Chatham Islands stock trickled into TEMUKA last Monday and included Romney-cross ewes which sold for $115-$150.
Store lamb volume halved and made bidding more competitive with prices mainly steady. Good to heavy male lambs traded at $109-$127.
Prime lambs held at $110-$148, with ewes also steady. Good types sold for $150-$172, medium-good $110-$138 and light, $80-$92.
Cattle results varied from down for prime cattle while boners either held or improved marginally. Better yielding Friesian cows, 558-625kg, held at $1.59-$1.65/kg, though numbers were low. Boner heifers, 500-625kg, sold for $2.26-$2.41/kg, but 378-382kg only made $2.00-$2.01/kg.
Steer prices softened and Friesian, 585-735kg, earned $2.36-$2.46/kg. Heifers showed similar movements as Hereford-cross, 641-695kg, sold for $2.44-$2.46/kg, Lesser lines traded around the $2.21-$2.30/kg.
