Sheep sellers had to meet the market and ewe prices came back $10-$15. Very heavy ewes made $117-$120 but most traded at $70-$107, with a further 200 head earning $50-$67. A small lamb section offered up mixed quality and prices were satisfactory. The better end of the lambs sold for $98-$121, with lighter types earning $76-$102.
Good quality Angus steers were still a highlight and 663-685kg managed $2.95-$3.01/kg to be the best selling cattle yarded. Very heavy beef steers, 781-800kg, made $2.82-$2.83/kg which was adequate considering that pushed them to $2210-$2252. Friesian-cross were well off the pace at $2.55/kg despite tipping the scales at 793kg.
With local trade full heifer prices came back, and Angus, 543kg, sold for $2.62/kg, while Hereford-Friesian, 486-568kg, returned $2.54-$2.56/kg. Prime cow prices eased to $2.01-$2.06/kg.
