Sale reports / Pennsylvania / New Holland Sale Stables / 2019-12-05

New Holland Sale Stables

Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · New Holland, Pennsylvania · Thu, Dec 5
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1909
Slaughter Cattle receipts
864 head
197 vs last sale 667 864 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
619 head
134 vs last sale 485 619 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, traditional slaughter steers sold 1.00-2.00 higher on good demand. Non-traditional slaughter steers sold 2.00-3.00 higher on good demand. Slaughter Holstein steers sold 1.00-2.00 higher. Slaughter heifers sold steady to 1.00 higher on a light test. Slaughter cows sold 1.00-2.00 higher on good demand. Slaughter bulls sold 3.00-4.00 lower compared to a very light test two weeks ago. Graded Holstein bull calves sold 10.00-30.00 lower compared to two weeks ago. Dairy heifer calves traded mostly steady. Ag Market News LLC under the USDAQSA-LMAR program graded 419 head for Thursday's sale. Offerings included 161 slaughter steers, 143 slaughter heifers, 471 slaughter cows, 29 slaughter bulls, 60 miscellaneous cattle, and 619 calves.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsHigh1,55072.341,12114
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,77155.1697788
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,42251.61734111
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,19742.9151385
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,44987.821,27310
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,63284.201,37411
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,50978.001,17713
HeifersChoiceAverage1,307108.901,42314
HeifersSelectAverage1,248101.871,2719thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,571117.101,84010
SteersChoiceAverage1,483116.881,73466
SteersSelectAverage1,352107.421,45217

Feeder Dairy Calves

8 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 111251.92/cwt24
BullsNumber 210346.85/cwt94
BullsNumber 310128.45/cwt177
BullsUtility8610.55/cwt77
HeifersNumber 110021.67/cwt3
HeifersNumber 29217.29/cwt24
HeifersNumber 3799.28/cwt11
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing738.45/cwt27

Every lot, as filed

54 lots · USDA AMS · New Holland Livestock Cattle Auction (Thursday) - New Holland, PA
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsNumber 19850.00/cwt50.00–50.00491
BullsNumber 212542.00/cwt42.00–42.00534
BullsNon-Traditional1,76884.43/cwt83.00–86.001,4932
BullsNumber 37010.00/cwt10.00–10.0079
BullsNumber 39530.82/cwt30.00–33.002977
BullsUtility9512.00/cwt12.00–12.001120
BullsNumber 110551.00/cwt51.00–51.005411
HeifersNumber 28316.86/cwt15.00–20.001411
HeifersNumber 310510.00/cwt10.00–10.00111
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing555.00/cwt5.00–5.0031
HeifersNumber 111022.50/cwt20.00–25.00252
HeifersNumber 210317.44/cwt15.00–20.00184
HeifersSelect1,248101.87/cwt98.00–103.501,2719
HeifersNumber 3718.35/cwt8.00–10.0066
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing717.85/cwt5.00–8.00620
CowsBoner 80-85%1,41259.99/cwt59.00–61.008473
CowsBreaker 75-80%2,01363.29/cwt62.50–64.001,2742
CowsLean 85-90%98830.60/cwt30.00–32.003025
CowsLean 85-90%1,23544.60/cwt41.00–48.0055149
CowsBoner 80-85%1,39748.79/cwt44.00–52.0068263
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,78256.81/cwt54.00–60.501,01261
CowsLean 85-90%1,11938.19/cwt35.00–40.0042720
CowsBoner 80-85%1,45755.01/cwt53.00–58.5080145
BullsNumber 211545.00/cwt45.00–45.005216
BullsNon-Traditional1,39356.67/cwt55.00–58.007892
BullsNon-Traditional1,67676.04/cwt73.00–81.001,2745
BullsNumber 210750.00/cwt50.00–50.005435
BullsNumber 312533.69/cwt32.00–35.004255
BullsUtility705.00/cwt5.00–5.00416
BullsNumber 111555.00/cwt55.00–55.00637
BullsNumber 28325.00/cwt25.00–25.00216
HeifersNumber 18020.00/cwt20.00–20.00161
HeifersNumber 212515.00/cwt15.00–15.00191
HeifersChoice1,307108.90/cwt105.00–111.001,42314
HeifersNumber 39510.00/cwt10.00–10.00101
HeifersNumber 38010.67/cwt10.00–12.0093
HeifersUtility/Non-Tubing8311.03/cwt10.00–12.0096
HeifersNumber 211015.00/cwt15.00–15.00171
HeifersNumber 29218.53/cwt15.00–20.00177
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,72550.48/cwt45.50–53.5087125
CowsLean 85-90%1,26149.57/cwt49.00–52.5062511
SteersChoice and Prime1,571117.10/cwt116.00–118.501,84010
SteersChoice1,590113.56/cwt112.00–115.001,80611
SteersSelect1,352107.42/cwt104.00–111.001,45217
SteersChoiceNon-Traditional1,462117.55/cwt112.00–124.001,71955
Dairy SteersChoice1,63284.20/cwt82.50–86.001,37411
Dairy SteersSelect1,50978.00/cwt74.00–81.501,17713
BullsNon-Traditional1,39970.06/cwt65.00–75.009805
BullsNumber 29448.96/cwt40.00–55.004633
BullsNumber 38520.00/cwt20.00–20.001736
BullsUtility11012.00/cwt12.00–12.00135
BullsUtility8512.00/cwt12.00–12.001036
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,44987.82/cwt87.00–90.501,27310
BullsNumber 112550.00/cwt50.00–50.00635

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.