The store cattle tally at Temuka last Thursday exceeded 1000 head for the first time since November. A big shipment from the Chatham Island’s doubled R2 volume while a line-up of 680 beef and beef-cross weaners well exceeded the previous sale. R2 heifer prices softened and aside from a small pen of 330kg Gelbvieh-Angus that made $2.03/kg, nothing else broke the $2.00/kg mark.
Most of the weaner section was mixed in quality, but there was still plenty of well-presented pens, including 60 Wagyu-cross steers, 143kg, that sold at $630. Other examples included Angus & Angus-Hereford, 296-333kg, that made $855-$930. The top heifers were Angus, 230-273kg, at $670-$750, while Wagyu-cross were 120-144kg and made $410-$520.
Temuka store cattle sale 12.03
R2 Red Devon-cross steers, 374-433kg, made $2.11-$2.20/kg
R2 Angus and Angus-Hereford steers earned $2.14/kg
Weaner Hereford bulls, 223kg with good bloodlines, returned $900
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