Throughput was steady at Wellsford last Monday with just under 400 cattle penned. Competition improved for older cattle. Ten 2-year Hereford steers, 290kg, were well-contested at $3.36/kg. Hereford-dairy, 371-387kg, lifted to $2.61-$2.67/kg. Beef-dairy heifers, 382-456kg, returned $2.79-$2.87/kg.
Yearling throughput lifted with quality types popular. Angus and Angus-Hereford steers, 260kg, improved to $3.46/kg and heifers of the same breed, 294kg, $2.82/kg.
Autumn-born weaner Hereford-Friesian steers, 119kg, fetched $525. Hereford-Friesian bulls, 106-183kg, traded at $280-$375.
Traditional and beef-bred cows with calves-at-foot fetched $1040-$1180 per unit. Read more in your LivestockEye.
