At the yards: Steady at the sales

Dairy and beef sales have started strongly.

Carrfields Livestock

With the weather drying things out it provided a steady sale at the Levin Sale.

Feilding Sale is gaining strength from week to week, with larger yardings getting strong support from outside areas.

The dairy beef sales have started strongly.

Calves - Frsn hfrs $160, Ayrshire hfr $90, Sim x hfr $80. Sheep - Ewes $71 - $150, hoggets (lambs teeth) $116 - $133, new season spring lambs $73 - $116, ewes with lambs at foot $77. Cattle - Cow with calf at foot $990, cow $810, steers $700 - $850, heifers $680 - $980, wnr hfrs $410.

For more information contact David Haworth 027 450 4133, Dan Warner 027 826 5768.

Rongotea Sale

Another warm day greeted buyers to Rongotea today, with the first of the big lines of Friesian weaner bulls being put forward for sale.

2 year white face steers 401 kg - 404 kg made $1,280 - $1330 ($3.17 - $3.31) and beef cross steers 380 kg - 620 kg made up to $1830 ($2.48 - $3.00). Cross breed steers 513 kg made $1430 ($2.79). 2 year Hereford bulls 720 kg made $2190 ($3.04).
2 year white face heifers 377 kg made $1110 ($2.94).

Yearling white face steers 330 kg made $930 ($3.37 - $3.61), Friesian steers 302 kg - 370 kg made up to $1080 ($2.47 - $2.92) and cross breed steers 200 kg - 305 kg made up to $700 ($2.30 - $2.90).

Yearling white face bulls 277 kg made $740 ($2.67), cross breed bulls 247 kg - 375 kg made up to $900 ($2.13 - $2.44) and Jersey bulls 235 kg - 370 kg made up to $840 ($2.27 - $2.34).

Yearling white face heifers 242 kg - 335 kg made up to $950 ($2.45 - $2.94), Friesian heifers 293 kg made $670 ($2.29) and Galloway cross heifers 220 kg made $515 ($2.34).
Yearling Friesian bulls 387 kg made up to $1030 ($2.66) and cross breed bulls 234kg - 356kg made up to $920 ($2.57).

Autumn born white face bulls 160 kg - 190 kg made up to $640 ($3.37) and Friesian bulls 147 kg - 205 kg made up to $640 ($3.12 - $3.25).

Autumn born white face heifers 132 kg - 163 kg made up to $560 ($3.37 - $3.42) and Friesian heifers 175 kg made $450 ($2.57).

Weaner Friesian bulls 99 kg - 118kg made up to $510 ($3.52 - $5.00), white face bulls 120kg made $440 ($3.67) and cross breed bulls 114 kg - 121 kg made up to $400 ($3.06 - $3.30).

Weaner white face heifers 96 kg - 109kg made up to $570 ($3.90 - $5.23) and Angus cross heifers 106 kg made $530 ($5.02).

In calf Jersey cows made $510 and in milk Jersey cows made $400 - $450.

White face cows with calves at foot made $1630. In calf white face cows made $1400 and Murray Grey cows made $800.

Friesian boner cows 490 kg - 770 kg made up to $1570 ($1.85 - $2.04), crossbreed boner cows 465 kg made $850 ($1.82) and Jersey boners 392 kg made $750 ($1.91).
Porkers made $120 and weaner pigs made $85 - $100.

MA ewes made $85 - $105, ewes with lambs at foot made $79 and mixed sex lambs made $75 - $122.

Friesian bull calves made $155, white face bull calves made $160 - $350 and Belted Galloway bull calves made $200. White face heifers calves made $180 - $365 and Belted Galloway heifer calves made $170.