There was a smaller yarding of store lambs at Canterbury Park last Tuesday after another week of wet weather. Mixed-sex lambs softened, and top cuts made $106-$124, medium $90-$94 and light $70-$76.
Prime lambs sold on a firm market as heavy types made $169-$186, medium $130-$164, and the tail end $95-$128. There was a smaller yarding of prime ewes which sold well with heavy types up to $190-$236, medium $120-$186 and light $40-$100.
Quality was low in both the prime and store cattle pens. The better cuts of the R2 beef steers returned $2.24- $2.34/kg, and the balance of lighter beef and dairy-beef around the $2.00/kg mark. Lighter weights pushed prime steer prices down and the lion’s share sold from $2.34/kg to $2.48/kg, while the bulk of prime heifers were $2.20-$2.29/kg. Read more in your LivestockEye.
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Light ewe lambs fetched $60-$77
Store Corriedale lambs mostly earned $80-$92
5-year ewes, scanned-in-lamb 164%, made $145
Better R2 heifers were able to achieve $2.06-$2.11/kg
Prime bulls typically sold at $2.50-$2.56/kg
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