More than half of the prime steer offering at Rangiuru last Tuesday tipped the scales over 630kg. The top price of $2.88/kg was achieved by 704kg beef-cross steers while 697kg Shorthorn bulls achieved $2.87/kg. A level of $2.65-$2.78/kg covered the rest of the 630kg and over steers with the balance either Hereford-Jersey, 563kg, at $2.65/kg or Hereford-Friesian, 540kg, $2.50/kg. R2 Hereford-Friesian steers, 438kg, returned $2.56/kg while second-cuts, 296-466kg, reached $2.36-$2.47/kg. The top heifers were Hereford-Friesian, 420kg, and managed $2.54/kg while lighter pens of 292-338kg made $2.38-$2.43/kg. The best lines of weaner bulls, steers and heifers all managed $510-$555. Read more in your LivestockEye.
Rangiuru cattle and sheep 11.05
R2 Hereford bulls, 382kg, pushed to $2.70/kg
Prime Friesian steers, 793kg, returned $2.64/kg
Prime Hereford and Hereford-Friesian heifers, 413-463kg, earned $2.51-$2.61/kg
Wiltshire lambs earned up to $139 while prime ewes made up to $167
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