Lamb volume dropped at Stortford Lodge last Wednesday, but a bigger bench of buyers meant prices firmed. The top line made $130. Cattle numbers were also down, and a hint of a grass market helped the lesser types, while better lines held or firmed. Annual draft 2-year beef-cross bulls, 507-513kg, held at $3.13-$3.16/kg and good Friesian, 478-497kg, returned $2.88-$2.95/kg. A line of 18 Hereford cows with calves-at-foot made $1800 per unit, and a small weaner section all sold for $400-$450. Read more in your LivestockEye.
Stortford Lodge store cattle and sheep 28.10
Most store lambs firmed $6-$8 to $93-$120
Capital stock 4-tooth Perendale ewes achieved $190
Two-year exotic-cross steers, 400-478kg, made $3.01-$3.13/kg
Yearling Friesian bulls, 388-396kg, sold for $2.60-$2.64/kg
Yearling Angus-Hereford heifers, 304-333kg, traded at $2.79-$2.83/kg
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