After an ease in ewes with lambs-at-foot, the yarding of essentially medium ewes without particularly older or large lambs at foot firmed for all qualities.
The first pen of hoggets offered were 109 well bred Romney hoggets and these well presented hoggets, offering a breeding option as well, sold for $169. The best of the male hoggets sold up to $154.50. The heaviest hoggets had their value determined by the schedule so were firm but the medium hoggets, with a little finishing time left, lifted appreciably.
Ewe with LAF, $61.50-$92.50; Lambs; very heavy, $141-$169; heavy, $129-$146; medium, $112-$134.50; light, $100-$121.
The cattle sale struggled for outstanding lines. The yarding was dominated by 2-year heifers and there were some useful traditional heifers offered. The pick of the steers was a pen of 8 Angus-Hereford 2-year steers which sold for $1905, $3.23/kg, but there were slim pickings for the feedlot operators. With many of the yearling steers being dairy cross cattle, the buying ranks reduce somewhat.
Nearly 300 2-year heifers came forward to solid demand. The top price was $1340, $3.24/kg, to one pen from a larger entry of Hereford-Friesian heifers.
A few more older bulls were sold and one pen of 10 Friesians sold for $1815, $3.16/kg. The highlight in the yearling bull section was the sale of yearling Hereford bulls with these cattle going into service. One pen of 6 sold for $1820, $4.62/kg, topping the market, but the Friesian yearling bulls were steady.
The extra heifers brought more interest and cents/kg lifted. The top price was $1340, $3.24/kg, for one pen of 16 out of a larger entry of Hereford-Friesian cross heifers and yearling heifers were steady.
Steers; 3yr, 451-698kg, $1390-$1720, $2.26-$3.17/kg; 2yr, 310-598kg, $935-$1905, $2.91-$3.56/kg; 1yr, 175-343kg, $630-$1165, $3.14-$4.40/kg; Bulls; 2yr, 472-568kg, $1525-$1815, $3.09-$3.23/kg; 1yr, 250-406kg, $700-$1820, $2.80-$4.63/kg; Heifers; 2&3yr, 276-414kg, $790-$1340, $2.57-$3.37/kg; 1yr, 122-317kg, $370-$1030, $2.66-$4.03/kg.
