High-yielding steers largely made $2.56-$2.65/kg at Rangiuru last Tuesday. Over 100 cows were on the roster and dairy types selectively bought from $1.15/kg to $1.76/kg. In the store pens the top R3 were traditional heifers, 460-484kg, $2.50/kg with $2.36-$2.42/kg typical of 410-484kg dairy-beef. The highlight of the R2 steers was 418kg 15-month Hereford-Friesian that reached $2.56/kg. Most of the other R2 cattle were Hereford-Friesian heifers that largely sold in two cuts; 354-372kg at $2.60-$2.63/kg, and 266-284kg that made $2.15-$2.26/kg. Read more in your LivestockEye.
Rangiuru cattle and sheep 2.02
Hereford bulls, 717kg, pushed to $2.76/kg
Jersey bulls, 563kg, fetched $2.70/kg
Ayrshire-cross cows, 518kg, earned $2.22/kg
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