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Rongotea sale 07.11

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In contrast to the previous week’s sale, Rongotea’s pens were dominated with dairy and dairy-cross cattle, with a softening in prices across all classes, New Zealand Farmers Livestock agent Darryl Harwood reported.
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Two-year Friesian bulls, 685kg, made $2.64/kg, and steers, 330 –445kg, traded from $1.82/kg to $2.47/kg. Friesian-cross steers, 432kg, made $2.34/kg. Friesian heifers, 305–530kg traded at $1.83-$1.89/kg and Friesian-cross, 432kg, $2.22/kg.

Yearling dairy-beef steers, 319kg, made $2.41/kg and Friesian-cross, 278–322kg, $1.79-$2.16/kg. Friesian bulls, 370kg, fetched $2.45/kg, matched by Angus-cross, 392kg.  Heifers came forward in bigger numbers and Friesian-Hereford, 220-292kg, ranged from $2.06/kg to $2.60/kg, while the Friesian and Friesian-cross lines of similar weight were off that pace at $1.35-$2.19/kg.  White Galloway-cross, 240kg made $2.62/kg and Angus-cross, 265kg, $2.45/kg.   

In the weaner pens, Friesian bulls, 98-140kg, made $425-$500, and Friesian–Hereford, 98–132kg, $460-$560. Angus-cross, 215kg, fetched $540 and Friesian-cross, 140kg, $410. Friesian–Hereford heifers, 108–115kg, realised $480-$485, $4.22 – $4.47/kg and Angus-cross, 195kg, $430.

Beef cows with calves-at-foot made $1310-$1350 per unit, and in-milk Friesian-cross cows returned $950.

Hereford-Friesian bull calves made $80-$200, and Hereford-Friesian heifer, $50-$185.

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