Prime cattle were virtually non-existent, with three-year Hereford bulls, 910kg, earning $2300, $2.53/kg. A line of Hereford-Friesian heifers, made 605kg, $2.58/kg, and Friesian, 540kg, $2.50/kg. Good Friesian cows, 549kg, made $2.18/kg, while boners sold for $1.17-$1.64/kg.
Quality was mixed through the older store pens and the best prices for R2 steers was Hereford-Friesian, 405-412kg, $2.45-$2.54/kg, while most other lines were Friesian or crossbred and traded at $1.49-$2.04/kg. The heifer pens mirrored that almost to the dollar, as Hereford-Friesian, 372kg, made $2.42/kg, with the balance being crossbred at $1.53-$2.03/kg. The variance in prices was also evident in the bull pens where good Friesian bulls, 449kg, made $2.50/kg, but lesser lines and crossbred, 307-343kg, dropped below $2.00/kg to $1.92-$1.95/kg.
Buyers picked the eyes out of the younger cattle as well, and features included Hereford steers, 235kg, $755 and bulls, 342kg, $880. Hereford heifers, 286kg, returned $700, while Hereford-Friesian of similar weight made $635. Friesian bulls, 180-350kg, returned $570-$800, and Belgian Bull, 147kg, $560. Light Hereford-Friesian, 145-182kg returned $520-$575.
Calf numbers were limited and Friesian bulls sold for $245, and Hereford-Friesian, $125-$275. Heifers of same breeding made $140-$190.
Mixed sex lambs returned $99-$114.
