Throughput was up around 200 head on expected levels, including an extra 50 bulls which were sold in single or small lines.
The service bull market held up well despite the extra numbers, and a highlight was three Angus, 600-612kg, $2475-$2650, $4.13-$4.33/kg, while Ayrshire, 526-554kg, returned $3.07-$3.09/kg.
Bidding was cautious through a mixed quality yarding of store cattle. Just a handful of 2-year steers hit the $3.00/kg mark, with Hereford-Friesian, 500-512kg, making $2.98-$3.02/kg. The heifer section was very mixed which was reflected in a wide range of prices. Most of the better types made $2.70-$2.80/kg, with a feature line of Charolais, 455kg, achieving $2.98/kg.
A few top lines of cattle featured through the 1-year pens but generally the market softened. Angus-Friesian had the weight at 349-384kg, though appeared buy-able at $2.86-$2.88/kg, while 265-351kg Hereford-Friesian reached $3.05-$3.19/kg. A line of 13 autumn-born Hereford-Friesian steers, 221kg, sold well at $3.71/kg, while small lines of beef-cross heifers, 240-245kg, made $2.88/kg.
