Canterbury Park featured a mixed-quality store cattle section last Wednesday and only four pens surpassed $2/kg. Nearly half were R2 heifers whose top cut maxed out at $1.73-$1.83/kg for 350-400kg with second cuts $1.59-$1.69/kg. Weaners had a large presence, but many were passed in. The best was 173kg Angus-cross that made $375 while their sisters were $340. Fortunes were less mixed in the prime pens where steers over 550kg mostly sold in two cuts: $2.30-$2.42/kg and $2.20-$2.29/kg. Most heifers, 500-600kg, earned $2.11-$2.21/kg. Quality had a substantial bearing on prices in the store lamb pens with many heavier pens $95-$109. Prime lambs were largely concentrated into a range of $110-$127 with the balance mostly $130-$189. Read more in your LivestockEye.
Canterbury Park cattle and sheep sale 28.04.2021
R3 Hereford steers, 425kg, made $2.12/kg
R3 Hereford-Friesian steers, 411kg, managed $2.06/kg
R2 Hereford-Friesian steers, 317kg, fetched $2.12/kg
One prime ewe achieved $282 with the rest of the section mostly $93-$230
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