Name: New Holland Sale Stables livestock auction prices — 2024-01-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers sold strong on a light comparison. No comparison on heifers. Slaughter cows sold strong. No comparison on feeder dairy calves due to limited reporter availability. Buyer demand was moderate on a light to moderate supply for the slaughter cattle sales.

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	1,741	108.26	1,884	32
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,467	102.32	1,501	45
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,308	92.23	1,206	47
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,430	172.00	2,460	1thin
Heifers	Select	Low	1,088	156.40	1,702	19
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,682	191.54	3,222	4thin
Steers	Choice	Low	1,602	181.97	2,914	14
Steers	Select	Average	1,444	168.49	2,433	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
Steers	Choice	—	1,546	175.94/cwt	173.00–179.00	2,720	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,382	102.50/cwt	100.00–105.00	1,417	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,209	88.94/cwt	86.00–91.00	1,075	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,786	114.54/cwt	113.00–116.00	2,046	7
Steers	Choice	—	1,657	187.99/cwt	181.00–192.00	3,115	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,488	89.97/cwt	88.00–92.00	1,339	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,411	103.70/cwt	99.00–107.00	1,463	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,500	110.42/cwt	108.00–113.00	1,656	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,524	96.34/cwt	93.00–98.00	1,468	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,733	109.07/cwt	106.00–112.00	1,890	16
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,688	189.05/cwt	188.00–190.00	3,191	3
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,665	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	3,313	1
Heifers	Select	—	1,115	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,650	3
Heifers	Choice	—	1,430	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	2,460	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,719	101.92/cwt	97.00–104.00	1,752	9
Heifers	Select	—	1,083	157.98/cwt	154.00–164.00	1,711	16
Steers	Select	—	1,460	166.39/cwt	162.00–170.00	2,429	5
Steers	Select	—	1,365	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	2,443	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,308	95.05/cwt	92.00–98.00	1,243	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,303	76.79/cwt	72.00–82.00	1,001	9

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 Jan 18, 2024

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

Receipts 382Last week 543Year ago 678

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,546	173.00–179.00	175.94
7	—	1,657	181.00–192.00	187.99
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,688	188.00–190.00	189.05
1	—	1,665	199.00	199.00
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,460	162.00–170.00	166.39
1	—	1,365	179.00	179.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,382	100.00–105.00	102.50
7	—	1,209	86.00–91.00	88.94
21	—	1,308	92.00–98.00	95.05
9	—	1,303	72.00–82.00	76.79
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,786	113.00–116.00	114.54
16	—	1,733	106.00–112.00	109.07
9	—	1,719	97.00–104.00	101.92
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,488	88.00–92.00	89.97
19	—	1,411	99.00–107.00	103.70
11	—	1,500	108.00–113.00	110.42
11	—	1,524	93.00–98.00	96.34
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,115	148.00	148.00
16	—	1,083	154.00–164.00	157.98
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,430	172.00	172.00

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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