TUAKAU drew another big yarding of 900 store cattle last Thursday, Carrfields Livestock agent Karl Chitham reported. Heifer prices eased but steers held firm, with most 300-400kg Hereford-Friesian making $2.70/kg to $3.00/kg and 217kg Hereford-Friesian, $725. In the heifer section, 400kg Hereford-Friesian made $2.70/kg and 340-370kg realised $2.44/kg to $2.68/kg, with 200kg Hereford-Friesian at $520. Wednesday’s prime market was steady. Heavy steers earned $3.03-$3.08/kg and medium, $2.92-$3.01/kg. Heifers, 460-500kg, fetched $2.76-$2.84/kg and vetted-in-calf Angus cows, 580kg, $2.32/kg. Heavy Friesian cows, 490-560kg, managed $1.82/kg to $2.00/kg and light-medium, $1.51/kg to $1.67/kg.
Medium-good prime lambs sold at $178-$189 on Monday and stores, $103-$163. Top prime ewes reached $221, medium-good returned $164-$189 and light, $115-$133.
