A full bench of local buyers was required to dig further into their pockets for a reduced offering of store and prime cattle at Frankton last Tuesday. The market jumped up 10-20c/kg for good quality shorter-term cattle where R2 steers mostly made $2.88-$2.95/kg. R2 heifers also lifted as the bulk achieved $2.70-$2.79/kg. R1 steers were steady with the lion’s share at $2.94/kg to $3.10/kg. A large offering of boner Friesian cows strengthened, and the better end made up to $1.94-$1.96/kg.
In the sheep pens top prime lambs were able to earn $161-$201 and medium $121-$158. Prime ewes fetched $110-$156. Better store lambs traded at $108-$126, although light to medium types were $65-$90, and in-lamb ewes earned $176-$187. Read more in your LivestockEye.
Frankton cattle, sheep and feeder calf sales 14.07
R2 Charolais-cross steers, 438kg, earned $3.06/kg
R2 Hereford-Friesian heifers, 271kg, reached up to $2.84/kg
R1 Friesian bulls, 219kg, fetched $2.99/kg
Whiteface bull calves made $290-$310
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