The store lamb market was very steady, with all types matching the previous week’s prices. Top lambs sold for $75-$80, medium $65-$72, and light $35-$60. The prime lamb market eased, with all types back $10 per head, putting heavy lambs at $98-$111, medium $87-$94, and light, $77-$85. Results were better in the ewe pens, where heavy types remained steady at $99-$125, and medium $86-$96, with few lines trading under $71. Two lines of Romney breeding ewes sold for $110-$160.
Prime cattle prices reflected improving schedules and limited numbers available. Good steers, 500-600kg, made $2.70-$2.80/kg, with the top heifers earning $2.60-$2.70/kg. Top dairy heifers, 380kg plus, managed $2.20-$2.40/kg, with medium types, 330-350kg, at $2.00-$2.10/kg. In the cow pens heavy lines traded at $1.90-$1.95/kg, medium $1.70-$1.80/kg, and light, $1.60-$1.70/kg.
Good cattle featured in the store pens and sold to solid demand. R2 Friesian bulls, 450kg, made $2.67/kg, and 420kg, $2.57/kg. The calf section consisted of Friesian bulls, 150kg, which sold for $540-$590, and Hereford-cross, 125kg, $540. Hereford-cross steers, 160kg, fetched $530-$610, while heifers, 100-110kg, made $390-$450.
