Name: Townsend Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2024-07-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle steady. Feeder cattle mostly steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $274.33/cwt on 16 head. That ranks 1 of 6 comparable sales and sits −136.63 against this barn's trailing median of $410.97.

Average price

$274.33

16 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,543

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$29

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

$13.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.54

vs FL average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	276.01	1,547	14thin
Medium and Large 2	578	262.60	1,518	2thin

One grade step is worth $13.41/cwt here — about $29 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

6 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $458.70, low $336.46, median $410.97 across 6 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 sale16 hd

274.33

—

FL average2 barns · 21 hd

271.80

+2.54

This barn, trailing median6 sales

410.97

−136.63

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	—	Average	2,300	169.00	3,887	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,201	139.02	1,670	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,945	133.14	2,590	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,105	128.63	1,421	11

Every lot, as filed

33 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 2	300–350	332	273.86/cwt	270.00–280.00	909	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	292.16/cwt	285.00–300.00	964	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	329.36/cwt	300.00–350.00	1,229	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	254.08/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,347	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	273.61/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,560	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	334.85/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,242	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	282.54/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,639	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	270.09/cwt	265.00–280.00	1,007	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	265.21/cwt	255.00–275.00	1,246	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	239.95/cwt	235.00–245.00	1,116	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	378	304.83/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,152	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	259.93/cwt	245.00–275.00	1,365	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,712	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	500–550	538	272.47/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,466	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	245.24/cwt	240.00–260.00	920	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	371	292.56/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,085	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	302.17/cwt	295.00–330.00	997	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	251.56/cwt	245.00–255.00	1,547	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	284.81/cwt	280.00–295.00	1,495	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	291.64/cwt	290.00–295.00	1,362	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	302.55/cwt	295.00–310.00	1,582	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	273	315.24/cwt	305.00–320.00	861	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	262.60/cwt	255.00–270.00	1,518	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	237.46/cwt	235.00–240.00	1,627	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	231.63/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,339	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	227.44/cwt	225.00–230.00	1,524	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	394.74/cwt	380.00–410.00	1,125	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	352.62/cwt	345.00–360.00	1,093	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,213	146.69/cwt	145.00–148.00	1,779	3
Bulls	—	—	2,300	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	3,887	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,199	137.38/cwt	136.00–142.00	1,647	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,105	128.63/cwt	125.00–132.00	1,421	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,945	133.14/cwt	130.00–136.00	2,590	2

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 Jul 16, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 417Last week 300Year ago 430

Slaughter CattleReceipts 50Last week 44Year ago 119

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle steady. Feeder cattle mostly steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	332	270.00–280.00	273.86
11	350–400	375	240.00–260.00	245.24
6	450–500	465	235.00–245.00	239.95
3	550–600	578	230.00–235.00	231.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	330	285.00–300.00	292.16
3	350–400	373	265.00–280.00	270.09
5	500–550	530	250.00–260.00	254.08
2	650–700	670	225.00–230.00	227.44
2	800–850	815	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	538	270.00–275.00	272.47
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	373	300.00–350.00	329.36
6	500–550	523	295.00–310.00	302.55
2	550–600	580	280.00–285.00	282.54
3	600–650	615	245.00–255.00	251.56
2	650–700	685	235.00–240.00	237.46
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	378	300.00–310.00	304.83
4	500–550	525	245.00–275.00	259.93
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	285	380.00–410.00	394.74
2	300–350	310	345.00–360.00	352.62
4	350–400	371	330.00–340.00	334.85
3	450–500	467	290.00–295.00	291.64
3	500–550	525	280.00–295.00	284.81
11	550–600	570	270.00–275.00	273.61
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	273	305.00–320.00	315.24
11	300–350	330	295.00–330.00	302.17
14	350–400	371	280.00–300.00	292.56
4	450–500	470	255.00–275.00	265.21
2	550–600	578	255.00–270.00	262.60

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,213	145.00–148.00	146.69
14	—	1,199	136.00–142.00	137.38
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,105	125.00–132.00	128.63
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,945	130.00–136.00	133.14
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,300	169.00	169.00

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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