High volume in the cattle pens meant a busy day at Temuka last Monday. Most high yielding steers over 470kg sold for $2.47-$2.57/kg while 450-620kg Angus heifers traded at $2.45-$2.55/kg. Dairy-beef heifers, 440-560kg, fetched $2.40-$2.50/kg. Two consignments made up the store lamb section. Romney and Romney-cross wethers mostly sold for $70-$79, and Suffolk-cross $75-$98. Prime lamb throughput doubled and both lambs and hoggets traded at $120-$167 for the most part. Very heavy ewes made $200-$250 with close to half of the tally $140-$170 and the remainder $110-$139. Read more in your LivestockEye.
Temuka prime cattle and all sheep 30.11
Hereford steers, 680-755kg, returned $2.71-$2.79/kg
Traditional cows, 555-730kg, earned $2.08-$2.14/kg
Friesian cows, 555-755kg, sold for $1.90-$1.99/kg
Ewes and hoggets with lambs-at-foot traded at $66-$78 all counted
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