Name: New Holland Sale Stables livestock auction prices — 2021-11-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the most recent reported sale from two weeks ago, slaughter steers sold firm with good demand. Cows sold with a weaker undertone although demand was good.

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	1,802	93.16	1,678	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,679	58.93	989	52
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,511	53.62	810	58
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,315	47.00	618	68
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,426	103.33	1,473	14
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,366	129.70	1,772	6thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,573	135.05	2,124	30
Steers	Choice	Average	1,512	131.25	1,984	52
Steers	Select	Average	1,348	123.85	1,669	6thin

Every lot, as filed

20 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	—	—	1,809	91.97/cwt	90.00–94.50	1,664	9
Bulls	—	—	1,696	100.92/cwt	99.00–107.00	1,712	5
Bulls	—	—	2,033	79.09/cwt	72.00–86.00	1,608	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,549	56.68/cwt	53.00–59.50	878	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,483	61.44/cwt	60.00–64.00	911	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,487	48.21/cwt	40.00–53.00	717	26
Steers	Choice and PrimeNon-Traditional	—	1,585	134.54/cwt	131.00–138.00	2,132	23
Steers	SelectNon-Traditional	—	1,348	123.85/cwt	117.00–126.00	1,669	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,332	43.51/cwt	39.00–48.00	580	37
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,300	50.08/cwt	47.00–54.00	651	26
Steers	ChoiceNon-Traditional	—	1,515	131.10/cwt	127.50–135.00	1,986	42
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,426	103.33/cwt	99.00–106.00	1,473	14
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,377	128.67/cwt	128.50–129.00	1,772	3
Heifers	Choice and PrimeNon-Traditional	—	1,355	130.72/cwt	128.00–132.00	1,771	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,619	52.59/cwt	48.00–56.00	851	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,651	59.42/cwt	57.00–63.00	981	23
Steers	Choice	—	1,497	131.87/cwt	129.00–135.00	1,974	10
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,534	136.72/cwt	135.00–138.00	2,097	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,789	64.93/cwt	63.50–66.00	1,162	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,273	56.76/cwt	52.00–63.00	723	5

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 (Thursday) - New Holland, PA

Thu Nov 18, 2021

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

Receipts 730Last week 541Year ago 626

Compared to the most recent reported sale from two weeks ago, slaughter steers sold firm with good demand. Cows sold with a weaker undertone although demand was good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,809	90.00–94.50	91.97
5	—	1,696	99.00–107.00	100.92
2	—	2,033	72.00–86.00	79.09
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,549	53.00–59.50	56.68
9	—	1,483	60.00–64.00	61.44
26	—	1,487	40.00–53.00	48.21
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,332	39.00–48.00	43.51
26	—	1,300	47.00–54.00	50.08
5	—	1,273	52.00–63.00	56.76
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,619	48.00–56.00	52.59
23	—	1,651	57.00–63.00	59.42
14	—	1,789	63.50–66.00	64.93
Steers — Choice and Prime · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,585	131.00–138.00	134.54
Steers — Select · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,348	117.00–126.00	123.85
Steers — Choice · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	1,515	127.50–135.00	131.10
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,497	129.00–135.00	131.87
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,534	135.00–138.00	136.72
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,426	99.00–106.00	103.33
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,377	128.50–129.00	128.67
Heifers — Choice and Prime · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,355	128.00–132.00	130.72

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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