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Frankton cattle sales 16.03, 17.03

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Farmers Weekly
March 16, 2021
R2 Angus-Friesian heifers, 317kg-430kg improved to $2.43-$2.57/kg R2 Hereford-Friesian heifers, 312-456kg, strengthened to $2.48-$2.54/kg Twelve prime Angus-Friesian steers, 661-760kg, held at $2.61-$2.67/kg Store throughput increased to 231 head for PGG Wrightson at Frankton last Tuesday and heifers made up the majority. R2 heifers numbered 96 head and empty Friesian accounted for over 60% of these. Those 368-400kg returned $2.33-$2.39/kg while 311-336kg improved to trade from $1.88/kg to $2.08/kg. Better weaner Hereford-Friesian and red Hereford-Friesian heifers, 175-189kg, realised $555-$600 with the balance, 157-173kg, $425-$515. Boner Friesian cows, 513kg, held value at $1.41/kg while the balance of Friesian and Friesian-cross, 408kg, eased to $1.29/kg. Read more in your LivestockEye.
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  • R2 Hereford-Friesian steers, 389-442kg, firmed to $2.67-$2.78/kg

  • The best of the R2 Hereford bulls, 314-348kg, pushed to $3.15-$3.22/kg

  • Weaner Angus steers, 237kg, fetched $800 and heifers, 217kg, $710

A larger yarding of 627 cattle was penned at Frankton last Wednesday for New Zealand Farmers Livestock. R2 beef-dairy heifers, 278-296kg, returned $2.31/kg to $2.47/kg and Hereford bulls, 250-353kg, $2.92-$3.02/kg. Seventeen autumn-born weaner Angus-Friesian heifers, 283kg, realised $730. Weaner Friesian steers, 106kg, earned $500. Angus-Friesian heifers, 143-158kg, managed $400-$430 with Hereford-Friesian, 99-163kg, at $380-$480. Angus-Friesian bulls, 182kg, held at $530. Friesian bulls, 147-172kg, improved to $455-$500. Vetted-in-calf Hereford heifers were well-contested with those above 400kg consistent at $1080-$1090. Most in-calf cows of the same breed and 473-514kg maintained levels of $1.86-$1.95/kg. Read more in your LivestockEye.

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