A soggy week prior to the sale at Canterbury Park last Tuesday lowered throughput in the store lamb section. Mixed-sex lines dominated, and heavy pens sold for $101-$116 while the majority were middleweight pens at $97-$110. Light types generally made $70-$92 and prime ewes were mostly $110-$193.
Angus dominated the R2 heifer pens and firmed 13c/kg; the top pen, 337kg, made $2.39/kg and 349-411kg, $2.27-$2.37/kg. Hereford and Angus-Hereford heifers, 320-364kg, sold along similar lines at $2.28-$2.33/kg. In the prime section Angus heifers, 450-565kg, earned $2.40-$2.48/kg although Charolais, 483-557kg, captured the most attention at $2.54-$2.58/kg. Most other heifers traded for $2.20/kg to $2.40/kg regardless of breed. Read more in your LivestockEye.
Canterbury Park cattle and sheep; 30.06
R2 Angus steers, 393-438kg, fetched $2.45-$2.53/kg
Prime traditional steers, 540-820kg, sold from $2.40/kg to $2.54/kg
Prime lambs rose by $3-$5 per head with the majority $135-$179
One very heavy ewe pen earned $215
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