The older cattle pens still housed little in the way of numbers and prices for quality lines were strong. Hereford-Friesian cows with calves-at-foot made $1630, while in-calf cows returned $800-$1400. Boner cows mainly traded at $1.82-$2.04/kg.
Hereford-Friesian steers, 401-404kg, sold to $3.17-$3.31/kg, with heifers, 377kg, making $2.94/kg. Heavy Hereford bulls, 704kg, made $2190, $3.04/kg.
A bit more action in the 1-year pens had 330kg Hereford-Friesian making $3.37-$3.61/kg, though all other lines were lesser bred and of mixed quality which sold under $3.00/kg.
Interest in good heifers was strong, with 335kg making $2.83/kg, though lighter lines pushed to $2.94/kg. Bulls of similar breeding and 277kg made $2.67/kg, while Jersey, 235-370kg, earned $2.27-$2.34/kg. A nice line of Friesian bulls had the weight at 387kg and sold for $2.66/kg.
Weaner Friesian bulls were a highlight, and sold to keen interest as 99-118kg made $495-$510, with autumn-born, 147-205kg achieving $480-$640. Hereford-Friesian, 120kg, made $440 and autumn-born, 160-190kg, $540-$640. Crossbred bulls sold up to $400.
In the heifer pens Hereford-Friesian, 96-109kg, fetched $500-$570, and Angus-cross, 106kg, $530. Autumn-born heifers sold for $450-$560.
A small offering of sheep had mixed age ewes trading at $85-$105, ewes with lambs-at-foot $79 all counted, and mixed sex lambs, $75-$122.
