Name: Townsend Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2026-09-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: slaughter cattle fully steady. Feeder cattle firm to 4.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $326.59/cwt on 26 head, up $4.15 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 15 comparable sales and sits −63.12 against this barn's trailing median of $389.72.

Average price

$326.59

▲ 4.15 vs prior sale

26 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,802

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$167

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

$12.99/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.52

vs FL average

−19.03 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	328.09	1,821	23
Medium and Large 2	525	315.10	1,654	3thin

One grade step is worth $12.99/cwt here — about $167 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

15 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $434.64, low $309.07, median $389.72 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 sale26 hd

326.59

—

FL average6 barns · 135 hd

328.11

−1.52

National average160 barns · 10,255 hd

345.62

−19.03

This barn, trailing median15 sales

389.72

−63.12

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	1,782	190.96	3,403	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,455	139.46	2,029	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,222	138.40	1,691	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,043	131.34	1,370	8thin

Every lot, as filed

45 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	423	412.87/cwt	400.00–425.00	1,746	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	315.10/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,654	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	222	608.65/cwt	600.00–620.00	1,351	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	335.01/cwt	320.00–360.00	1,769	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	422.69/cwt	400.00–440.00	1,801	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	437	458.24/cwt	450.00–510.00	2,003	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	338.17/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,921	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	331	453.79/cwt	445.00–460.00	1,502	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	433	376.92/cwt	360.00–385.00	1,632	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	366	411.93/cwt	390.00–440.00	1,508	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	272	591.32/cwt	570.00–620.00	1,608	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	218	555.17/cwt	550.00–560.00	1,210	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	452.39/cwt	445.00–500.00	1,972	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	335.16/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,575	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	273	550.46/cwt	540.00–560.00	1,503	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	376	482.03/cwt	450.00–500.00	1,812	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	427	423.55/cwt	400.00–440.00	1,809	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	343.63/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,814	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	319.63/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,803	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	472	403.31/cwt	385.00–415.00	1,904	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	268	693.54/cwt	690.00–700.00	1,859	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	314.46/cwt	290.00–330.00	1,635	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	425.26/cwt	415.00–435.00	2,011	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	600.92/cwt	580.00–620.00	1,953	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	671.11/cwt	650.00–700.00	1,812	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	550–600	585	337.54/cwt	335.00–340.00	1,975	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	601.67/cwt	570.00–630.00	1,625	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	492.85/cwt	485.00–500.00	1,838	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	453.09/cwt	440.00–465.00	1,690	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	354.37/cwt	340.00–385.00	1,683	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	310.82/cwt	305.00–315.00	1,784	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	370.11/cwt	365.00–375.00	2,121	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	292.65/cwt	285.00–300.00	1,823	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	326	521.49/cwt	485.00–550.00	1,700	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	388.81/cwt	380.00–400.00	2,026	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	332.90/cwt	330.00–335.00	2,084	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	536.01/cwt	510.00–560.00	1,983	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	591.60/cwt	560.00–620.00	1,940	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	536.65/cwt	520.00–560.00	1,986	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	360.29/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,892	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	407.77/cwt	395.00–420.00	1,917	6
Bulls	—	—	1,782	190.96/cwt	190.00–193.00	3,403	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,043	131.34/cwt	128.00–134.00	1,370	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,455	139.46/cwt	138.00–140.00	2,029	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,222	138.40/cwt	136.00–145.00	1,691	23

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 29, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 532Last week 450Year ago 384

Slaughter CattleReceipts 69Last week 24Year ago 75

Compared to one week ago: slaughter cattle fully steady. Feeder cattle firm to 4.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	250–300	272	570.00–620.00	591.32
8	350–400	376	450.00–500.00	482.03
6	400–450	423	400.00–425.00	412.87
5	500–550	520	290.00–330.00	314.46
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	250–300	270	650.00–700.00	671.11
12	300–350	328	560.00–620.00	591.60
10	350–400	370	520.00–560.00	536.65
14	400–450	437	450.00–510.00	458.24
6	450–500	470	395.00–420.00	407.77
6	500–550	525	350.00–370.00	360.29
7	550–600	574	305.00–315.00	310.82
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	218	550.00–560.00	555.17
4	250–300	273	540.00–560.00	550.46
7	300–350	331	445.00–460.00	453.79
7	350–400	366	390.00–440.00	411.93
6	400–450	433	360.00–385.00	376.92
4	450–500	470	330.00–340.00	335.16
3	500–550	525	310.00–325.00	315.10
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	200–250	222	600.00–620.00	608.65
8	250–300	270	570.00–630.00	601.67
13	300–350	326	485.00–550.00	521.49
16	350–400	373	440.00–465.00	453.09
9	400–450	426	400.00–440.00	422.69
12	450–500	475	340.00–385.00	354.37
8	500–550	528	320.00–360.00	335.01
11	550–600	564	315.00–325.00	319.63
4	600–650	623	285.00–300.00	292.65
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	585	335.00–340.00	337.54
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	373	485.00–500.00	492.85
7	400–450	427	400.00–440.00	423.55
5	450–500	472	385.00–415.00	403.31
6	500–550	528	330.00–350.00	343.63
5	550–600	568	330.00–350.00	338.17
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	268	690.00–700.00	693.54
8	300–350	325	580.00–620.00	600.92
8	350–400	370	510.00–560.00	536.01
14	400–450	436	445.00–500.00	452.39
8	450–500	473	415.00–435.00	425.26
7	500–550	521	380.00–400.00	388.81
8	550–600	573	365.00–375.00	370.11
7	600–650	626	330.00–335.00	332.90

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,782	190.00–193.00	190.96
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,043	128.00–134.00	131.34
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,455	138.00–140.00	139.46
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,222	136.00–145.00	138.40

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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