R3 cattle were in short supply, but some 565-570kg Friesian bulls were $2.72/kg and 505-570kg Hereford-cross heifers were $2.73-$2.79/kg.
Traditional and Charolais-cross R2 steers, 360-460kg, were nearly all bought at $3.18-$3.33/kg. The 405-455kg Hereford-Friesian’s were at $2.80-$2.91/kg. Angus and Angus-cross R2 heifers, 345-360kg made $2.85-$2.97/kg, whereas the 330-360kg Hereford-Friesians were $2.72-$2.75/kg. R2 Friesian bulls had a strong sale, with the 360-435kg pens boosted up to the $2.86-$2.94/kg range and the 325-360kg lines at $2.97-$3.11/kg.
Weaners were mainly just Friesian bulls. Out of these, the 115-125kg lines were $550-$600 and 155-180kg made $680-$760. A few 125-175kg Hereford-Friesian heifers were $500-$600.
A few pens of cows added something a little different to the mix. Top dollar was $1320 going to some 560kg Charolais. Some 510-570kg Angus and Angus-cross were $1030-$1110.
The sheep pens were packed with lambs, but luckily for vendors the crowd of buyer was similarly big. In fact the sale turned out to be easily the strongest so far this year. The main talking point of the sale was how strong the lighter-lines were, with very little difference in per head prices across the entire yarding.
Heavy-to-very heavy cryptorchid lambs were $119-$129, while good and mediums lines were nearly all $98-$124. Heavy ram lambs topped the sale at $124-$133, and the mediums were similar to the cryptorchids. Good ewe lambs were $106-$119, easing to $100-$112 for the mediums.
A few 4-year and older ewes were mainly sold at $132-$139, though one very good line of 5-year Romney’s were pushed up to $171.
