Name: Townsend Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2026-05-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle steady. Feeder cattle Steady to firm.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $478.59/cwt on 32 head, up $22.77 from the prior sale. That ranks 12 of 13 comparable sales and sits +67.42 against this barn's trailing median of $411.18.

Average price

$478.59

▲ 22.77 vs prior sale

32 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,566

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$327

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

$43.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+26.51

vs FL average

+4.89 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	539	484.07	2,608	28
Medium and Large 2	518	440.24	2,280	4thin

One grade step is worth $43.83/cwt here — about $327 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

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

478.59

—

FL average7 barns · 116 hd

452.08

+26.51

National average167 barns · 12,191 hd

473.70

+4.89

This barn, trailing median13 sales

411.18

+67.42

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	—	High	1,685	234.59	3,953	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,274	176.07	2,242	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,438	170.11	2,446	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,170	161.32	1,887	16

Every lot, as filed

34 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	350–400	377	620.88/cwt	580.00–640.00	2,341	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	565.44/cwt	550.00–580.00	2,392	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	422	502.51/cwt	490.00–520.00	2,121	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	565.81/cwt	550.00–580.00	1,828	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	524.38/cwt	510.00–535.00	1,977	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	420.58/cwt	395.00–440.00	2,406	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	570.71/cwt	550.00–590.00	2,426	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	495.57/cwt	475.00–515.00	2,602	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	626.96/cwt	590.00–650.00	2,351	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	422.70/cwt	410.00–435.00	2,600	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	525.66/cwt	500.00–550.00	2,486	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	515.53/cwt	500.00–530.00	2,191	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	480.53/cwt	460.00–500.00	2,273	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	455.33/cwt	440.00–470.00	2,609	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	268	545.14/cwt	540.00–550.00	1,461	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	407.57/cwt	405.00–410.00	2,140	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	588.08/cwt	550.00–600.00	1,911	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	391.22/cwt	380.00–400.00	2,613	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	440.24/cwt	430.00–450.00	2,280	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	273	620.92/cwt	600.00–640.00	1,695	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	455.15/cwt	450.00–460.00	1,925	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	276	592.61/cwt	580.00–600.00	1,636	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	372	590.90/cwt	550.00–610.00	2,198	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	505.17/cwt	500.00–510.00	1,884	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	530.39/cwt	510.00–540.00	2,265	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	423.37/cwt	420.00–425.00	1,969	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	448.14/cwt	425.00–470.00	2,353	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	480.61/cwt	460.00–500.00	2,278	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	635.08/cwt	630.00–640.00	1,969	6
Bulls	—	—	1,685	234.59/cwt	229.00–239.00	3,953	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,265	173.85/cwt	170.00–178.00	2,199	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,295	181.63/cwt	179.00–184.00	2,352	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,438	170.11/cwt	167.00–173.00	2,446	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,170	161.32/cwt	158.00–164.00	1,887	16

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 May 12, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 410Last week 307Year ago 251

Slaughter CattleReceipts 78Last week 48Year ago 29

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cattle steady. Feeder cattle Steady to firm.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	377	580.00–640.00	620.88
4	400–450	423	550.00–580.00	565.44
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	422	490.00–520.00	502.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	276	580.00–600.00	592.61
6	300–350	323	550.00–580.00	565.81
9	350–400	377	510.00–535.00	524.38
3	400–450	427	510.00–540.00	530.39
28	450–500	474	460.00–500.00	480.61
6	500–550	525	425.00–470.00	448.14
9	550–600	572	395.00–440.00	420.58
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	268	540.00–550.00	545.14
2	350–400	373	500.00–510.00	505.17
2	400–450	423	450.00–460.00	455.15
3	450–500	465	420.00–425.00	423.37
6	500–550	525	405.00–410.00	407.57
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	310	630.00–640.00	635.08
5	350–400	375	590.00–650.00	626.96
16	400–450	425	550.00–590.00	570.71
18	450–500	473	500.00–550.00	525.66
20	500–550	525	475.00–515.00	495.57
8	550–600	573	440.00–470.00	455.33
18	600–650	615	410.00–435.00	422.70
9	650–700	668	380.00–400.00	391.22
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	273	600.00–640.00	620.92
4	300–350	325	550.00–600.00	588.08
6	350–400	372	550.00–610.00	590.90
6	400–450	425	500.00–530.00	515.53
6	450–500	473	460.00–500.00	480.53
4	500–550	518	430.00–450.00	440.24

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,685	229.00–239.00	234.59
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,265	170.00–178.00	173.85
6	—	1,295	179.00–184.00	181.63
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,438	167.00–173.00	170.11
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,170	158.00–164.00	161.32

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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