275.22/cwt	250.00–280.00	1,310	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	249.81/cwt	240.00–260.00	1,324	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	247.53/cwt	245.00–250.00	1,151	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	339.70/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,121	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	429	233.78/cwt	230.00–250.00	1,003	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	533	214.88/cwt	210.00–225.00	1,145	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	527	236.22/cwt	230.00–245.00	1,245	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	270	337.78/cwt	330.00–345.00	912	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	322	289.74/cwt	285.00–300.00	933	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	242.57/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,159	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	762	216.72/cwt	210.00–220.00	1,651	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	271.59/cwt	265.00–280.00	1,551	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	237.12/cwt	225.00–250.00	1,473	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	341.57/cwt	330.00–370.00	1,482	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	257.37/cwt	250.00–265.00	1,467	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	248.53/cwt	230.00–260.00	1,183	16

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 Jun 18, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 300Last week 319Year ago 230

Slaughter CattleReceipts 68Last week 43Year ago 42

Compared to the previous week: Slaughter cows and bulls fully steady. One set of very high yielding, high quality bulls brought 175 to 193 per pound. Feeder cattle 2.00 to 4.00 lower.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,743	120.00–133.00	128.08
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,018	119.00–125.00	121.80
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,225	129.00–137.00	133.03
3	—	1,228	140.00–146.00	143.38
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,635	169.00	169.00
2	—	1,738	150.00–155.00	152.98

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	275	355.00–375.00	365.55
2	400–450	418	325.00–330.00	327.43
2	550–600	570	250.00–265.00	257.37
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	270	330.00–345.00	337.78
4	300–350	330	330.00–350.00	339.70
2	450–500	465	245.00–250.00	247.53
7	500–550	527	230.00–245.00	236.22
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	423	250.00–270.00	263.23
16	450–500	476	230.00–260.00	248.53
6	500–550	527	235.00–250.00	239.94
4	550–600	579	230.00–240.00	232.42
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	322	285.00–300.00	289.74
5	400–450	429	230.00–250.00	233.78
8	450–500	478	240.00–245.00	242.57
6	500–550	533	210.00–225.00	214.88
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	365	365.00–375.00	370.07
5	400–450	434	330.00–370.00	341.57
11	450–500	485	295.00–350.00	309.21
26	500–550	532	270.00–300.00	282.33
7	550–600	571	265.00–280.00	271.59
7	600–650	621	225.00–250.00	237.12
3	650–700	662	210.00–240.00	230.18
2	700–750	723	200.00–235.00	217.80
3	750–800	762	210.00–220.00	216.72
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	430	280.00–320.00	299.53
6	450–500	476	250.00–280.00	275.22
4	500–550	530	240.00–260.00	249.81
11	550–600	574	245.00–255.00	249.56

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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