{"id":17630,"date":"2016-03-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-03-17T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.farmersweekly.co.nz\/tuakau-sales-march-14-16-17\/"},"modified":"2016-03-18T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-03-17T11:00:00","slug":"tuakau-sales-march-14-16-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.farmersweekly.co.nz\/news\/tuakau-sales-march-14-16-17\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuakau sales March 14, 16, 17"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

A big yarding of almost 1000 store cattle was presented on Thursday, keeping PGG Wrightson auctioneer Peter Kelly very busy on his last day on the job.<\/p>\n

The offering included several advertised lines of 2-year heifers and weaners, and while the rainy-day sale attracted a good bench of buyers, bidding on the bigger cattle was not quite as brisk as previous weeks and prices eased by about 10c\/kg. \u00a0<\/p>\n

Heavy 2-year and 30-month steers in the 485-570kg weight range traded at $2.74-$2.85\/kg, with medium lots, 380-460kg, making $2.70-$3.30\/kgLW and lighter steers, 300-380kg, $2.90-$3.30\/kg.<\/p>\n

Some nice quality steers were offered in the weaner section. A very good line of Charolais-Angus steers at 263kg sold well at $940. Good whiteface steers were also keenly sought-after, with a 141kg lot earning $690 and a 130kg lot making the same money. Angus weaner steers sold at about $580.<\/p>\n

There was plenty of choice in the heifer section and most of the older lots, 350-480kg, sold at $2.55-$2.65\/kg.<\/p>\n

Good weaner heifers were in demand. Charolais-Angus heifers at 253kg earned $850 and a nice line of Angus weaners at 222kg fetched $760. Good whiteface heifers, 110kg, made $550.<\/p>\n

Bull numbers were light. A good line of Friesian bulls at 340kg returned $2.90\/kg and a handful of Friesian weaner bulls, 130kg, made $480.<\/p>\n

A shortage of killing space might have affected steer and heifer prices at Wednesday\u2019s prime sale. Prime steer prices were back by about 5c\/kg on the previous week, with most lots selling at $2.60-$2.80\/kg. Heifer prices eased by about 10c\/kg, with most heifers earning $2.50-$2.68\/kg.<\/p>\n

Another big yarding of cows was presented, including about 400 boners. A line of heavy Hereford beef cows, 600kg-plus, sold well at $2.20\/kg. Most of the heavier dairy lots sold at $1.80-$2.12\/kg, with a line of in-calf autumn-calving cows selling up to $1400.<\/p>\n

Paddock buyers were prepared to pay a premium for younger cows in the 370-450kg range and most of these lots made $1.70-$1.90\/kg. Medium boners earned $1.55-$1.80\/kg and lighter Jersey-type cows $1.30-$1.55\/kg.<\/p>\n

A smaller yarding of about 700 sheep was offered on Monday. Good prime lambs traded at $85-$105 and store lambs earned $55-$80. A small entry of ewes sold well, with most lots making $40-$80.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Prices for older steers and heifers eased slightly at Tuakau this week, but weaners still made good money, Chris Elliott of PGG Wrightson reported.\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_FSMCFIC_featured_image_caption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_nocaption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_hide":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t