Stock sold well at the yards this week.
Levin Stock Sale
Carrfields
All stock sold well. Not big on numbers but good quality.
Four day old calves F/H bulls $100-$200. B/B x bulls $150-$190.
New season lambs $140: old season $100-$140.
Store cattle cow and calf $900. F/H yearling steers $850-$950. Weaner Galloway steers $700. Yearling heifers $750. Autumn bulls cross-bred $400-$450.
Next week 20 yearling F/H steers, 20 yearling F/H heifers.
Rongotea Sale
NZ Farmers Livestock Ltd
The quality of the sale sat with the yearling cattle again with a good yarding considering the short week.
2 year Friesian and Friesian cross steers traded between $1.77 and $2.34/kg while 2 year dairy heifers traded between $1.75 and $2.45/kg. 2 year Hereford bulls 515 kg made $1900 and 760 kg made $2010. Friesian bulls 470 kg made $1270.
Yearling Friesian – Hereford steers 185 kg – 342 kg traded from $2.27 - $3.00/kg and Angus cross steers 237 kg - 305 kg made $450 - $680.
Yearling Friesian bulls 229 kg made $620, Friesian – Hereford bulls 340 kg made $850 and Charolais cross bulls 255 kg made $650.
Yearling Friesian – Hereford heifers 215 kg - 292 kg traded from $2.38 - $2.95/kg, Angus cross heifers 288 kg - 320 kg made $650 - $690 while Friesian cross and Jersey heifers traded between $1.24 and $1.78 /kg.
In the weaner pens, Friesian bulls 100 kg made $500 and Angus cross bulls 120 kg made $470. Autumn born Angus cross heifers 202 kg made $415 and Friesian – Hereford heifers 95 kg made $415.
In the calf pens, Friesian bull calves made $130, Hereford Friesian bull calves made $130 - $260 and Angus cross bull calves made $130 - $350.
Hereford Friesian heifer calves made $100 - $180 and Angus cross heifer calves made $100.
For a more detailed analysis of the sale, go to www.mylivestock.co.nz/reports
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