Name: Townsend Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2024-07-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder cattle steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $270.55/cwt on 32 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −140.62 against this barn's trailing median of $411.18.

Average price

$270.55

32 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,495

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$242

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

$27.18/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.84

vs FL average

−17.24 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	272.25	1,511	30
Medium and Large 2	518	245.07	1,269	2thin

One grade step is worth $27.18/cwt here — about $242 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

13 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $503.42, low $347.10, median $411.18 across 13 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 sale32 hd

270.55

—

FL average5 barns · 148 hd

266.71

+3.84

National average138 barns · 5,135 hd

287.79

−17.24

This barn, trailing median13 sales

411.18

−140.62

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	1,536	149.77	2,300	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,375	126.37	1,738	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,143	122.95	1,405	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,118	116.51	1,303	10

Every lot, as filed

29 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
Bulls	—	—	1,536	149.77/cwt	145.00–156.00	2,300	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,143	122.95/cwt	120.00–128.00	1,405	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,375	126.37/cwt	125.00–131.00	1,738	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,118	116.51/cwt	114.00–118.00	1,303	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	274.83/cwt	265.00–280.00	1,314	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	260.07/cwt	255.00–265.00	1,360	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	263.14/cwt	255.00–275.00	1,524	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	539	278.33/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,500	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	232.51/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,658	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	223.55/cwt	210.00–230.00	1,386	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	768	230.00/cwt	225.00–235.00	1,766	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	234.14/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,229	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	245.07/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,269	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	229.94/cwt	225.00–235.00	1,329	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	374	254.17/cwt	250.00–270.00	951	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	413	242.55/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,002	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	242.95/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,385	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	234.10/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,096	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	244.87/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,158	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	255.87/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,203	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	251.78/cwt	240.00–260.00	1,078	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	533	204.88/cwt	200.00–210.00	1,092	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	262.55/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,481	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	611	231.26/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,413	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	268	413.73/cwt	405.00–420.00	1,109	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	294.70/cwt	280.00–310.00	1,232	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	239.43/cwt	230.00–245.00	1,621	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	248.65/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,547	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	257.88/cwt	255.00–270.00	1,238	5

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 30, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 410Last week 355Year ago 469

Slaughter CattleReceipts 66Last week 59Year ago 45

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder cattle steady.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,536	145.00–156.00	149.77
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,143	120.00–128.00	122.95
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,375	125.00–131.00	126.37
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,118	114.00–118.00	116.51

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	268	405.00–420.00	413.73
6	400–450	418	280.00–310.00	294.70
3	450–500	478	265.00–280.00	274.83
4	500–550	523	255.00–265.00	260.07
4	550–600	564	260.00–270.00	262.55
4	600–650	611	230.00–235.00	231.26
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	428	240.00–260.00	251.78
16	450–500	473	240.00–250.00	244.87
6	500–550	525	230.00–235.00	234.14
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	533	200.00–210.00	204.88
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	500–550	539	270.00–280.00	278.33
12	550–600	579	255.00–275.00	263.14
7	600–650	622	240.00–255.00	248.65
9	650–700	677	230.00–245.00	239.43
2	700–750	713	230.00–235.00	232.51
5	750–800	768	225.00–235.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	470	250.00–260.00	255.87
2	500–550	518	240.00–250.00	245.07
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	480	255.00–270.00	257.88
10	550–600	570	240.00–245.00	242.95
3	600–650	620	210.00–230.00	223.55
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	374	250.00–270.00	254.17
8	400–450	413	240.00–250.00	242.55
5	450–500	468	230.00–240.00	234.10
4	550–600	578	225.00–235.00	229.94

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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