Just over 1200 mainly yearlings were victims of poor weather, and while steers sold on a steady to easing market bulls and heifers came back.
Traditional steers eased 10c/kg as 220-280kg averaged $3.33/kg, but there was more weight in the pens and a few lines still cracked $1000 due to that. Hereford-Friesian, 270-300kg, made $3.36-$3.45/kg, and 218-219kg at $3.93-$3.97/kg bet Angus-Friesian by just over 40c/kg. Anything over $4.00/kg was a rarity.
Friesian bulls lost on average 40c/kg as 266kg made $2.76-$2.82/kg and 210-219kg, $2.95-$3.00/kg.
In the heifer pens some good cattle could be purchased at reasonable rates. Most traditional heifers 240kg and better earned $2.81-$2.93/kg, while Hereford-Friesian, 264-333kg, fared better at $2.94-$3.00/kg. A stand-out line of 24 Hereford-Friesian, 231kg, sold for $3.40/kg. Angus-Friesian, 208-278kg, also bettered the traditional cattle at $3.04-$3.20/kg.
