There 450 head of cattle at Kaikohe last Wednesday, PGG Wrightson agent Vaughan Vujcich reported. Female cattle had a lift in enquiry and R2 beef-cross heifers were able to achieve $2.50-$2.60/kg at the top end, with lesser types at $2.20-$2.30/kg. R1 heifers traded at $2.60/kg to $2.74/kg. There was a small yarding of R1 steers which fetched $2.70-$2.80/kg, and same age beef-cross bulls returned $2.45/kg to $2.60/kg.
Kaikohe cattle 8.07
R2 beef-cross and exotic-cross steers, 380-480kg, earned $2.60-$2.74/kg
R1 Friesian bulls, 160kg, were firm at $590
Beef-cross and dairy boner cows made around $1.70/kg to $1.80/kg
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