Friday, March 29, 2024

Frankton cattle sales 15.09 – 16.09

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Ten 2-year Hereford-Friesian steers, 431-435kg, sold to good interest at $2.99-$3.02/kg Quality yearling Angus-Friesian steers, 260kg, improved to $3.12/kg Top prime beef-dairy steers, 532-666kg, improved to $3.01-$3.06/kg Store cattle throughput lifted to 765 head for PGG Wrightson at FRANKTON last Tuesday, thoughthere was little demand for longer-term or off-bred types. Just 64 2-year cattle were penned. Betterdairy-beef and traditional heifers, 369-466kg, returned $2.85-$2.93/kg.Yearlings made up over 70% of the offering. Hereford-Friesian steers, 220-224kg, held at $3.08-$3.14/kg with 200-202kg $2.77-$2.83/kg. Beef-dairy heifers, 209-283kg, returned $2.53-$2.66/kg.Friesian bulls, 205-284kg, softened at $2.29-$2.43/kg.Autumn-born weaner heifers, 116-143kg, realised $300-$435. Hereford-Friesian bulls, 133-147kg,came back to $485-$530 and 121-145kg, $390-$485.Prime throughput eased. Most boner heifers, 410-438kg, eased slightly to $2.43-$2.55/kg, thoughthree at 436kg held at $2.61/kg. Read more in your LivestockEye.
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  • Two-year Hereford-Friesian steers, 455-503kg, realised $2.91-$2.95/kg

  • Yearling Hereford-Friesian steers, 189-306kg, mainly held at $2.65-$2.76/kg

  • Prime Hereford-Friesian steers, 568-647kg, fetched $2.89-$2.98/kg

Late truck arrivals meant a delayed start to the day for New Zealand Farmers Livestock at FRANKTON
last Wednesday. Store cattle numbers lifted to 530 and yearlings made up close to 60%.
Two-year beef-cross, exotic-cross and traditional steers, 389-512kg, mostly held at $2.80-$2.83/kg.
Better beef-dairy heifers, 388-429kg, were mainly steady at $2.74-$2.82/kg, while 344-399kg
softened to $2.63-$2.72/kg.
Yearling dairy-beef steers, 236-291kg, softened to $2.52/kg. Hereford-Friesian, 279-362kg, returned
$2.53-$2.56/kg. Friesian filled the lion&#39;s share of the bull pens and 192-332kg were discounted to
$2.41-$2.53/kg.
Prime cattle throughput was steady. Hereford-dairy steers, 540-626kg, softened to $2.80-$2.89/kg.
All heifers, 432-494kg, held at $2.78-$2.86/kg. Read more in your LivestockEye.

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