Demand for heavy cattle in forward order was firm. Good yearling cattle also sold well.
The offering of almost 500-head included a small line-up of 30-month steers, 480-530kg, which traded at $2.70-$2.79/kg, $1330-$1390.
Medium two-year steers, 405-450kg, sold at $2.70-$2.80/kg, $1140-$1260, with smaller R2 lots, 330-370kg, making $2.80-$2.85/kg, $920-$1020.
The best of the yearling steers, 320-330kg, earned $965-$1025, and good R1 steers, 170-190kg, $700-$820. Medium yearling steers fetched $595-$670.
The bull section included a Hereford-cross lot at 390-470kg, which traded at $2.60-$2.70/kg, $1110-$1210, with yearling Friesian bulls, 300kg, making $900.
A nice line of two-year Angus heifers, 375-410kg, sold at $2.80-$2.86/kg, and medium two-year heifers, 330-365kg, earned about $2.75/kg, $900-$980.
Good yearling heifers, 180-210kg, returned $700-$750 and medium lots, 150-175kg, $640-$685.
Wednesday’s prime sale drew a yarding of 350-400 head.
Steer and heifer prices were similar to the previous sale with heavy steers making $2.80-$2.87/kg, mediums $2.74-$2.79/kg and lighter lots $2.66-$2.71/kg.
Heavy prime heifers returned $2.70-$2.76/kg and medium lots $2.63-$2.68/kg.
Boner cow prices eased by about 5-10c/kg on the previous sale. Heavy Friesian and beef cows traded at $1.95-$2.07/kg and medium cows earned $1.84-$1.92/kg.
Lighter boners fetched $1.62-$1.76/kg. Heavy beef and dairy bulls sold well at $2.82-$2.93/kg and medium lots returned $2.70-$2.78/kg.
A yarding of 600-700 ewes and lambs was presented at Monday’s sheep sale and the market remained steady.
Heavy prime lambs sold at $113-$123, medium primes $101-$110, lighter lambs $90-$98.
Store lambs traded at $73-$83, prime ewes $65-$75.
