The pens were well-contested at Temuka last Monday. Steers dropped 5c/kg but heifers firmed, including Friesian, 460-600kg, that rose 17c/kg to average $2.18/kg. Heavy pens of Friesian and crossbred cows sold at $1.56/kg to $1.69/kg, while over 150 head of 470-520kg dropped 9c/kg to sell in the tight range of $1.51-$1.62/kg.
Sellers again offloaded big entries of store lambs with most from outside the region. Store lambs numbered 5500 with the majority $97-$129. The most common result for prime lambs was $120-$202, while ewes continued to sell on a very good market as the top pen earned $220 and most others $110-$170. Read more in your LivestockEye.
Temuka prime and boner cattle; all sheep 29.06
Angus-Hereford steers, 545kg, earned $2.56/kg
Hereford bulls , 674-738kg, fetched $2.67-$2.72/kg
Friesian bulls, 567-745kg, sold well at $2.54-$2.60/kg
Hereford heifers, 559-658kg, improved 12c/kg to sell at $2.40-$2.47/kg
200 scanned-in-lamb Texel-Romney ewes earned $114-$133
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