Low tallies continued at Stortford Lodge on Wednesday with just over 1800 lambs and 330 cattle.
The store lamb section was an 80-20 split of good quality, forward types and very small lambs. Prices eased and heavy ram lambs sold to $132.50, while good cryptorchid reached $117-$120.50.
R3 traditional steers featured and attracted plenty of phone bids. While Angus dominated one line of Angus & Angus-Hereford, 499kg, sold for the highest $/kg at $3.31/kg. R3 Friesian bulls varied from $2.60/kg for 603kg to $2.79/kg for 498kg.
R2 Angus heifers, 282-392kg, made $2.97-$3.07/kg, and five Charolais, 405kg, $2.98/kg.
Weaner Angus steers, 233kg, reached $965, and heifers, 203kg, $800. Friesian bulls, 115-127kg, returned $508-$545.
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Medium to good ewe lambs eased to $95-$120
A line of 373 good wether lambs made $118.50
R3 Angus steers, 533-554kg, firmed to $3.12-$3.22/kg
R2 Angus steers, 409kg, made $3.37/kg
R2 Friesian bulls, 389-396kg, eased to $2.83/kg
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