A good yarding of high yielding prime steers sold over a tight range of $2.74-$2.79/kg, with Angus, 735kg, making $2050. Heifers quickly followed suit, selling for $2.71-$2.74/kg. All were high-yielding types. One line of prime cows was offered and sold for $2.17/kg, while boners were all dairy and made $1.67-$1.72/kg. Heavy ex-sire bulls sold for the highest cpk values of the day at $2.91-$2.92/kg, putting more than $2100 on their heads.
Prime lambs held their value with most trading at $94-$124, and a top price of $139. Light store lambs were steady at $40-$65. Prices eased slightly for a lesser quality offering of medium to heavy lines.
Ewe prices were steady. Heavy lines earned $60-$79, medium $50-$58.
A further 654 cattle were offered at the store cattle sale on Wednesday, with July’s throughput levels consistently higher than 2015.
R2 steer numbers were very limited which heightened demand. Top lines sold for $2.84-$2.93/kg, with one line of Angus-Friesian, 309kg, making $3.01/kg. A good yarding of R2 Friesian bulls could have been sold twice over and buyers were very competitive. Heavy lines fetched $2.92-$2.93/kg, 416kg $3.03/kg.
The heifer pens also achieved $3/kg, when 10 Hereford-Friesian sold for $1040 at $3.08/kg. Angus-cross returned $2.94/kg, most other quality lines $2.72-2.85/kg.
Demand was strong for R1 and autumn-born cattle. Friesian bulls, 150-202kg, traded at $620-$752, younger calves $550-$582. Angus featured in the R1 heifer pens and made top dollar, fetching $730-$810, $3.23-$3.24/kg. Angus-Friesian were even more popular at $3.34-$3.43/kg. Autumn-born Hereford-Friesian sold for $545-575, Angus-Hereford steers, 130kg, $615.