At the yards: Short on numbers

A fine day did little to bring out cattle in any numbers. Photo / File

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Stock Report from Carrfields Livestock

Short on numbers but values up on recent weeks.

Sheep — fat lambs $140 — $160, store lambs $100 — $70. 2 yr heifers $750 — $980, boner cows $600, autumn born wnr steers $520, autumn born wnr heifers $400 — $450.

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A fine day did little to bring out cattle in any numbers, with store beef bulls the flavour of the sale. 3 year beef heifers 635 kg made $1600. 2 year Friesian — Hereford cross steers 400 kg made $1000 and Devon cross steers 360 kg made $940.

2 year cross bred bulls 300 kg — 387 kg made $2.08/kg — $2.20/kg.

2 year Friesian — Hereford cross heifers 355 kg, Murray Grey cross heifers 365 kg and Simmental cross heifers 400 kg all made $940. Cross bred heifers 325 kg — 475 kg made $2.00/kg — $2.40/kg.

Yearling Friesian-Hereford cross bulls 217 kg — 308 kg made $2.37/kg — $2.71/kg, Friesian bulls 245 kg — 290 kg made $1.81/kg — $2.45/kg and cross bred bulls 245 kg — 273 kg made $1.67/kg — $2.49/kg.

Yearling Friesian-Hereford cross heifers 330 kg made $800 and Devon cross heifers 225 kg made $635.

Weaner Friesian bulls 180 kg $500, Friesian-Hereford cross bulls 160 kg $555.

Weaner Friesian-Hereford cross heifers 98 kg — 161 kg made $400 — $565.

In-calf Jersey cows $720, in calf Jersey heifers $670 and Friesian cross heifers $680 — $720.

Friesian boner cows 442 kg — 542 kg $1.69/kg — $1.84/kg.