There were just over 360 head of mixed-quality store cattle at Taranaki last Wednesday. R3 steers mostly held and better-quality types achieved $3.05-$3.11/kg, with second cuts at $2.93-$2.99/kg. R2 Hereford-Friesian steers, 390kg, sold at $3.21/kg, although the bulk traded at $2.93-$3.03/kg. R1 steers were lighter and softened with Hereford-Friesian, 146-188kg, back to $3.72-$3.84/kg, and Angus and Angus-cross, 185-185kg, $3.35-$3.39/ kg. Better heifers made $2.76-$2.83/kg. Friesian boner cows, 521-737kg, were well rewarded at $2.29-$2.31/kg, and two prime steers also sold well at $2.98/kg. Read more in your LivestockEye.
Taranaki cattle 19.08
Twenty in-milk dairy cows made $1000-$1600
R3 heifers mostly sold at $2.70-$2.80/kg
R2 heifers earned $2.75-$2.85/kg
R1 Friesian bulls eased to $2.22/kg to $2.41/kg
Autumn-born weaner Hereford-Friesian heifers, 91-109kg, traded at $410-$440
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