The prime cattle market was feeling the pinch at Temuka last Monday as all types came back 10-40c/kg. Dairy-beef steers, 450-810kg, averaged $2.36/kg while traditional heifers, 500-625kg, fell 17c/kg. Better yielding traditional bulls lost 48c/kg to trade from $2.45/kg to $2.61/kg.
Consignments of annual draft lambs, and a shipment from the Chatham Islands boosted store lamb throughput over 4000 head. Most were from two properties, with Texel-cross cryptorchid highest priced at $141-$165, with most other heavy lambs $101-$129 and medium types $79-$94. Most prime ewes sold for $80-$148.
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