Name: Townsend Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2020-04-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to firm. Feeder cattle mostly steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $139.35/cwt on 40 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −52.87 against this barn's trailing median of $192.23.

Average price

$139.35

40 head · 428 lb average

Value per head Derived

$597

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$122

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

$16.26/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.93

vs FL average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	453	150.33	681	13thin
Medium and Large 2	417	134.07	559	27

One grade step is worth $16.26/cwt here — about $122 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

3 sales

Bulls 0–100 lb: high $193.60, low $189.37, median $192.23 across 3 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale40 hd

139.35

—

FL average8 barns · 237 hd

132.42

+6.93

This barn, trailing median3 sales

192.23

−52.87

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	1,820	84.05	1,530	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,280	57.46	735	25

Every lot, as filed

20 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	130.39/cwt	127.50–135.00	561	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	469	128.25/cwt	127.00–130.00	601	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	427	128.09/cwt	125.00–132.50	547	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	478	138.70/cwt	137.50–140.00	663	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	570	131.32/cwt	127.50–135.00	749	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	315	180.73/cwt	177.50–187.50	569	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	428	154.90/cwt	150.00–157.50	663	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	520	135.77/cwt	132.50–137.50	706	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	332	154.80/cwt	152.50–160.00	514	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	367	138.60/cwt	135.00–140.00	509	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	148.72/cwt	147.50–150.00	550	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	332	133.86/cwt	130.00–140.00	444	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	379	130.43/cwt	127.50–135.00	494	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	437	116.60/cwt	115.00–120.00	510	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	117.51/cwt	117.00–118.00	556	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	267	156.75/cwt	155.00–160.00	419	3
Bulls	—	—	1,820	84.05/cwt	81.00–86.00	1,530	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,295	69.68/cwt	66.00–73.00	902	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,278	55.79/cwt	55.00–58.00	713	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	467	108.29/cwt	105.00–110.00	506	3

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 Apr 21, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 208Last week 100Year ago 263

Slaughter CattleReceipts 36Last week 27Year ago 55

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls steady to firm. Feeder cattle mostly steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	430	127.50–135.00	130.39
7	—	367	135.00–140.00	138.60
2	—	473	117.00–118.00	117.51
3	—	267	155.00–160.00	156.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	332	130.00–140.00	133.86
5	—	379	127.50–135.00	130.43
6	—	437	115.00–120.00	116.60
3	—	467	105.00–110.00	108.29
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	469	127.00–130.00	128.25
14	—	427	125.00–132.50	128.09
6	—	332	152.50–160.00	154.80
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	478	137.50–140.00	138.70
2	—	570	127.50–135.00	131.32
3	—	315	177.50–187.50	180.73
3	—	428	150.00–157.50	154.90
3	—	520	132.50–137.50	135.77
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	370	147.50–150.00	148.72

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,820	81.00–86.00	84.05
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,295	66.00–73.00	69.68
22	—	1,278	55.00–58.00	55.79

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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