A reduced yarding of 315 cattle was offered at Frankton last Wednesday.
All two-year steers, 470kg-536kg, traded at $2.77/kg-$2.83/kg. Two-year beef-cross and Hereford-Friesian heifers, 443-476kg, eased to $2.63-$2.72/kg.
Yearling Hereford-Friesian steers, 405kg, softened to $2.90/kg, as did Hereford-dairy, 334kg, $3.08/kg. Angus-cross heifers, 359-405kg, eased to $2.72-$2.79/kg.
Four prime Angus steers, 645kg, fetched $3.03/kg and Friesian, 568-605kg, softened to $2.75-$2.79/kg. Prime dairy-beef heifers, 464-616kg, made $2.70-$2.83/kg, and dairy bulls, 501-589kg, $2.72-$2.97/kg.
