Nearly 1000 cattle were yarded at Canterbury Park last Tuesday. Prices eased, and better 2-year dairy-beef pens dipped below $3/kg. Yearling cattle traded at reduced levels including Hereford-Friesian steers, 290-365kg, $3.11-$3.17/kg.
Prime Hereford-Friesian steers, 600-745kg, fell 7c/kg to $3.12/kg and dairy-beef lines, 540-565kg, lost 12c/kg to $3.00/kg.
Heavy store lambs proved popular at $119-$136, while medium lines eased to $88-$111 and lighter lambs $72-$94. Prime lambs firmed, with the best $200-$232, and heavy $160-$199. Ewe numbers were low, and few traded under $130. Top price was $282, with a quarter of the yarding $210-$267.
Canterbury Park cattle and sheep 3.12
Prime exotic bulls, 580-810kg, held at $3.24/kg
Two-year Angus steers, 438kg, earned $3.43/kg
Two-year Hereford and Charolais-cross steers, 405-475kg, made $3.17-$3.26/kg
Yearling Murray Grey-cross heifers, 275-305kg, made $2.71-$2.86/kg
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