Friday, March 29, 2024

Stortford Lodge sale 17.10

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Lamb buyers gathered from Taupo through to Manawatu last Wednesday for the first chance to pick up decent numbers of new season lambs. 
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old in six lines the Southdown-cross lambs ranged from $138-$145 for the top lines, to $107.50-$129.50 for the balance. Two lines of hoggets returned $136-$166.

Ewe with lambs-at-foot volume reduced with just two main lines of mainly single docked lambs making $108-$113.50 all counted. A smaller line with heavy ewes and older lambs made $121. 

Cattle continued to flow in big numbers, and for every quality annual draft pen there were two or three small lines of crossbred. Most cattle headed out of the area.

Two-year Angus steers eased as 429-532kg largely sold for $3.28-$3.36/kg. Hereford-Friesian, 384-475kg, traded at $2.82-$3.03/kg, but it was interesting to note that heifers, 399-433kg, sold at a higher rate of $2.87-$2.91/kg to similar weighted steers. The Friesian bull market fell significantly with 423-490kg losing around 35c/kg to finish at $2.74-$2.79/kg. 

Demand from a widespread bench for quality yearling traditional steers meant the market held and Angus, 322-335kg, fetched $3.58-$3.63/kg while a lighter line sold up to $3.79/kg. $3.00/kg was not as easy to reach in the heifer pens, though traditional lines, 280-325kg, did sell up to $3.09-$3.16/kg. Hereford-Friesian, 230-290kg, traded at $2.82-$2.93/kg. Unlike their older brother’s yearling Friesian bulls held value and 263-292kg returned $2.88-$2.89/kg, while Hereford, 220-308kg, sold for breeding at $1090-$1290. 

Two lines of traditional cows with calves-at-foot earned $1730-$1740 per unit. 

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