Prime steers made solid enough levels as 537-711kg traded at $2.68-$2.77/kg, with second cuts 469-505kg and earning $2.45-$2.63/kg. Heifers, 468-547kg, returned $2.54-$2.61/kg with the lighter line Hereford, while 640kg bulls made $2.67/kg. Heavy boner cows, 718kg, fetched $2.24/kg, but lighter lower yielding types, 454kg, made $1.43/kg.
Buyers were very selective on the store cattle and while the better crossbred steers, 414kg, managed to reach $2.54/kg, other lines, 420kg, sold for $2.20/kg. A similar pattern emerged in the R1 pens, with a lighter, better quality line of steers earning $510 for 170kg, but 193kg returned $475. Lesser sorts were harder to shift, and 94kg made $360, and 128kg, $100.
R2 heifers held their own as 365-421kg fetched $2.46-$2.56/kg, while medium R1, 209-226kg returned $530-$600. Crossbred weaners, 114-118kg, made $260-$350.
