Throughput dropped to 90 head at Rongotea on Tuesday due to the change of sale day, New Zealand Farmers Livestock agent Darryl Harwood reported.
Ex-service bulls were the main feature and Friesian, 455-540kg, traded at $2.53-$2.69/kg, and Hereford-Friesian, 405kg, $2.37/kg.
Weaner Hereford-Friesian bulls, 114-130kg, sold well at $490-$500, with 126kg heifers also hitting $490.
Rongotea cattle sale 05.02
R3 Hereford-Friesian steers, 477-545kg, earned $2.60-$2.71/kg
R3 Hereford bulls, 725-777kg, sold well at $2.44-$2.48/kg
R3 Angus bulls, 455-472kg, fetched $2.74-$2.92/kg
R2 Hereford-Friesian heifers, 285-337kg, realised $2.55-$2.63/kg
Weaner Friesian bulls, 114-147kg, traded at $400-$460
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