Name: New Holland Sale Stables livestock auction prices — 2020-03-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers sold weak. Dairy steers and slaughter heifers not tested. Slaughter cows sold mostly 1.00-3.00 higher. No comparison for slaughter bulls. Offerings included 375 slaughter steers, 288 slaughter heifers, 257 slaughter cows, 60 slaughter bulls, 136 miscellaneous cattle, and 439 calves.

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	—	Low	1,641	96.84	1,590	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,720	69.98	1,204	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,502	63.12	948	62
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,310	54.61	716	46
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,530	115.53	1,768	2thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,471	116.62	1,715	9thin
Steers	Standard	High	1,283	112.76	1,447	3thin
Steers	Choice	High	1,490	112.65	1,678	37
Steers	Select	Average	1,418	110.91	1,573	23

Every lot, as filed

19 lots · USDA AMS · New Holland Livestock Cattle Auction (Monday) - New Holland, PA

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
Steers	StandardNon-Traditional	—	1,283	112.76/cwt	107.00–118.00	1,447	3
Steers	ChoiceNon-Traditional	—	1,494	118.23/cwt	111.00–128.00	1,766	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,526	67.87/cwt	66.00–69.00	1,036	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,691	66.80/cwt	64.00–69.00	1,130	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,361	56.84/cwt	54.00–60.50	774	27
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,507	64.47/cwt	62.00–67.00	972	37
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,238	51.45/cwt	47.00–55.00	637	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,482	58.51/cwt	55.50–61.00	867	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,743	72.42/cwt	70.00–74.50	1,262	13
Steers	Choice and PrimeNon-Traditional	—	1,471	116.62/cwt	115.00–121.00	1,715	9
Steers	SelectNon-Traditional	—	1,339	104.91/cwt	100.00–110.00	1,405	7
Steers	ChoiceNon-Traditional	—	1,486	107.91/cwt	104.00–113.00	1,604	20
Heifers	Choice and PrimeNon-Traditional	—	1,530	115.53/cwt	115.00–116.00	1,768	2
Bulls	—Non-Traditional	—	1,530	84.10/cwt	82.00–87.00	1,287	2
Bulls	—Heavy Weight	—	1,975	73.97/cwt	70.50–78.00	1,461	2
Bulls	—Non-Traditional	—	1,543	103.96/cwt	100.00–110.00	1,604	6
Bulls	—Heavy Weight	—	2,175	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	1,762	1
Bulls	—Non-Traditional	—	1,448	119.04/cwt	118.00–120.00	1,724	2
Steers	SelectNon-Traditional	—	1,453	113.54/cwt	105.00–122.00	1,650	16

How this sale compares

Pennsylvania weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Pennsylvania auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

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New Holland Livestock Cattle Auction (Monday) - New Holland, PA

Mon Mar 16, 2020

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, New Holland, PA (LS-LN)

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Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Standard · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,283	107.00–118.00	112.76
Steers — Choice · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,494	111.00–128.00	118.23
20	—	1,486	104.00–113.00	107.91
Steers — Choice and Prime · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,471	115.00–121.00	116.62
Steers — Select · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,339	100.00–110.00	104.91
16	—	1,453	105.00–122.00	113.54
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,526	66.00–69.00	67.87
37	—	1,507	62.00–67.00	64.47
18	—	1,482	55.50–61.00	58.51
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,691	64.00–69.00	66.80
13	—	1,743	70.00–74.50	72.42
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,361	54.00–60.50	56.84
19	—	1,238	47.00–55.00	51.45
Heifers — Choice and Prime · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,530	115.00–116.00	115.53
Bulls — Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,530	82.00–87.00	84.10
6	—	1,543	100.00–110.00	103.96
2	—	1,448	118.00–120.00	119.04
Bulls — Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,975	70.50–78.00	73.97
1	—	2,175	81.00	81.00

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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