The Feilding store cattle and sheep sale attracted a strong crowd. With a large sale last week, cattle numbers were a bit lighter this week. A number of two-year service bulls were on offer with Friesians steady at $2.97/kg, with good Hereford bulls 10-15c/kg above this and Jersey 509-515kg at $2.26-$2.35/kg. Yearling heifer prices did well with some Angus and Angus/Herefords 284kg making $3.82/kg. Traditional two-year steer prices lifted to $3.04-$3.18/kg for 482-602kg. In the store lamb pens prices for heavy lambs stayed fairly steady on last week, with a top price of $138 for heavy cryptorchid whiteface lambs. Medium sized black face cryptorchid lambs made up to $124-$125. Light lambs mainly made $90-$110.
Feilding store cattle and sheep sale 18.1
Good blackface ewe lambs made $119-$123
Heavy cryptorchid lambs made mainly $123-$126
Yearling Hereford-Friesian steers, 347-397kg made $3.99-$$3.45/kg
Yearling Angus steers, 418-470kg, made $3.37-$3.40/kg
Yearling Angus and Angus-Hereford heifers, 284kg, lifted to $3.46-$3.82/kg
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