The yarding included a line of 540kg Hereford-Friesian steers, which traded at $2.75-$2.84/kg, with 360kg making $3.13/kg. Good R1 Hereford-Friesian steers, 180kg, made $800 and 165kg, $785. Lighter Hereford-Friesian, 155kg, fetched $700.
Numbers were limited in the bull section. A line of 330kg sold for $3.18/kg, $1050.
Beef-cross heifers, 418kg, made $2.71/kg, with medium-weight heifers at 349kg earning $2.66/kg, and younger types, 215kg, $2.90/kg, $623.
Wednesday’s prime sale attracted a yarding of more than 500-head, with the best of the heavy steers making $2.90-$2.95/kg. Medium-weight steers earned $2.80-$2.90/kg and lighter types $2.60-$2.80/kg. Heavy prime beef heifers traded at $2.78-$2.82/kg, with medium beef heifers fetching $2.75-$2.78/kg and lighter sorts $2.70-$2.75/kg.
In the boner section heavy Friesian sold for $1.85-$1.90/kg, and medium $1.80-$1.85/kg. Lighter cows made $1.73-$1.80/kg and good beef-type bulls $2.85-$2.90/kg. Jersey and crossbred bulls made $2.58/kg.
Monday’s sheep sale also drew a good-sized yarding, including a big entry of wether lambs which sold up to $90. Medium wethers earned $79-$84 and lighter lambs $60. Prime lamb prices ranged from $123 to $146 and good store lambs fetched $104-$106. Medium stores made $97 and lighter types $63. Ewe lambs returned $85. About 300 prime ewes were on offer, with the heaviest selling up to $190. Medium ewes returned $128-$139 and lighter types, $95-$106.
