The bulk of the store lambs offered at Stortford Lodge last Wednesday were from four vendors and included Romney lines from Wairoa. Most blackface mixed-sex lifted, while medium to good terminal ram lambs earned $121-$140 and light Romney rams, $96-$107. Hoggets with lambs-at-foot sold for $117-$125.50 all counted.
Cattle tallies dropped to 290 head, with a mainly beef-dairy yarding presented. Two-year Angus-cross steers, 468kg, fetched $3.41/kg, and yearling Hereford-Friesian heifers, 306-338kg, $3.25-$3.27/kg. A feature line of yearling Simmental-cross heifers, 380kg, sold well at $3.37/kg, while 14 Angus and Angus-Hereford cows with young calves pushed to $1980 per unit.
Stortford Lodge store cattle and sheep 20.11
Medium to good blackface mixed-sex lambs lifted to $123-$156.50
Medium Romney ram lambs sold for $113-$123.50
Light Romney ewe lambs fetched $93.50-$108.50
Two-year Hereford-Friesian heifers, 483-548kg, earned $3.08-$3.17/kg
Weaner Friesian bulls, 95-103kg, returned $450-$485
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