In the R2 section Angus steers, 384-428kg, softened to $2.78-$2.84/kg, while beef-cross, 384-458kg, managed $2.80-$2.89/kg. Hereford-Friesian, 420-467kg, lifted to $2.84-$2.98/kg. In the heifer pens the majority of Hereford-cross, 317-444kg, were steady at $2.65-$2.67/kg, as were Hereford-Friesian, 303-342kg, $2.69-$2.71/kg. A consignment of 46 autumn-born R2 Charolais steers, 284-323kg, were very well contested, earning $3.22-$3.24/kg.
Results were varied in the R1 pens with a preference shown for the heavier end of this section. Hereford-cross steers, 266-292kg, made solid returns at $730-$810. Charolais-cross heifers, 295-303kg, earned $755-$810, and 240kg Hereford-cross returned $665.
The market was strong for autumn-born weaner cattle. Hereford-Friesian heifers, 95-122kg, traded at $465-$500, while Angus-cross bulls, 103-126kg, returned $450-$650. Hereford-cross, 106-135kg, managed $465-$615. Hereford-Friesian bulls were in hot demand and those 96-123kg returned $498-$705, while the majority of Friesian, 97-131kg, traded at $475-$512.
Three lines of vetted-in-calf cows were on offer and two were purchased to farm on. Angus, 468kg, made solid returns at $1175, whilst eight Hereford, 663kg, fetched $1600.
The prime market was strong for most as beef and exotic steers, 621-7126kg, earned $2.75-$2.92/kg, and Hereford-Friesian, 585-687kg, lifted to $2.68-$2.79/kg. Angus heifers, 467kg, continued this trend fetching $2.71/kg, while Hereford-Friesian, 492-570kg, were steady at $2.63-$2.68/kg.
Friesian cows strengthened with the heavier end showing the greatest lifts as 545-720kg improved to $2.18-$2.36/kg.
