Heavy rain kept the better-quality cattle at home at Rongotea last Wednesday, New Zealand Farmers Livestock agent Darryl Harwood reported. R2 Hereford-Friesian steers, 375kg, softened to $2.40/kg, with Friesian, 385kg, at $1.92/kg. In the R1 pens, Friesian and Jersey bulls, 207-345kg, sold at $2.76/kg to $2.87/kg, while Hereford-Friesian heifers, 277-363kg, managed $1.63-$1.68/kg. In the feeder calf section Friesian bulls made $60-$185. Hereford-Friesian bulls earned $180-$310, while same breed heifers fetched $50-$210, with Belgian Blue-cross heifers, $285.
Rongotea cattle 22.07
Four-year Hereford bulls, 905kg, made $1.49/kg
R2 Murray Grey heifers, 485kg, fetched $2.54/kg
R2 Hereford-Friesian heifers with calves at foot fetched $1000 all-counted
In-calf Friesian cows earned $950-$1350
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