Momentum built at Stortford Lodge last Wednesday as store cattle sold on a grass market and prices firmed overall. Two-year beef-dairy heifers averaged 435kg, $2.81/kg and one pen of Angus, 443kg, reached $1340, $3.02/kg. Yearling Angus steers were mainly later-born types and at 233-256kg sold for $3.59-$3.65/kg, while 301-351kg returned $3.11-$3.14/kg. Autumn-born Friesian-cross weaner bulls made $460-$550 and a consignment of Angus cows, 569-594kg, sold for $2.10-$2.16/kg. Male-only lines increased in volume in the lamb pens and rams sold for $93.50-$118. Light mixed-sex returned $84-$93.50 and the balance $107-$132. Read more in your LivestockEye.
Stortford Lodge store cattle and sheep 4.11
Two-year beef-cross bulls, 502-511kg, firmed to $3.17-$3.19/kg
Yearling Friesian bulls, 193-222kg, firmed to $620-$730, $3.21-$3.29/kg
Yearling Angus heifers, 238-305kg, firmed to $750-$990, $3.13-$3.22/kg
Hoggets with lambs-at-foot sold for $91.50-$101 all counted
Light wether lambs made $79-$91
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