Sale reports / Pennsylvania / New Holland Sale Stables / 2023-12-04

New Holland Sale Stables

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · New Holland, Pennsylvania · Mon, Dec 4
● Final74 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1908
Slaughter Cattle receipts
1,053 head
▼ 83 vs last sale 1,136▼ 294 vs year ago 1,347 · −21.8%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
696 head
▼ 300 vs last sale 996▲ 61 vs year ago 635 · +9.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers sold unevenly steady. Slaughter dairy steers sold higher. Slaughter heifers sold unevenly steady. Slaughter cows sold steady. Slaughter bulls sold unevenly steady. Buyer demand was moderate on a moderate supply. Feeder dairy calves sold steady. Buyer demand for the feeder dairy calf sale was moderate on a moderate supply.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—High1,609142.912,29934
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,70896.721,65270
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,52684.791,294129
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,21975.63922135
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,547155.122,4007thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,725141.242,4362thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,470128.571,8902thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,520176.002,6752thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,322163.962,16817
HeifersSelectAverage1,213153.931,8673thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,592186.402,96839
SteersChoiceAverage1,565178.102,78740
SteersSelectAverage1,548171.232,65042

Feeder Dairy Calves

7 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 197388.94/cwt184
BullsNumber 293334.04/cwt63
BullsNumber 384137.06/cwt13
BullsUtility8042.65/cwt11
HeifersNumber 190492.87/cwt15
HeifersNumber 291197.37/cwt18
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing7019.07/cwt12

Every lot, as filed

74 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersNumber 2—7050.00/cwt50.00–50.00351
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross—93579.57/cwt550.00–625.005395
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross—83573.56/cwt550.00–600.004764
HeifersNumber 2—8586.67/cwt70.00–100.00743
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—8525.00/cwt10.00–40.00212
BullsNumber 1—92354.53/cwt300.00–390.0032651
BullsNumber 1—103351.66/cwt310.00–370.0036245
BullsNumber 3—93115.41/cwt100.00–160.001074
BullsNumber 2—74252.84/cwt220.00–280.001878
BullsNumber 2—110260.00/cwt260.00–260.002861
BullsNumber 1—74358.31/cwt310.00–390.002654
CowsLean 85-90%—1,19067.82/cwt64.00–71.0080727
CowsLean 85-90%—1,27284.50/cwt81.00–90.001,07537
CowsLean 85-90%—1,14158.55/cwt56.00–61.006689
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,768102.10/cwt99.00–106.501,80521
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,68294.41/cwt90.00–98.001,58849
CowsLean 85-90%—1,21176.22/cwt72.00–80.0092362
HeifersChoice—1,322163.96/cwt161.00–168.002,16817
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,51076.88/cwt72.00–80.001,16129
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,46793.35/cwt90.00–98.001,36925
HeifersChoice and Prime—1,520176.00/cwt176.00–176.002,6752
HeifersSelect—1,213153.93/cwt152.00–156.001,8673
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,55284.99/cwt81.00–89.001,31975
SteersChoice and Prime—1,580184.82/cwt181.00–188.002,92030
SteersChoice—1,565178.10/cwt174.00–180.002,78740
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime—1,547155.12/cwt152.00–158.002,4007
Dairy SteersChoice—1,725141.24/cwt139.00–144.002,4362
Dairy SteersSelect—1,470128.57/cwt126.00–132.001,8902
SteersSelect—1,531169.81/cwt166.00–173.002,60030
SteersChoice and Prime—1,633191.66/cwt190.00–194.003,1309
SteersSelect—1,589174.78/cwt172.00–178.002,77712
Bulls——1,606138.81/cwt136.00–142.002,2294
Bulls——1,239129.28/cwt126.00–132.001,6024
Bulls——1,738121.42/cwt118.00–124.002,1109
Bulls——1,681165.28/cwt164.00–166.002,7784
Bulls——1,609160.60/cwt158.00–162.002,5847
Bulls——1,614151.39/cwt150.00–154.002,4436
BullsUtility—8325.45/cwt10.00–40.00212
BullsNumber 2—123292.55/cwt290.00–295.003602
BullsNumber 3—105190.00/cwt190.00–190.002001
BullsNumber 1—83358.19/cwt300.00–380.0029723
BullsUtility—7336.13/cwt5.00–85.00266
BullsNumber 1—111343.76/cwt310.00–365.0038225
BullsNumber 2—84251.51/cwt210.00–290.002119
BullsNumber 3—73146.10/cwt100.00–185.001075
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross—110522.50/cwt500.00–545.005752
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross—94489.12/cwt435.00–570.004607
BullsNumber 2—100249.29/cwt200.00–290.002497
BullsUtility—9367.14/cwt40.00–90.00623
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross—80525.00/cwt525.00–525.004201
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross—102494.27/cwt450.00–530.005047
BullsNumber 3—83133.20/cwt100.00–160.001113
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—102570.00/cwt550.00–600.005819
BullsNumber 1—123316.73/cwt300.00–340.003906
BullsNumber 2—93251.36/cwt200.00–295.0023415
HeifersNumber 2Beef Cross—70470.00/cwt470.00–470.003291
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—93573.55/cwt550.00–610.0053311
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross—123467.86/cwt450.00–485.005752
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—84610.60/cwt550.00–650.005138
BullsNumber 1Beef Cross—75585.00/cwt570.00–600.004392
BullsNumber 2Beef Cross—73503.97/cwt475.00–535.003682
HeifersNumber 2Beef Cross—103447.74/cwt425.00–485.004613
HeifersNumber 2—9369.73/cwt60.00–80.00652
HeifersNumber 2—6560.00/cwt60.00–60.00391
HeifersNumber 2Beef Cross—65400.00/cwt400.00–400.002601
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross—75600.00/cwt600.00–600.004501
HeifersNumber 2Beef Cross—110485.00/cwt485.00–485.005341
HeifersNumber 1—85175.00/cwt150.00–200.001492
HeifersNumber 2—10068.75/cwt50.00–85.00694
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—6313.41/cwt7.00–20.0087
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing—7528.33/cwt20.00–40.00213
HeifersNumber 1—105140.00/cwt140.00–140.001471
HeifersNumber 1Beef Cross—103555.49/cwt535.00–575.005722
HeifersNumber 2—11070.00/cwt70.00–70.00771

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.