A high volume of prime cattle was presented at Canterbury Park last Tuesday. Most were steers and 45% of their entries weighed over 600kg. The better end was 550kg plus and traded for $2.70-$2.80/kg while lighter pens were $2.58-$2.68/kg. Heavy heifers matched the steers and included Hereford-Friesian, 467-720kg, $2.57-$2.66/kg. Throughput was up across the sheep section. The lion’s share of the ewes traded at $120-$175 with $177-$226 typical of the heaviest pens. Both new season lambs and hoggets in the prime pens generally earned $105-$170. Read more in your LivestockEye.
Canterbury Park prime cattle and sheep 24.11
Angus steers, 515-665kg, earned $2.74-$2.81/kg
Angus heifers, 525-595kg, made $2.68-$2.71/kg
Charolais and Charolais-Hereford cows, 463-855kg, fetched $2.09-$2.15/kg
500 store lambs from one vendor earned $64-$104. The top price overall was $114
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