Store cattle numbers dropped to just over 450 head at Frankton for PGG Wrightson last Tuesday. Quality lines continued to be well sought after with less enthusiasm for longer term options.
R2 beef-dairy and beef-cross steers and heifers, 301-444kg, mainly held at $2.72-$2.86/kg. Most traditional heifers, 280-365kg, firmed to $2.70-$2.82/kg.
R1 Hereford-Friesian steers, 325-378kg, fetched $3.08-$3.10/kg, while Hereford-dairy, 172-228kg, eased to $2.72-$2.73/kg. Hereford-Friesian heifers, 187-204kg, were mainly $3.37-$3.42/kg.
Most 503-581kg prime steers sold at a steady to improved $2.88-$2.97/kg, though seven Angus steers, 419kg, pushed to $3.13/kg. Beef-dairy heifers, 435-470kg, held at $2.77-$2.86/kg. Hereford bulls, 662-713kg, sold well at $2.94-$2.99/kg.
Ten Hereford-Friesian cows, 492kg, improved to $2.42/kg. Read more in your LivestockEye.
