At 300 head the 2-year pens only provided a small proportion of the tally at Temuka last Thursday. Most were dairy-beef steers, 333-412kg, that made $2.47-$2.59/kg with second-cuts $2.32-$2.40/kg. Heifers were largely 318-435kg Hereford-Friesian and sold for $2.28-$2.40/kg.
The yearling steer and heifer pens were full of both Angus and Hereford-Friesian that sold in big pens of up to 46 head. Over 350 in the heifer pens weighed 221-333kg. Half were in the top cut that earned $2.38-$2.47/kg while second cuts made $2.24-$2.35/kg. A few exotic heifers, Belgian Blue and Charolais-cross at 205-345kg, fetched $2.49-$2.54/kg. Read more in your LivestockEye.
