Name: New Holland Sale Stables livestock auction prices — 2023-08-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-08-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, all classes of slaughter cattle sold weak. Buyer demand was moderate on a moderate supply. No comparison on feeder dairy calves due to limited reporter availability.

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	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,647	106.96	1,762	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,509	93.45	1,410	36
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,351	83.60	1,130	46
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,294	179.18	2,319	12
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,625	192.47	3,128	88
Steers	Choice	Average	1,565	188.15	2,945	94
Steers	Select	Average	1,423	181.02	2,576	30

Every lot, as filed

14 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
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,164	72.59/cwt	68.00–76.00	845	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,341	80.94/cwt	77.50–83.00	1,085	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,825	95.38/cwt	93.00–98.00	1,741	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,411	94.95/cwt	92.00–97.00	1,340	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,398	86.62/cwt	84.00–90.00	1,211	19
Steers	ChoiceNon-Traditional	—	1,565	188.15/cwt	185.00–192.50	2,945	94
Steers	SelectNon-Traditional	—	1,423	181.02/cwt	174.00–185.00	2,576	30
Steers	Choice and PrimeNon-Traditional	—	1,625	192.47/cwt	189.00–199.00	3,128	88
Heifers	ChoiceNon-Traditional	—	1,294	179.18/cwt	176.00–182.00	2,319	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,631	110.94/cwt	109.00–114.00	1,809	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,609	103.64/cwt	100.00–106.00	1,668	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,573	86.44/cwt	84.00–89.00	1,360	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,363	100.65/cwt	98.00–104.00	1,372	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,537	93.08/cwt	90.00–96.00	1,431	23

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 Aug 21, 2023

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

Receipts 1,038Last week 1,049Year ago 810

Compared to last week, all classes of slaughter cattle sold weak. Buyer demand was moderate on a moderate supply. No comparison on feeder dairy calves due to limited reporter availability.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,164	68.00–76.00	72.59
18	—	1,341	77.50–83.00	80.94
4	—	1,411	92.00–97.00	94.95
19	—	1,398	84.00–90.00	86.62
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,825	93.00–98.00	95.38
10	—	1,631	109.00–114.00	110.94
5	—	1,609	100.00–106.00	103.64
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,573	84.00–89.00	86.44
7	—	1,363	98.00–104.00	100.65
23	—	1,537	90.00–96.00	93.08
Steers — Choice · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
94	—	1,565	185.00–192.50	188.15
Steers — Select · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,423	174.00–185.00	181.02
Steers — Choice and Prime · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
88	—	1,625	189.00–199.00	192.47
Heifers — Choice · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,294	176.00–182.00	179.18

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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