The Feilding weaner fair was reduced to one day on Thursday but equated to the largest single-day to date this season at just over 1800 head. Traditional steers and heifers accounted for the majority, though as is typical there was also a good showing of exotic-cross. Traditional steers held on last fair results and the top pens of 250-290kg sold well at $900-$1020 and most $3.40-$3.60/kg. Those 200-240kg returned $660-$850 and mostly fell within a $3.30-$3.40/kg range. Charolais-cross steers, 232-350kg, sold from $840 to $1105 and varied from $3.16-$3.21/kg for the heavier lines up to $3.58-$3.61/kg as the weight decreased. Heifer tallies decreased and so too did the market. In the traditional pens there was little consistency for per head and per kilogram rates though $450-$500 covered a lot of lines at 160-200kg. Only a few 225-250kg were available and all traded within a few dollars of $600. Exotic-cross prices showed more consistency and 165-255kg sold for $2.65-$2.80/kg, though one pen of 210kg Charolais-cross pushed to $650, $3.10/kg. Read more in your LivestockEye.
Feilding weaner fair 29.04.2021
Traditional steers averaged 220kg and $755, $3.44/kg
Traditional heifers averaged 185kg and $500, $2.67/kg
Exotic-cross heifers averaged 220kg and $615, $2.80/kg
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