Temuka sale 11.06

The cattle pens featured a consignment of 100 Angus & Angus-Hereford cows from Fairlie, and the market for these held.
The store lamb pens featured some big lines of mixed sex, entered by a regular ewe buyer, and with plenty of weight in these lines the average weight for the sale increased. Most were good types and prices were steady at $131-$141, with medium-good also steady at $126-$135. Easily the biggest portion of the section sold in these ranges, with two lines of male making $130, and one line of good ewe lambs, $125.
The prime lamb market reflected very favourable schedule prices and buyers easily absorbed the extra numbers up to 1400 head. Prices firmed, with most trading $10 up at $130-$179, and 150 head selling to $180-$197.
For the first time in a few weeks the ewe market was not dominated by just one buyer, with the yarding mostly split three ways. Prices were every bit as strong and more than 200 head sold for $190-$268. From there lines were well spread over a $60-$189 range as all shapes and sizes came forward.
The main feature of the cattle sale was about 100 dry beef cows from a station near Fairlie. Most were lighter end cows with Angus and Angus & Angus-Hereford prominent. Top price was paid for the latter, 449-499kg, at $1.75-$1.84/kg, with most other lines steady at $1.65-$1.76/kg.
A much smaller offering of Friesian cows struggled to find homes and prices eased across the board. Heavy types traded at $1.40-$1.55/kg but from there prices dropped to $1.25-$1.37/kg for medium, and even further to $1.10-$1.20/kg for light lines.
There was no difference in prices for steers and heifers, though numbers were very limited. Good traditional steers, 520-690kg, could only muster $2.59-$2.66/kg, though a few other lines of different breeds did manage $2.66-$2.72/kg. This included one very heavy Galloway steer, 790kg, which sold for $2149. Friesian, 570-590kg, matched the beef lines at $2.62-$2.66/kg as they had the yield required.
Heifers mostly matched the steers at $2.58-$2.61/kg, though again one 730kg Hereford sold to $2.72/kg, which was just shy of $2000.
Angus bulls, 605-765kg, also sold within a very similar range to most of the steers and heifers at $2.57-$2.66/kg, while Friesian, 622-665kg, eased to $2.42-$2.46/kg.