Low quality kept prices down at the 1200 head Feilding store cattle sale. Run-with-bull traditional cows from Blenheim, 405-455kg, were $640-$770, $1.60-$1.70/kg. Traditional 525-585kg R3 steers were mostly $2.75/kg. R2 dairy-cross steers, 310-485kg were mainly $2.45-$2.60/kg with straight-beef lines $2.65-$2.75/kg. R2 heifers were tough selling, often $2.10/kg or less for off-types, but some 390-435kg straight-beef pens were $2.50-$2.65/kg. Some 150-155kg traditional weaner steers were $460-$500.
Around 14,000 store lambs were yarded. Heavy males were $150-$160, followed by good lines at $135-$145, mediums making $125-$135, and the lighter end mostly at $105-$115. The heavier end of the ewe lambs were $140-$150, with $125-$135 covering good lines, $115-$125 paid for mediums, and a few light pens at $105-$110.
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