Store cattle at last week’s Canterbury Park sale softened with quality lacking. R2 traditional and Simmental-cross steers, 385-426kg, eased to $2.65-$2.75/kg, while Hereford-Friesian, 355-391kg, were more resilient at $2.59-$2.65/kg. R2 heifers eased to $2.49-$2.59/kg for the majority, while bulls mostly earned $850-$930. R1 steers, 248-375kg, sold well at $815-$845, with autumn born weaners $460 and under.
Prime steers, 545-665kg, lifted to $2.80-$2.90/kg, while heifers were steady to softening at $2.60-$2.69/kg.
Store lamb tallies dropped to 810 head and medium to heavy mixed sex, male and ram lambs all made an average of $121-$125, with lighter lambs good buying. Merino-cross mixed sex store lambs traded at $60 for lights and heavies $127. Prime ewes mostly held at $166-$200.
