{"id":18948,"date":"2016-05-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-05-19T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.farmersweekly.co.nz\/stratford-sale-may-18\/"},"modified":"2016-05-20T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-05-19T12:00:00","slug":"stratford-sale-may-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.farmersweekly.co.nz\/news\/stratford-sale-may-18\/","title":{"rendered":"Stratford sale May 18"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

The prime section of the sale took little of the auctioneer\u2019s time. High-yielding Hereford-Friesian steers, 500-600kg, made top dollar at $2.80-$2.81\/kg, plainer types $2.66-$2.75\/kg. The better heifers were also Hereford-Friesian, 555-585kg, and earned$2.70-$2.72\/kg, Angus-cross and Belted Galloway $2.68-$2.69\/kg. R3 Angus fetched $1100, $2.50\/kg.<\/p>\n

A good sized offering of beef and dairy cows met solid demand and prices were steady. Beef cows returned $1.96-$2.09\/kg, though one line of scanned empty Hereford, 440kg, went to $2.22\/kg. Vetted-in-calf Friesian and Friesian-cross sold well and top lines made $2.05\/kg, medium $1.63-$1.81\/kg. Jersey and Jersey-cross realised $1.44-$1.76\/kg. Scanned empty lines were variable with better Friesians up to $1.70-$1.84\/kg, lesser lines $1.51-$1.65\/kg. Vetted-in-calf dairy heifers also came forward in good numbers, though prices reflected limited demand. Friesian-cross, 297-290kg, were the pick, making $1.51-$1.72\/kg, most other types $1.40-$1.55\/kg. Angus-cross, 425kg, sold for $2.49\/kg, better empty Friesian heifers $2.03-$2.14\/kg.<\/p>\n

Store cattle made up most of the yarding, with R2 cattle coming forward in good numbers. In the steer pens, 560kg Hereford-Friesian sold for $1550 to top the section, Angus-Friesian, 360-376kg, $1070-$1120, $2.96-$2.97\/kg. Most other lines traded at $2.79-$2.87\/kg for 340-430kg. R2 heifer values held at $2.63-$2.69\/kg for the top lines, with one line of 280kg Hereford making $830, $2.96\/kg. Friesian and Hereford-Friesian, 275-302kg, earned $600-$710, $2.34-$2.42\/kg.<\/p>\n

R2 bulls sold well with most making $2.68-$2.80\/kg.<\/p>\n

The weaner and R1 pens were mostly dairy-beef, though a standout line of Angus, 166kg, fetched $580, $3.49\/kg. Hereford-Friesian, 137-223kg, returned $530-$730, Hereford, 150kg, $560. R1 heifers were all beef-cross and sold for $510-$630, beef bulls $560-$705, dairy $300-$685.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Stratford held a combined sale on Wednesday, with quality stock continuing to sell well.\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