Good rainfall earlier in the week improved confidence at Taranaki last Wednesday. A highlight was an offering of very quiet special-entry RWB cows which were a mixture of Charolais-cross and Hereford-cross, which had been run with purebred Charolais and Hereford bulls and mostly earned $1.88-$1.97/kg. Two lines of R2 owner-bred, late-born Hereford-Friesian had strong competition from bidders to realise $2.96/kg and $3.45/kg, while most of the balance earned $2.40/kg to $2.60/kg. Read more in your LivestockEye.
Taranaki cattle 17.02
R3 Hereford-Friesian steers held at $2.66/kg
R3 Angus-cross and dairy heifers all sold over a range of $2.25-$2.33/kg
The top end of R2 Hereford-Friesian heifers, 364-405kg, earned $2.52-$2.61/kg
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