Wind was an unwelcome guest to the sale at Stortford Lodge last Wednesday, where 7000 lambs and 1000 cattle went under the hammer.
Short term lambs sold very well, holding or lifting on the previous week. However, lesser bred types, especially medium ewe lambs, came back to $101-$103. A small mixed-sex offering was mainly medium-good to good and sold for $112-$121.
Last minute cattle entries grew volume, and coupled with dry conditions had a detrimental effect on prices. R3 beef-cross bulls, 397-457kg, made $2.57-$2.58/kg, while light R2 Hereford heifers, 260-282kg, returned $2.33-$2.52/kg.
500 weaners were penned and heifers varied from traditional lines at $685-$695 down to 105-128kg Hereford-Friesian at $210-$300.
