Heifer returns were mixed with Hereford-Friesian, 146-191kg, strong at $530-$660, while 101-115kg eased to $450-$498, and 85-99kg stayed steady at $430-$440.
There were more buyers in the market for beef bred bulls with Angus and Angus-cross, 102-117kg, earning $430-$482, and Devon, 101-102kg, $430-$440. Hereford-Friesian, 99-102kg, lifted to $415-$570, and 117-148kg maintained levels of $530-$610, as did 86-87kg at $410-$415. Heavy Friesian bulls traded on a steady market with 124-166kg at $500-$580, though the balance of this section softened as 104-120kg made $450-$525, and 96-102kg, $410-$465.
The store sale last Wednesday offered 960 head, and the market softened for the majority of two-year cattle and the prime section, with varied results in the yearling pens.
Hereford-cross and Hereford-Friesian steers, 424-456kg, eased to $2.72-$2.83/kg, though Angus, 422kg, managed $2.96/kg. Hereford-cross and Hereford-Friesian heifers, 373-428kg, softened to $2.67-$2.79/kg. Four Jersey bulls, 470kg, were purchased for servicing at $1700.
In the yearling pens Hereford-cross steers, 295-325kg, traded at to $2.95-$3.05/kg. Dairy-beef lines were steady with Angus-Friesian, 313-321kg, earning $2.97-$3.07/kg, and Hereford-Friesian, 276-301kg, $3.17-$3.22/kg. Hereford-Jersey, 281kg, reached $3.01/kg, while Friesian steers, 273-330kg, softened to $2.61-$2.67/kg.
Heifer results varied and Hereford-cross eased as 249-266kg made $2.27-$2.51/kg, and 282-327kg, $2.57-$2.77/kg, though ten at 329kg managed steady returns at $2.92/kg. Hereford-Friesian, 199kg and 312kg, were also steady at $3.04/kg and $3.01/kg respectively, with 251-307kg softening to $2.76-$2.83/kg. Friesian bulls were a game of two halves and 308-328kg, lifted to $2.65-$2.75/kg, while 236-259kg eased to $2.36-$2.54/kg.
Beef bred autumn-born steers, 329-352kg, were steady at $2.72-$2.95/kg, with Angus-Friesian, 303kg, strong at $3.04/kg.
The prime market had a softer tone and Angus and Angus-Friesian steers, 527-600kg, returned $2.74-$2.81/kg, and Hereford-Friesian 515-810kg, $2.77-$2.85/kg. Hereford-cross heifers, 463-524kg, were steady at $2.70-$2.79/kg, though Hereford-Friesian, 469-500kg, softened to $2.73-$2.81/kg.
Boner cows traded on an easing market with all 368-553kg realising $1.63-$1.98/kg.
