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Two-year Hereford-Friesian steers, 455-503kg, realised $2.91-$2.95/kg
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Yearling Hereford-Friesian steers, 189-306kg, mainly held at $2.65-$2.76/kg
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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'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.