After a busy month of June, July started on a quieter note at Stortford Lodge last Wednesday. Sheep volume dropped to just under 5000 head and ewe lambs made up the majority. Medium ewe lambs lifted to $95-$112, though medium males sold in the same range as better lines.
Cattle totalled just over 300 head, but line sizes were mostly in double figures. R2 beef-cross steers firmed to $2.86-$2.96/kg, and the top line of Angus heifers, 305kg, $2.39/kg. Condition wavered through the later part of the sale, though prices remained buoyant. R1 exotic-cross heifers, 200-246kg, returned $515-$635, while beef-cross steers varied from $455 to $745 dependent on weight. Read more in your LivestockEye.
Stortford Lodge store cattle and sheep 1.07
R2 Friesian bulls, 449-463kg, firmed to $2.87-$2.89/kg
R1 Angus & Angus-Hereford heifers, 188-246kg, fetched $475-$625
Good male lambs lifted to $115-$132
Good ewe lambs lifted to $115-$122
2-tooth Romney ewes, scanned 174% to Sufftex, made $242
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