Canterbury Park first calf sale for the year doesn’t normally occur as late as May, and just shy of 1200 were yarded across 170 pens last Wednesday. Angus and Angus-Hereford steers made up a third of the tally, with 300-350kg at $800-$850 and 200-300kg sold for $590-$790. Exotic types sold well, such as Charolais and Charolais-cross, 185-306kg, $580-$955. Traditional heifers, 270-390kg, often made $620-$750, with one pen of Simmental-cross, 290kg, at $770.
Only 50 bulls were put forward, but they did include the top per kilo rate of the day of $4.02/kg, when $750 was paid for seven 186kg Murray Grey.
Canterbury Park calf sale 20.05
Angus-Hereford steers, 405kg, sold for $1010
Angus & Angus-Hereford steers, 341kg, made $900
Simmental-cross steers, 343kg, earned $955
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