The boner section comprised of Friesian, 417-569kg, with returns varied at $1.44-$1.88/kg. Crossbred, 475-535kg, consistently traded at $1.65-$1.69/kg, and Jersey, 430kg, $1.49/kg.
The older cattle market had a bit more depth to it, and Angus-cross steers were a highlight as 339kg sold to $3.17/kg. Good Hereford-Friesian steers, 430kg, sold to $3.06/kg, though lesser lines of same breeding, along with crossbred, 305-437kg, traded at $2.49-$2.71/kg. Beef-cross heifers, 413kg, managed $2.92/kg, though most other lines were Friesian and crossbred that varied from $2.03-$2.33/kg.
Good demand for 1-year Hereford-Friesian steers saw 270-352kg sell for $880-$1120, over a tight $/kg range of $3.18-$3.26/kg. No other lines had the breeding and quality to match that, with Friesian and crossbred, 174-210kgs, making $400-$540. A sizeable yarding of heifers had a good reception, and the ever popular Hereford-Friesian, 327kg, sold to $1040, with 205kg returning $670. The first decent offering of bulls for the sale lined up in the 1-year pens, and Hereford-Friesian, 190-357kg, sold well at $535-$975, while Friesian, 169-295kg returned $670-$775. Jersey, 185-252kg, fetched $530-$740. Beef-cross, 212-225kg sold to $700, while off-types made $410-$510.
A small weaner section saw Friesian bulls, 107-129kg, make healthy returns at $525-$550, and Hereford-Friesian, 260kg, $750, while Murray Grey heifers, 120kg, earned $600.
Ewes with lambs-at-foot made $61, and mixed sex lambs, $49-$122.
