The general tone of the sale at Rangiuru last Tuesday eased, but there was still plenty of bright spots. The R2 pens held predominantly heifers, which included Hereford-Friesian, 287-341kg, at $2.76- $2.88/kg and Charolais, 255kg, $3.08/kg. Hereford-Friesian steers, 364-453kg, made $2.81/kg to $2.97/kg. while R1 Hereford-Friesian steers, 158-300kg, sold for $600-$920.
Prime Hereford cows, 482-527kg, traded for $2.24-$2.27/kg with one pen, 593kg, at $2.39/kg. Only two pens of steers sold, and they were both very heavy. Hereford-Friesian, 717kg, returned $3.10/kg, and Angus, 681kg, $3.05/kg. Read more in your LivestockEye.
Rangiuru cattle and sheep 18.08
R3 Angus and Hereford-Jersey steers, 510-530kg, made $2.96-$3.00/kg
R3 Angus heifers earned $2.77-$2.86/kg
R2 Angus heifers, 324-372kg and run-with-bull, earned $2.45-$2.55/kg
150 sheep were yarded with lambs $88-$145 and ewes $113-$140
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