Short-term cattle sold to strong demand at the Temuka store cattle sale last Thursday. A large portion were traditionally bred types which were favoured by buyers. The R2 traditional steer average was $3.01/kg with heavier types over 409kg able to reach $3.03-$3.08/kg. The R1 dairy-beef steer average jumped almost 30c/kg to $2.86/kg. Good quality R2 traditional heifers sold above their brothers at $3.07-$3.10/kg with the average $2.84/kg. There wasn’t much difference in the top end between R1 steers and heifers and both sold in a range of $3.00-$3.05/kg. Read more in your LivestockEye.
Temuka store cattle 22.07
R2 Hereford-Friesian steers, 393-459kg, realised $3.00-$3.02/kg
R2 Friesian bulls, 456kg, sold very well at $3.16/kg
R1 Hereford-Friesian steers ranged from $2.87/kg to $3.02/kg
Better R1 Hereford-Friesian heifers earned $2.52-$2.58/kg
Autumn-born weaner Murray Grey-cross heifers traded to $230 and bulls, $305-$355
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