Thursday’s store cattle sale at Tuakau featured quality lines of cattle, PGG Wrightson agent Craig Reiche reported. The 710-head yarding included 480kg Angus steers, which made $2.84/kg, with 424kg at $2.95/kg. Simmental-cross steers, 257kg, managed $730 and 255kg Hereford-Friesian, $720. Lighter Hereford-Friesian, 131kg, fetched $530. Bidding was subdued in the heifer section. Hereford-Friesian heifers, 439kg, earned $2.43/kg and 400kg Angus, $2.66/kg. Hereford-Friesian, 305kg, and Simmental-cross, 238kg, managed $700.
Heavy prime steers returned $2.65-$2.74/kg on Wednesday and medium $2.55-$2.65/kg. Prime heifers sold at similar values. Heavy Friesian cows returned $1.60/kg to $1.85/kg, medium boners made $1.45-$1.60/kg and light, $1.10/kg to $1.45/kg. Top prime lambs fetched $150-$169 on Monday and light-medium, $117-$150. A handful of store lambs earned $80-$110 with medium ewes at $120-$156 and light, $80-$120.
