A grass market drove an improvement at Frankton on Wednesday.
Specially advertised South Devon steers were a highlight in all sections that they featured. Yearlings, 243-320kg, managed $3.70-$3.75/kg, though 18 at 299kg pushed to $4.01/kg. Hereford-cross steers, 311-369kg, lifted to $3.11-$3.26/kg, with Hereford-Friesian, 290-346kg, steady at $3.43-$3.58/kg. This strength continued for heifers with beef-cross, 236-388kg, lifting to $3.00-$3.17/kg, while Hereford-Friesian, 375-382kg, pushed to $2.92-$3.15/kg and 306-347kg, $3.01-$3.20/kg. Friesian bulls traded in two bands as 243-275kg returned $2.78-$2.92/kg, and 281-396kg, $2.73-$2.93/kg.
All autumn-born weaner steers, 196-235kg, sold well at $720-$885.
Prime steers, 563-667kg, earned $2.88-$2.98/kg regardless of breed, with beef-cross heifers, 429-442kg, at $2.88-$2.91/kg, and beef-dairy, 461-552kg, $2.84-$2.93/kg.
