Another yarding of 1600 cattle sold to a steady or weaker market. Two-year steers held their ground, mostly at $3.15/kg for good-quality traditional types, with lighter or mix-bred types a little under $3/kg. Two-year Friesian bulls, 420kg, were $3/kg. The market was down on the large number of yearling steers. Traditional types above 220kg were anywhere between $3.20-$3.60/kg. Dairy-beef yearling steers were around $3.00/kg. Yearling beef bulls, 200-250kg, circled $3.00/kg. Traditional yearling heifers were $2.80-$3.00/kg.
It was a rough start for the sheep sale. Lines with decent ewes and good terminal lambs were consistently $90-$96 all counted, but this fell to $70-$79 all counted if lambs were small or ewe condition poorer. It was a weaker market for the 5500 store lambs too. The males were mostly forward-store types, with the larger lines making $140-$160 and the rest usually $120-$140. For the ewe lambs forward-stores were $135-$145, medium types $115-$130 and $95-$115 for much of the rest. A number of pens were passed in.
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