Friday, March 29, 2024

Tuakau sales 2.09

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Hereford-Friesian steers, 280kg, fetched $1040 Prime Charolais heifers, 558kg, earned $3.26/kg Heavy ewes sold to $206 Heavy prime lambs traded at $212-$236
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About 700 store cattle were yarded at Tuakau last Thursday and the market firmed, Carrfields agent Karl Chitham reported.

Hereford-Friesian steers, 421kg, made $3.32/kg, $1400, with 333kg Hereford-Friesian earning $1115. Weaner steers, 136kg, fetched $720, and Shorthorn-cross heifers, 200kg, $600. Hereford-Friesian heifers at 387kg earned $1200 and others at 301kg made $960.

Wednesday’s prime market was strong, with heavy steers, 650-750kg, trading at $3.14-$3.23/kg. Well-conditioned Friesian cows returned $2.02-$2.16/kg and medium boners, $1.88-$2.02/kg.

Medium prime lambs made $168-$184 on Monday and lighter primes earned $141-$161. Medium prime ewes sold at $138-$174 and a line of ewes-with-lambs-at-foot made $101 all-counted.

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