Working in vendors favour, though, was low numbers coming forward, and prices were just a shade softer than recent weeks.
The biggest section was the prime steers, and for the second week running very heavy ox from Motiti Island were penned. These tipped the scales at 660kg-plus, and with such weight behind them and $/kg price tags ranging from $2.60 to $2.88/kg most sold for $2100-$2190, while beef-cross, 665-670kg, made $1790-$1860, $2.69-$2.78/kg. There was also an offering of 530-602kg Hereford-Friesian, which sold on a softer market at $2.57-$2.65/kg. Prime heifer numbers were much lower. The better lines matched the boys at $2.66-$2.73/kg, but second cuts dropped away to $2.33-$2.44/kg. Ex-service bulls of a mix of beef and exotic breeds all sold for $2.90-$2.96/kg, while boner cows, 446-492kg, sold on a steady market at $1.75-$1.83/kg.
The store section was harder work with few prepared to take on cattle at the moment. The R2 steer pens featured some nice lines of Angus and Hereford-Friesian but buyers could only be persuaded to go to $2.52-$2.60/kg on most. Similarly beef-Friesian heifers also trended down, with 355-370kg making just $2.28-$2.31/kg.
The rest of the yarding was small lines of mixed quality. The biggest line was 20 R1 Friesian steers, 246kg, which sold for $540, while Hereford-Friesian bulls, 212-216kg, fetched $575-$605. A line of 10 Hereford-Friesian heifers, 221kg, bettered all of them at $660.
Rangiuru Sale 12.06
With paddocks very wet and not getting the chance to dry out interest in any cattle at Rangiuru – heavy or light – was very limited on Tuesday.
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