A smaller mixed quality offering of 390 head was presented at Wellsford last Monday, and vendors had to meet the market for most. Two-year Angus-Friesian steers, 433-450kg, softened to $2.61-$2.69/kg. Hereford-dairy, 363-396kg, eased to $2.51-$2.59/kg, though 338-356kg held at $2.63-$2.79/kg. Top Hereford-Friesian heifers, 434-473kg, earned $2.74-$2.76/kg with Hereford-dairy, 342-440kg, steady at $2.63-$2.68/kg.
The limited offering of yearling steers, 206-261kg, traded at $2.74-$2.85/kg. Angus-cross heifers, 218kg, softened to $2.52/kg.
A handful of autumn-born beef-dairy steers, 126-168kg, returned $450-$575 and heifers, 117-135kg, $325-$530. Read more in your LivestockEye.