A slightly increased buying bench at Frankton last Wednesday meant that most of the 450 cattle yarded traded on a steady to lifting market.
Seven R2 Murray-Grey heifers, 277kg, fetched $2.80/kg, while Hereford-Friesian, 267-328kg, softened to $2.23-$2.27/kg. Hereford-Jersey, 263-336kg, managed $2.21-$2.46/kg.
A consignment of quality R1 Angus steers and heifers were well received, with steers, 226-301kg, earning $800-$900, and their sisters, 181-273kg, improving to $490-$755.
Just a smattering of prime cattle was penned, and all beef-dairy heifers, 505-620kg, were solid at $2.76-$2.80/kg. Four beef-cross cows, 555kg, topped their section at $2.11/kg.
