Heavy lines of prime lambs proved popular at Coalgate last Thursday. Buyers chased the top pens to $196-$201 while half sold at $161-$188 and the balance $110-$159. The top 10% of the ewes fetched $233-$292 with other very heavy lines $195-$224. The balance mostly earned $120-$182. Demand spilled over into the store lamb section and the top 250 traded at $133-$135. Half returned $120-$129 while $50-$103 covered the balance. A small yarding of cattle was evenly split between the store and prime sections. Prime heifers over 500kg generally achieved $2.18/kg to $2.30/kg while the highlight of the R2 steers was 365kg Angus and Angus-Hereford that made $2.11/kg. This was closely followed by 377kg Hereford-Friesian and 312kg Angus-Hereford that each earned $2.00/kg. The best of the heifer pens was 375kg Angus and Angus-Hereford that traded at $1.92/kg. Read more in your LivestockEye.
Coalgate cattle and sheep 13.05
Prime Angus steers, 540-680kg, traded at $2.33-$2.39/kg
Prime Hereford-Friesian steers, 546kg, made $2.40/kg
Prime traditional cows, 505-640kg, managed $1.31/kg to $1.45/kg
Scanned-in-lamb breeding ewes returned $130-$220
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