Good prime steers, 480-550kg, sold for $2.60-$2.70/kg, good prime heifers, 420-450kg, $2.30-$2.40/kg. Dairy heifers, 370-400kg, earned $1.70-$2.10/kg, lighter dairy, 280-320kg, $1.30-$1.60/kg. Good prime bulls, 450-500kg, realised $2.30-$2.40/kg. Medium to good prime cows, 450kg-plus, made $1.35-$1.45/kg, 370-420kg $1.10-$1.30/kg.
The better end of a mixed-quality, moderate-sized store yarding continued to sell well. Medium R2 Hereford-cross heifers, 391kg, fetched $950, good R2 Friesian bulls, 321kg, $795, medium Angus bulls, 279kg, $640.
Good R1 Hereford-cross heifers, 160kg, managed $480, beef-cross, 169kg, $495.
About 20 lines of breeding ewes were the feature in the sheep pens, with prices ranging from $70 for older ewes to $145 for two-tooth.
Prime lambs sold to similar levels as last week, with heavy lambs $86.50-$91, medium $73.50-$86, light $61-$70.
Good prime two-tooths made $47-50, medium $36-40. Heavy mixed-age ewes traded at $50-$65, medium $36-$48, light $21. Local trade rams sold for $50-$61, medium $45, light $27.
Store lambs eased slightly, with good lambs $63-$70, medium $52-$60, light $45-$50, tail end $30-$40.
