Nearly 70% of the prime steers weighed more than 630kg and exceeded $3.00/kg. Charolais-Hereford, 653kg, returned $3.26/kg, while Hereford-Friesian, 523-583kg, fetched $2.82-$2.90/kg. A line of 26 Hereford-Friesian cows, 415kg, made $1.94/kg.
Two-year Hereford-Friesian steers, 340-410kg, eased to $2.83/kg, while a small yarding of heifers were also variable.
Yearling cattle proved to be hard work with bidding selective. Hereford-Friesian steers, 295-324kg, sold for $2.97-$3.13/kg, though were in the minority with most making $2.84-$2.94/kg. Hereford-Jersey, 240-310kg, earned $2.85-$2.89/kg, but Angus-Friesian eased to $2.66-$2.70/kg. Hereford-Friesian heifers also eased with 258-317kg at $2.71-$2.78/kg, while Hereford-Jersey trailed them by 14c/kg. Friesian bulls, 293-336kg, firmed to $2.65-$2.66/kg.
Small pens of autumn-born lines were also offered and yearling steers were very consistent at $800-$880, and heifers, $700-$715, while eight weaner Hereford-Friesian steers, 95kg, sold well enough at $472.
