The Lake Station Partnership sale featured 7,000 October-born Romdale and Romney-Texel lambs from a single vendor. A larger 1,700 prime lambs were offered this season. Top end prime lambs fetched $139-$144, and the balance $112-$123. Store lambs were high-country lambs in excellent condition and were well contested by local Canterbury buyers. There were 1,650 Romdale ewes offered which were sold to North Canterbury and Marlborough buyers. Four-year ewes sold for $167 on average, while the older 5-year and 6-year ewes averaged $161 and $147, respectively.
A line of 35 mixed sex R2 Hereford Charolais-cross cattle were predominantly heifers left over from last year’s weaning draft and weighed in at 270kg and fetched $680, $2.50/kg.
