Monday sheep were included in the Wednesday sale at Stortford Lodge, though tallied up to just 393. A small offering of mixed-sex lambs ranged from $75 to $102 and 53 ram lambs made $90. Prime ewes varied from $85 to $142. Red cattle featured prominently in the pens as consignments from Pitt Island and local ventured in. R3 Hereford-beef heifers, 413kg, sold for $2.30/kg and a pen of R2 Hereford-Friesian steers, 483kg, returned $2.75/kg. Heifers of same breed and 456kg made $2.27/kg. Read more in your LivestockEye.
Stortford Lodge store cattle and sheep 10.02
26 2-tooth Wiltshire ewes reached $250
R3 Hereford-beef bulls, 430-519kg, held at $2.57-$2.60/kg
R2 Simmental-cross bulls, 376-434kg, returned $2.74-$2.75/kg
R2 Pitt Island South Devon-cross heifers, 257-309kg, sold for $2.20-$2.26/kg
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