July and August throughput records were broken at Stortford Lodge last Wednesday, as lamb volume reached 12,500. The previous week’s high prices could not be sustained though the market was still strong. Medium to good male lambs came back to $124-$137 and similar ewe lambs $106-$131, with medium ewe lambs at $105-$125. Mixed-sex from the Chatham Islands made $129-$150.50. Two lines of ewes with lambs-at-foot varied from very big lambs at $120 all counted, to young blackface at $117.
An early spring cattle sale offered good quality to keen local buyers. Top lines sold above recent levels, though second and third cuts were off that pace. R2 Angus and Angus-Hereford heifers, 264-375kg sold in two cuts at $2.97-$3.00/kg and $2.69-$2.83/kg. R1 steers of same breeding and 186-265kg varied from $660-$960. Read more in your LivestockEye.
Stortford Lodge store cattle and sheep 5.08
R2 Hereford steers, 356-380kg, sold well at $3.20-$3.29/kg
Top R1 Angus steers, 208-240kg, reached $4.31-$4.35/kg
Top R1 traditional heifers, 167-249kg, achieved $3.25-$3.29/kg
Good to heavy male lambs held at $140-$161
Good to heavy ewe lambs came back to $129-$155
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