Throughput more than doubled at Wellsford last Monday, and though buyers were selective most traded at steady to improving levels. R3 Hereford steers, 407-416kg, earned $2.59-$2.76/kg, while
R2 Hereford-Friesian, 338-366kg, improved to $2.62-$2.81/kg. Quality Hereford heifers, 342kg, sold well at $2.72/kg, while Hereford-Friesian, 343-402kg, held at $2.48-$2.57/kg, and 299-325kg improved to $2.69-$2.71/kg.
The big lift in R1 cattle volume did little to diminish the market, and beef-dairy steers, 174-238kg, returned $630-$680, with 248-300kg improving to $760-$830. Traditional heifers, 188-286kg, were solid at $510-$670, though Hereford-Friesian had mixed results as 237-261kg strengthened to $655-$660, whilst 160-190kg eased to $475-$525.
Autumn-born beef-dairy steers, 123-149kg, sold well at $570-$650, with their sisters, 118-147kg, at $390-$500.
