Tuesday’s store cattle offering doubled on last sale tallies at Frankton for PGG Wrightson, up to 567, and spring-like conditions helped to draw a good crowd.
R2 Hereford-dairy steers, 250-383kg, were solid at $2.80-$2.95/kg. Beef-dairy heifers averaged 405kg for an improved return of $2.85/kg. Five Angus bulls, 404kg, also strengthened to $2.85/kg.
R1 Hereford-Friesian steers, 231-251kg, traded at a marginally softer $3.31-$3.40/kg. Hereford-Friesian heifers, 232-263kg, lifted to $3.10-$3.14/kg. Autumn-born one-year heifers also sold to strong demand and Hereford-Friesian, 343-349kg, returned $3.02-$3.05/kg.
Autumn-born weaner Friesian steers, 131kg, held at $535 while the balance, 108-119kg, improved to $455-$530. Read more in your LivestockEye.
