Hereford bulls, 605kg, sold as service bulls for $3.88/kg, while Friesian, 460kg, managed $2.76/kg. Good quality Hereford-Friesian heifers proved popular and sold as high as $3.26/kg, while lesser types, and crossbred returned $2.64-$2.65/kg. Friesian, 340kg, made $2.41/kg.
While few 2-year steers could be found, they featured prominently through the 15-month pens, though prices reflected limited demand and mixed quality. Hereford-Friesian, 290-317kg, made $2.04-$2.65/kg, and Friesian, 310kg, $2.29/kg. Prices were similar in the heifer pens, where Hereford-Friesian, 270-397kg, returned $2.03-$2.65/kg, and Friesian, 335-370kg, $2.31-$2.40/kg.
Highlights in the 1-year pens was a line of Hereford-Friesian steers, 277kg, which made $900, $3.24/kg, and Friesian, 247kg, $840, $3.40/kg, though most other lines sold well below $3.00/kg. Jersey bulls, 208-266kg, made adequate values at $2.30-$2.64/kg, while the best of the heifers were Angus-cross, 302kg, $2.89/kg. The remainder of the heifer section was mixed quality, with most trading at $2.32-$2.68/kg.
Autumn-born heifers sold to keen interest, and Hereford-Friesian, 202kg, achieved $705, while Friesian, 117kg, made $400. Weaner Friesian bulls, 185kg, sold for $560, while crossbred, 128-170kg, returned $330-$460. The best of the Friesian bull calves fetched $290, with smaller types making $40-$60. Hereford-Friesian earned $90-$180, and Charolais-cross, $255. Heifers sold for $40-$190.
In the dairy section, in-calf Friesian cows made $1090, and Jersey, $660-$900, while in-milk Friesian heifers returned $1180. Boner prices were steady, with most trading at $1.51-$1.69/kg.
The small pens consisted of ewes with lambs-at-foot a $78 all counted, and mixed sex lambs, $91-$123.
