Throughput was just under 1350 at Taranaki for the weaner fair on Thursday, with good support for Friesian bulls and good dairy-beef lines, though heifers and anything of lesser type were harder going.
Hereford-cross heifers, 95-112kg, softened to $265-$310, as did Hereford-Friesian, 95-105kg, $400-$435, though 123-132kg managed steady returns at $460-$500.
It was a game of two halves in the bull pens with Angus-cross, 103-147kg easing to $380-$520, as did Hereford-cross, 112-128kg, at $415-$460, while most Friesian bulls lifted with 114-117kg at $440-$510, and 118-165kg, $500-$560. Hereford-Friesian bull results were mixed with 120-133kg steady at $590-$660, while 110-111kg lifted to $560-$640. Those 100-102kg also lifted to $605-$620, though 103-107kg eased to $505-$600.
