Dairy cows and heifers filled several pens at Temuka last Monday. Over 100 Friesian, 439-565kg, consistently earned $1.31/kg to $1.44/kg along with many Kiwicross of similar weight. A few better yielding 553-593kg lines of Friesian earned $1.42-$1.49/kg. More than half the store lambs were Halfbred or Halfbred-cross with medium and large pens priced at $90-$119. The core of the prime lambs were medium types that traded at $110-$149 and just a handful of heavier pens stretched to $150-$173. Ewes largely fetched $100-$220. Read more in your LivestockEye.
Temuka prime cattle and all sheep 15.03
Dairy-beef steers over 500kg fetched $2.28-$2.39/kg
Beef and exotic bulls, 600kg and over, sold consistently at $2.43-$2.53/kg
Traditional heifers, 443-620kg, sold in a tight range of $2.20-$2.28/kg
Store Snowline composite lambs attracted bids of $107-$119
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