Store cattle throughput halved to just under 540 head for PGG Wrightson at Frankton last Tuesday. Quality was mixed throughout the offering and results were in line with this. Two-year beef-dairy steers, 359-470kg, traded at $2.67-$2.80/kg. Yearling Angus steers, 241kg, fetched $2.86/kg while Angus-Friesian, 300-319kg, softened to $2.43-$2.48/kg. Most Hereford-Friesian, 310-375kg, held at $2.86-$2.97/kg. Yearling Hereford-Friesian heifers, 324-370kg, realised $2.72-$2.82/kg and Angus-Friesian, 277kg, held at $2.91/kg. Hereford bulls, 360-445kg, firmed to $2.92-$2.97/kg. Autumn-born weaner Hereford steers, 280kg, realised $890, $3.18/kg. Prime Angus-Friesian steers, 492-694kg, returned $2.84-$2.95/kg and Hereford-Friesian, 517-595kg, $2.77-$2.80/kg, while Hereford-Friesian heifers, 458-515kg, managed $2.69-$2.72/kg. Read more in your LivestockEye.
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