Saturday, March 30, 2024

Matawhero cattle sale 10.07

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The Matawhero cattle yards are in winter mode, and as a result only 170 cattle were penned for the July sale on Tuesday.
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A line of 12 R3 Angus-Hereford heifers with calves-at-foot kicked off proceedings, and sold for a solid $1210 per unit.

The biggest section was the bulls, with most of the R2 and R1 cattle of that class. Quality and breeding was very mixed, and coupled with limited demand prices were variable. The best in the R2 bull pens was a line of 410kg Hereford-Friesian, which sold for $2.66/kg, while a nice line up of small lots of R1 exotic bulls, 200-280kg, sold for $610-$700. Lesser sorts were entered though met limited demand.

Highlights in the other sections included R2 Angus steers, 365kg, $2.71/kg and Angus-Hereford, 300kg, $3.00/kg. Charolais and Angus-Hereford heifers had a 10kg differentiation and sold for $2.52-$2.57/kg.

Two small lines of R1 Angus steers could not have been more different, with a 200kg line making $800, but 125kg coming in at half that price. 

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