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Rongotea sale 14.11

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Last Wednesday’s sale at Rongotea was one of two halves, with the better bred cattle selling above expectations and the lesser sorts struggling, New Zealand Farmers Livestock agent Darryl Harwood reported.
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Two-year Angus-cross steers, 377kg, made $2.50/kg and Friesian-cross, 425kg, $2.49kg. Friesian-Hereford heifers, 335–420kg, traded at $2.31-$2.63/kg, while Friesian and Friesian-cross, 385-400kg, returned $1.87-$2.07/kg. Eighteen-month Friesian bulls, 317kg, made $850, while in the 15-month pens Angus-cross steers, 317kg, returned $3.24/kg and similar weighted Friesian-Hereford heifers, $2.92/kg.

Prices varied in the yearling pens as Friesian-Hereford steers, 246-295kg, ranged from $2.42/kg to $3.14/kg and Angus, 282kg, made $2.69/kg. Friesian-cross were unwanted and at 265-269kg traded for $1.58-$2.01/kg. Brindle bulls, 252kg, made $2.57/kg and Friesian, 312kg, $2.62/kg. The heifer section was large and again prices were variable. Friesian-Hereford, 214-307kg, earned $2.34-$2.96/kg and Angus-cross, 245-297kg, $2.57-$2.77/kg. Friesian were well off the pace at $1.34-$1.81/kg.

In the weaner pens, Friesian and Hereford-Friesian bulls, 100-175kg, made $400-$480. Angus-cross, 152kg, earned $530 and Speckle Park, 117kg, $550. Friesian-Hereford heifers, 110-135kg, realised $410-$490, while Angus-cross, 160kg, fetched $550, and Friesian-cross, 165kg, $545.

Friesian boner cows, 385–637kg, traded at $1.65-$1.82/kg, while Friesian-cross, 565kg, made $1.59/kg and Jersey, 338kg, $1.33/kg.

In the calf pens Friesian bulls made $140-$170, Hereford-Friesian $120-$260, and Angus-cross, $140. Hereford-Friesian heifers returned $80-$220, and Angus-cross, $120.

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