A smaller mixed quality yarding was offered at Wellsford last Monday and met with an increased buying bench which made for a steady to lifting market for most.
Six R3 Limousin-cross, 430kg, were a highlight earning $2.92/kg, while the balance of this section, 426-476kg, traded at $2.67-$2.77/kg.
Buyers worked to per head budgets for R2 Angus-Friesian steers, 242-276kg, earning $705-$710, for varied $/kg. Ten Red-Devon steers, 238kg, were well received at $3.40/kg. Hereford heifers, 359kg, strengthened to $2.90/kg as did beef-dairy, 275-372kg, up to $2.70-$2.82/kg.
R1 cattle sold well with Hereford-Friesian steers, 138-150kg, lifting to $535-$605, $3.88-$4.03/kg. Angus heifers, 273kg, returned $790, while beef-dairy, 153-167kg, earned $500-$595.
Four mixed-age Murray Grey-cross cows, 380kg, earned $1000, $2.63/kg.
