The bulk of the steers at Temuka last Monday traded at $3.00-$3.10/kg, with lesser dairy types mostly $2.77-$2.78/kg. High yielding traditional heifers were close behind at $3.07-$3.09/kg, with a second cut $2.97-$3.03/kg. Prime traditional cows, 567-612kg, traded at $2.13-$2.16/kg.
Store lamb volume recovered with 1200 lambs shipped in from the Chatham Islands. The best were wethers that made $178, with the top ewe lambs at $172-$175 and males $164. Wethers, 44-47kg, were highest at $178.
Very-heavy ewes were $230-$258, but the bulk were lighter types at $92-$132. 154 ewes with lambs-at-foot were penned, alongside their 253 lambs. Half of the tally were in one pen – 77 crossbred ewes and 135 lambs sold for $113 all counted.
