Returns eased slightly for a yarding of 350 store cattle at Tuakau last week, PGG Wrightson agent Chris Elliott reported.
Heavy steers, 450-588kg, traded at $2.85-$3.00/kg, and 300-400kg, $2.70-$2.95/kg. Red Hereford-Friesian steers, 180-210kg, earned $580-$670, while a handful of autumn-born Hereford-Friesian calves, 90-127kg, sold strongly at $505-$540.
Heavy heifers, 400-511kg, returned $2.60/kg to $2.92/kg and 300-400kg, $2.70-$2.91/kg. Hereford-Friesian, 176kg, fetched $550 and autumn-born, 98kg, $390.
Wednesday’s prime market was firm. A small offering of steers traded at $2.92-$3.07/kg, with medium to heavy heifers, $2.85-$3.00/kg. Medium cows managed $1.86/kg to $2.08/kg, and light, $1.60/kg to $1.78/kg.
Heavy prime lambs returned $145-$185 on Monday, and medium $125-$140. Good stores realised $100-$125 and medium, $70-$100. A small entry of ewes sold from $60 to $145.
