Vendors were offered a good quantity of breeding stock at Stortford Lodge last Wednesday, in the form of traditional cows and heifers, and mainly Romney ewes. Heavy Angus cows, 613-698kg and vetted-in-calf to Angus, varied from $2.41/kg to $2.62/kg and the top pen reached $1830. Medium types, 424-476kg, returned $1080-$1220, $2.55-$2.56/kg. Small lines occupied the rest of the pens and sold accordingly. Breeding ewes started the sheep section and the top pen of run-with-ram Romney mixed-age ewes firmed to $208.50 and Romdale, scanned-in-lamb to Romdale, fetched $194. Nearly 8000 lambs were offered, and prices improved for the second week running. Heavy male lambs sold to $170-$197 and mixed-sex from the Chatham Islands returned $144-$179. The top pens of ewe lambs reached $186-$190 and good lines, $152-$176. Light to medium lambs sold well at $132.50-$148. Read more in your LivestockEye.
Stortford Lodge store cattle and sheep 23.06
Vetted-in-calf R3 and R2 Angus heifers sold for $940-$1100
R3 Angus steers, 515-567kg, lifted to $3.13-$3.26/kg
Four-year Romney ewes, scanned-in-lamb to Romney and blackface, reached $211
Good male lambs firmed to $146-$161
All ewe lambs lifted $10-$25 per head
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