Traditional 1-year steers were sold in two cuts; 345-420kg at $3.15-$3.25/kg and 250-320kg at $3.30-$3.40/kg. Beef-Friesian steers, 235-340kg, were usually $2.65-$2.90/kg, though the upper-end was reserved for larger lines. Only a few heifers had sold at the time of writing, but $2.75-$3.10/kg covered everything sold, with beef-Friesians making up the lower-end. Heavier 1-year Friesian bulls were the strongest of this section, seeing large lines of 340-370kg at $2.60-$2.70/kg, whereas 295-325kg were more like $2.45-$2.55/kg.
Spring lamb numbers are slowly building at Feilding with tallies lifting to 3400 on the day. Reasonable buyer turnout was missing the punch to take on the extra numbers, seeing the average price fall $7.50/hd on similar average weights to $96.50.
The more forward types were the clear favourites, holding steady at $107-$118.50, though occasionally a little stronger. Anything mid-range was tougher to shift at $86-$96.50, with a few light pens just $61.50-$78. A handful of tail-enders were picked up at $41-$60.
Earlier on decent hoggets with small lambs-at-foot sold around expectations at $87-$96 all counted. Around three hundred wet-dry ewes arrived mostly in solid condition, ranging across $130-$146.
