Name: Townsend Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2024-10-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Trends are either to limited to test or lightly tested. Feeder cattle firm. Receipts light affected by hurricane last week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $235.67/cwt on 20 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −147.06 against this barn's trailing median of $382.72.

Average price

$235.67

20 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,278

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$131

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

$15.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−22.06

vs FL average

−51.15 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	240.29	1,318	14thin
Medium and Large 2	528	224.88	1,187	6thin

One grade step is worth $15.41/cwt here — about $131 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

15 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $503.42, low $347.10, median $382.72 across 15 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 sale20 hd

235.67

—

FL average4 barns · 92 hd

257.73

−22.06

National average167 barns · 15,497 hd

286.82

−51.15

This barn, trailing median15 sales

382.72

−147.06

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,230	116.52	1,433	2thin

Every lot, as filed

18 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 1	400–450	428	252.28/cwt	245.00–260.00	1,080	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	264.81/cwt	260.00–270.00	869	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	264.73/cwt	255.00–275.00	980	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	213.29/cwt	210.00–215.00	1,124	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	221.49/cwt	215.00–235.00	1,274	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	234.91/cwt	230.00–240.00	994	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	227.77/cwt	225.00–235.00	1,317	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	227.48/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,524	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	209.95/cwt	200.00–215.00	1,323	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	252.81/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,312	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	268.90/cwt	265.00–275.00	1,269	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,230	116.52/cwt	116.00–117.00	1,433	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	231.60/cwt	225.00–235.00	1,450	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	249.91/cwt	245.00–255.00	1,045	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	224.88/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,187	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	213.24/cwt	210.00–220.00	1,009	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	584	194.84/cwt	190.00–210.00	1,138	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	225.01/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,625	6

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 Oct 1, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 193Last week 365Year ago 584

Slaughter CattleReceipts 11Last week 75Year ago 103

Compared to one week ago: Trends are either to limited to test or lightly tested. Feeder cattle firm. Receipts light affected by hurricane last week.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	428	245.00–260.00	252.28
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	328	260.00–270.00	264.81
2	350–400	370	255.00–275.00	264.73
4	400–450	423	230.00–240.00	234.91
3	500–550	527	210.00–215.00	213.29
3	550–600	575	215.00–235.00	221.49
5	600–650	630	200.00–215.00	209.95
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	473	210.00–220.00	213.24
4	550–600	584	190.00–210.00	194.84
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	472	265.00–275.00	268.90
7	500–550	519	250.00–255.00	252.81
7	550–600	578	225.00–235.00	227.77
6	600–650	626	225.00–235.00	231.60
8	650–700	670	220.00–230.00	227.48
6	700–750	722	220.00–230.00	225.01
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	418	245.00–255.00	249.91
6	500–550	528	220.00–230.00	224.88

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,230	116.00–117.00	116.52

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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