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Farmers Weekly
June 16, 2021
Better R2 Hereford-Friesian and Angus-Friesian steers, 423-498kg, fetched $2.89-$2.98/kg Quality R2 Hereford-Friesian heifers, 330-406kg, firmed to $2.61-$2.67/kg Annual draft R1 Angus steers, 258-293kg, reached $885-$960 PGG Wrightson penned just under 470 store cattle last Tuesday at Frankton and most met with strong demand. R2 Angus and Angus-cross steers, 370-450kg, earned $2.81-$2.85/kg. Red Hereford-Friesian, 380-435kg were consistent at $2.73-$2.77/kg.  Annual draft Angus heifers, 242-275kg, realised $750-$790. Beef-dairy heifers, 165-240kg, returned $450-$625. Autumn-born Hereford-Friesian bulls, 117kg, fetched $550 with Friesian, 110kg, at $505. Beef-dairy heifers, 108-109kg, managed $445-$470.  Mixed-age Angus cows vetted-in-calf to Angus were well sought with good to very good lines earning $1390-$1600 and medium-good $1160-$1120. Prime throughput increased with 94 penned. Hereford-Friesian, 568-669kg, reached $2.83-$2.92/kg, and Angus, 502-522kg, $2.83-$2.87/kg. Hereford-Friesian heifers, 428-473kg, held value at $2.62-$2.67/kg. Read more in your LivestockEye.
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  • R2 beef-cross and beef-dairy steers, 466-496kg, returned a solid $2.74-$2.81/kg

  • R1 Angus-Friesian steers, 208kg, sold well at $640

  • R1 Belgian Blue-Friesian cross heifers, 142kg, returned $500

A smaller yarding of just over 200 cattle were penned by New Zealand Farmers Livestock at Frankton last Wednesday. R2 Angus-Friesian heifers, 325-352kg, were consistent at $2.58-$2.64/kg. R1 cattle accounted for 46% of the store yarding and the balance of beef-dairy steers, 174-177kg, sold to per head budgets at $525-$565. R1 Belgian Blue-Friesian cross bulls, 160-161kg, returned $505-$520. Hereford, 203kg, were a highlight at $700. Five Hereford-Friesian cows vetted-in-calf to Wagyu bulls headed to their new home at $1150. A limited prime section saw steers, 485-558kg, trade at $2.63-$2.76/kg. A single pen of Hereford-dairy heifers, 478kg, were well contested at $2.69/kg. Read more in your LivestockEye.

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