Prime throughput more than doubled at Rangiuru last Tuesday due to high dairy entries. Top Friesian cows, 526-530kg, earned $2.03-$2.06/kg while the majority were 477-503kg Friesian or Friesian-cross that fetched $1.78/kg to $1.91/kg. Only a few pens of yearling steers managed to sell above $3/kg, and most dairy-beef types earned $2.65-$2.76/kg. The biggest entry of yearling heifers was Hereford, 168-178kg, at $2.26-$2.36/kg.
Heavy lambs made $139-$147 while three pens of Wiltshire ewes with lambs-at-foot earned $50-$73 all counted. Read more in your LivestockEye.
Rangiuru cattle and sheep 22.09
Prime steers, 600-755kg, earned $3.01-$3.12/kg
Two-year Hereford-Friesian steers, 444-538kg, made $2.90-$2.91/kg
Two-year Hereford-dairy and Simmental-cross steers, 413-466kg, fetched $2.94-$2.95/kg
Two-year Hereford-Friesian heifers, 420-492kg, earned $2.79-$2.83/kg
Yearling Angus-Friesian steers, 327kg, pushed to $1015, $3.10/kg
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