Name: Townsend Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2024-09-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder cattle steady to 3.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $241.24/cwt on 62 head. That ranks 1 of 9 comparable sales and sits −207.58 against this barn's trailing median of $448.82.

Average price

$241.24

62 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,307

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$164

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

$27.88/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.69

vs FL average

−28.16 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	543	245.73	1,334	52
Medium and Large 2	537	217.85	1,170	10thin

One grade step is worth $27.88/cwt here — about $164 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale62 hd

241.24

—

FL average3 barns · 90 hd

243.92

−2.69

National average147 barns · 6,928 hd

269.40

−28.16

This barn, trailing median9 sales

448.82

−207.58

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	1,606	167.36	2,688	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,357	129.07	1,751	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,194	123.98	1,480	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,105	117.12	1,294	8thin

Every lot, as filed

31 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	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	215.12/cwt	210.00–220.00	904	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	241.56/cwt	235.00–245.00	1,017	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	372	236.12/cwt	230.00–240.00	878	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	209.88/cwt	205.00–215.00	1,108	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	232.27/cwt	225.00–240.00	766	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	627	235.83/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,479	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	262.47/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,247	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	233.75/cwt	225.00–240.00	1,466	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	371	267.76/cwt	260.00–280.00	993	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	332	374.17/cwt	340.00–390.00	1,242	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	217.55/cwt	210.00–225.00	1,577	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	232.56/cwt	225.00–240.00	1,547	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	298.36/cwt	280.00–315.00	1,259	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	228.52/cwt	220.00–235.00	1,063	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	249.84/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,307	30
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	218.54/cwt	210.00–227.50	1,154	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	431	227.24/cwt	220.00–240.00	979	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	215.11/cwt	210.00–220.00	1,233	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	240.13/cwt	235.00–245.00	1,369	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	220.11/cwt	215.00–225.00	1,261	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	315.17/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,176	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	237.07/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,140	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	203.84/cwt	200.00–210.00	1,262	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	433	219.71/cwt	210.00–230.00	951	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	230.14/cwt	225.00–235.00	1,208	18
Bulls	—	—	1,650	162.97/cwt	160.00–166.00	2,689	3
Bulls	—	—	1,562	171.75/cwt	168.00–174.00	2,683	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,105	117.12/cwt	115.00–119.00	1,294	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,194	123.98/cwt	122.00–127.00	1,480	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,247	134.29/cwt	133.00–135.00	1,675	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,398	127.11/cwt	124.00–130.00	1,777	8

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 Sep 3, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 594Last week 883Year ago 1

Slaughter CattleReceipts 60Last week 50Year ago 0

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder cattle steady to 3.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	420	210.00–220.00	215.12
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	400–450	421	235.00–245.00	241.56
40	450–500	481	230.00–240.00	237.07
18	500–550	525	225.00–235.00	230.14
6	550–600	573	215.00–225.00	220.11
8	600–650	619	200.00–210.00	203.84
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	330	225.00–240.00	232.27
10	350–400	372	230.00–240.00	236.12
6	400–450	433	210.00–230.00	219.71
30	450–500	465	220.00–235.00	228.52
4	500–550	528	205.00–215.00	209.88
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	627	230.00–240.00	235.83
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	332	340.00–390.00	374.17
6	350–400	373	310.00–320.00	315.17
22	400–450	422	280.00–315.00	298.36
18	450–500	475	250.00–270.00	262.47
30	500–550	523	240.00–255.00	249.84
22	550–600	570	235.00–245.00	240.13
21	600–650	627	225.00–240.00	233.75
4	650–700	665	225.00–240.00	232.56
4	700–750	725	210.00–225.00	217.55
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	371	260.00–280.00	267.76
19	400–450	431	220.00–240.00	227.24
8	500–550	528	210.00–227.50	218.54
2	550–600	573	210.00–220.00	215.11

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,650	160.00–166.00	162.97
3	—	1,562	168.00–174.00	171.75
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,105	115.00–119.00	117.12
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,194	122.00–127.00	123.98
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,247	133.00–135.00	134.29
8	—	1,398	124.00–130.00	127.11

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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