The yarding at Temuka on Monday featured plenty of new season lambs. The bulk were prime lambs that mostly traded at $120-$174. A few hoggets made $160-$167 while most were $100-$158. Top ewes earned $201-$262 and the balance $100-$196. Heavy heifers matched the steers and included 575-580kg Hereford-Friesian at $2.53-$2.57/kg. Lighter pens were a tougher sell and red Hereford-Friesian heifers, 406-468kg, were $2.30-$2.37/kg. Read more in your LivestockEye.
Temuka prime cattle and all sheep sale 16.11.2020
Bulls over 600kg fetched $2.65-$2.75/kg
Traditional and dairy-beef steers over 500kg sold for $2.57-$2.65/kg
Friesian cows, 575-685kg, made $1.75-$1.86/kg
Store blackface lambs reached $103 and the remainder made $67-$94
A pen of 291 hoggets with 265 lambs-at-foot were $94 all counted
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