A little under 600 store cattle mainly sold to a steady or weaker market at Feilding. There weren’t a lot of benchmark lines sold outside of what is highlighted above. Some 485kg R2 Friesian bulls were $2.30/kg and 325-355kg R2 Angus heifers made $2.45-$2.55/kg. A consignment of dairy-beef heifers, run with the Angus bull from January 15th, were $2.20-$2.40/kg for 415-460kg. A lot of standard, sub-350kg dairy-beef heifers sold for $1.90-$2.10/kg.
A yarding of almost 9000 store lambs made similar cash as the week before. Good male lambs were mostly $105-$110 with some very heavies up at $120-$125. Medium males were $95-$105 and the lighter end $80-$90. There were more ewe lambs – these mainly made $80-$90, with lighter cuts $65-$80. Purebred Wiltshire ewe lambs made $175-$255. It was tough selling for the 2000 ewes. Good 6-tooth were $160-$170, with medium 5-year and mixed-aged ewes $115-$130.
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