That still amounted to 860 head, including primes, which was too many for a small buying bench and prices eased across the board.
Finished steers in the prime pens, 555-590kg, fetched $3.14-$3.17/kg. Good weights of 468-536kg for Hereford-Friesian steers meant that even though they softened to $3.21-$3.29/kg they still made $1540-$1720. Other store Hereford-Friesian, 421-435kg, earned a premium of 6-9c/kg at $3.30-$3.38/kg over lesser lines of 330-353kg. Angus-Friesian were variable, with 489-498kg trading at $3.01-$3.07/kg, and second cuts, $3.13-$3.26/kg, though lighter lines, 307-352kg, sold well at $3.34-$3.58/kg.
Heifers were well down on steer prices and sold on a much softer market to previous weeks. Hereford-Friesian, 417-497kg, eased to $2.95/kg, and 357-384kg, $2.86/kg. Angus-Friesian, 355-387kg, also eased to $2.72-$2.79/kg, and 323-343kg, $2.63-$2.68/kg. A big entry of Friesian heifers, 348-431kg, returned $2.31-$2.40/kg.