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 9 comparable sales and sits −178.26 against this barn's trailing median of $448.82.

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

9 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $503.42, low $362.86, median $448.82 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 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 median9 sales

448.82

−178.26

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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