Limited numbers of killable cattle saw steer and heifer prices lift, with the highlights including a line of 706kg Angus-Friesian steers, which sold for $3.17/kg, and nine Angus heifers, 495kg, $3.11/kg. Better yielding steers traded at $2.91-$3.08/kg, while Hereford-Friesian heifers, 427-523kg, managed $3.02-$3.04/kg. Six Hereford bulls, 481kg, sold for breeding at $4.49/kg.
Boner cow results were mixed, and Friesian, 392-441kg, eased to $2.00-$2.07/kg, while in-calf, 538-645kg, managed $2.17-$2.23/kg.
Two-year heifer lines were small, but four Hereford-Friesian, 447kg, sold for $3.04/kg, with a lighter line at $3.21/kg. Friesian had the quality in the steer pens, and at 404kg, one line sold for $3.22/kg.
The 1-year pens was where most of the action was, and a big yarding of heifers were chased. Predominantly Hereford-Friesian, lines 200-238kg returned $730-$950, and 156-198kg, $570-$770.
Hereford-cross featured in the steer pens, and at 282-303kg returned $920-$1000, while Friesian bulls, 223-263kg, sold well at $730-$810.
The sheep section was very small, and prime lambs traded at $110-$159, and stores, $73.50-$81. Prime ewes made $93-$94.50, and a line of nine ewes with 13 lambs-at-foot fetched $74.50 all counted.
