PGG Wrightson agent Chris Elliott said the sale attracted a good bench of buyers, and prices for most steers and heifers remained firm with heifers, 200-300kg, selling particularly well.
Heavier steers in the 680-head yarding sold at similar levels to Wednesday’s prime sale.
A nice line of black-bodied whiteface steers at 530kg made $2.85/kg, $1525, and other lots in the 480-560kg range earned $2.72-$2.94/kg.
Good two-year steers also sold well. A nice line of 430kg Hereford-Friesians traded at $3.03/kg, with good Angus steers at 470-500kg fetched $2.90-$2.95/kg, $1370-$1435.
Steers in the 320-400kg bracket attracted strong interest, with most selling at $3.00-$3.30/kg.
Lighter and lesser-bred lines, 200-300kg, traded at $2.75-$3.40/kg and good whiteface steers, 314kg, made $3.29/kg, $1040.
Weaner numbers were light, with many sellers opting to hold stock until the first weaner fair in November.
A pen of 105kg weaners made $615.
The bull market has eased in recent weeks.
A small entry of heavier bulls, 360-380kg, traded at $2.48-$2.55/kg but well-marked Friesian weaner bulls, 113kg, made $480.
Heavier heifers sold at similar prices to the prime sale.
A nice line of whiteface heifers, 508kg, made $2.74/kg, $1395, with other good heifers in the 400-500kg range selling up to $2.80/kg.
Most lots in the 300-400kg range traded at $2.80-$3.00/kg and heifers in the 200-300kg range sold very well, earning a similar rate as the steers.
The best lots sold up to $3.57/kg and made more than $900. Lighter and lesser-bred heifers sold down to $2.70/kg.
Weaner heifer prices were firm. Good heifers, 101kg, earned $500 and other lots weighing close to 90kg returned $440-$450.
Wednesday’s prime sale drew a yarding of 320-head, and steer and heifer prices held up well.
Most heavy steers traded at $2.78-$2.87/kg, medium lots made$2.70-$2.78/kg, lighter and lesser-bred steers $2.62-$2.70/kg.
Heavy heifers earned $2.70-$2.79/kg, mediums $2.65-$2.72/kg.
The cow market lifted slightly. Most beef cows sold at $1.96-$2.28/kg and heavy boners $1.88-$2.05/kg.
Medium boners fetched $1.72-$1.85/kg, lighter cows sold down to $1.40/kg.
The bull market eased this week.
A nice line of Angus bulls, 600-680kg, made $2.63-$2.74/kg, Friesian bulls $2.50/kg, Jersey bulls $2.40/kg.
About 460 ewes and lambs were on offer at Monday’s sheep sale.
Heavy prime lambs traded at $115-$136, lighter lots sold down to $95.
Hoggets sold well at $75-$90 and a nice line of woolly ewes fetched $89.
Other heavy prime ewes averaged $78, lighter lots sold down to $40.
A small line of older ewes with lambs at foot sold at $45 all-counted.
