A larger yarding of 926 store cattle was penned at Wellsford last Monday and the flow-on effect of reduced schedules meant most traded at softer levels. Two-year beef-dairy steers, 394-495kg, eased to $2.65-$2.77/kg. Angus-cross and Hereford-Friesian heifers, 398-485kg, came back to $2.47/kg to $2.61/kg. Yearling Hereford and better beef-dairy steers, 394-439kg, managed $2.67-$2.77/kg. Hereford heifers, 321-351kg, softened to $2.55-$2.65/kg while Hereford-Friesian, 333-390kg, managed $2.49-$2.53/kg. Most traditional bulls, 260-343kg, returned $2.41-$2.50/kg. Weaner numbers increased and steers, 93kg-131kg, traded at $440-$535. Beef-dairy heifers, 106-130kg, eased to $405-$455. Read more in your LivestockEye.
Wellsford store cattle sale 7.12
Two-year Charolais-cross steers, 487-573kg, managed $2.60-$2.75/kg
Yearling Hereford-Friesian steers, 352-370kg, realised $2.83-$2.89/kg
Yearling Hereford-Friesian heifers, 291-331kg, fetched $2.54-$2.63/kg
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