Name: New Holland Sale Stables livestock auction prices — 2023-11-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-11-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers sold weak. No comparison on slaughter heifers or dairy steers due to limited supply. Slaughter cows sold steady on a light comparison. Buyer demand was moderate on a light to moderate supply for the slaughter cattle sales. 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%	High	1,711	95.96	1,642	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,457	86.08	1,254	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,231	72.83	897	36
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,301	181.48	2,362	7thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,198	162.40	1,945	5thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,198	155.87	1,867	2thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,623	191.05	3,100	47
Steers	Choice	High	1,569	180.79	2,836	6thin
Steers	Select	Low	1,305	151.33	1,975	3thin

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
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,258	73.18/cwt	70.00–76.00	921	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,285	80.04/cwt	78.00–83.00	1,029	9
Steers	ChoiceNon-Traditional	—	1,613	184.41/cwt	183.00–187.00	2,975	4
Steers	ChoiceNon-Traditional	—	1,480	173.55/cwt	173.00–174.00	2,569	2
Heifers	SelectNon-Traditional	—	1,198	155.87/cwt	154.00–158.00	1,867	2
Heifers	Choice and PrimeNon-Traditional	—	1,330	178.46/cwt	178.00–180.00	2,374	4
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,263	185.50/cwt	185.50–185.50	2,343	3
Heifers	Choice	—	1,193	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,921	3
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,528	186.50/cwt	186.00–187.00	2,850	2
Steers	Choice and PrimeNon-Traditional	—	1,627	191.25/cwt	185.00–196.00	3,112	45
Heifers	ChoiceNon-Traditional	—	1,205	164.51/cwt	164.00–165.00	1,982	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,123	64.92/cwt	60.00–69.00	729	9
Steers	SelectNon-Traditional	—	1,288	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,855	2
Steers	SelectNon-Traditional	—	1,340	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	2,224	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,902	100.93/cwt	99.00–104.00	1,920	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,675	96.33/cwt	93.00–98.50	1,614	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,578	88.65/cwt	87.00–90.00	1,399	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,421	79.57/cwt	76.00–81.00	1,131	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,473	93.40/cwt	91.00–96.00	1,376	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,468	85.60/cwt	82.00–90.00	1,257	12

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.

Pennsylvania feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

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

Thu Nov 2, 2023

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

Receipts 417Last week 426Year ago 443

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,258	70.00–76.00	73.18
9	—	1,285	78.00–83.00	80.04
9	—	1,123	60.00–69.00	64.92
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,902	99.00–104.00	100.93
12	—	1,675	93.00–98.50	96.33
4	—	1,578	87.00–90.00	88.65
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,421	76.00–81.00	79.57
7	—	1,473	91.00–96.00	93.40
12	—	1,468	82.00–90.00	85.60
Steers — Choice · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,613	183.00–187.00	184.41
2	—	1,480	173.00–174.00	173.55
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,528	186.00–187.00	186.50
Steers — Choice and Prime · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	1,627	185.00–196.00	191.25
Steers — Select · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,288	144.00	144.00
1	—	1,340	166.00	166.00
Heifers — Select · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,198	154.00–158.00	155.87
Heifers — Choice and Prime · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,330	178.00–180.00	178.46
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,263	185.50	185.50
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,193	161.00	161.00
Heifers — Choice · Non-Traditional$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,205	164.00–165.00	164.51

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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