Friday, March 29, 2024

Temuka sale 13.08

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Sheep numbers lifted at Temuka on Monday, and prices followed. Lifting local trade schedules meant strong demand for all prime cattle, though manufacturing types eased.
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A consignment of forward store and prime lambs from Pitt Island helped push store numbers to nearly 4400 head. With that in mind prices in this section resembled the prime market, with a good portion across all classes selling at $179 and better, and up to $195 for mixed sex and a line of very heavy ewe lambs. Top price in the store pens was $202 for a line of 11 heavy halfbred. Medium to medium-good mixed sex traded at $149-$167, and good ewe lambs, $150-$162. A consignment of Merino males sold for $143-$164.

 The sale did not let up in the prime lamb pens and 87% of those offered sold for $170-$217, with a quarter at $200 or more.

A larger ewe section offered up plenty of variety and with prices steady they ranged from $100 up to $260.

Lifting schedules and the hunt for local trade cattle in particular lifted demand in the rostrum.

Prime steers sold on a steady market across all weights and a small entry of Angus, 553-660kg, made a premium at $3.05-$3.07/kg. The heavier end of a large entry of Hereford-cross made steady returns of $2.97-$3.06/kg, though 484-550kg softened to $2.90-$2.99/kg.

Heavy beef-cross heifers sold on a firm market at $2.98/kg for 615-660kg, with a few lines exceeding $3.00/kg. Second cut Hereford-cross, 460-600kg, traded at $2.76-$2.86/kg. Boner Friesian heifers, 430-440kg, returned $2.26-$2.35/kg, though lighter lines, 393-405kg, eased to $2.10-$2.20/kg.

The cow market had a softer tone as Friesian, 570-690kg, eased to $2.05-$2.14/kg, and 490-553kg, $1.99-$2.08/kg. A small yarding of Hereford-and Hereford-cross was split down the middle, with heavier lines at 603kg making $2.29-$2.33/kg, while 522-535kg returned $2.03-$2.10/kg.

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