{"id":27029,"date":"2017-05-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-22T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.farmersweekly.co.nz\/stortford-lodge-prime-sale-22-5\/"},"modified":"2017-05-23T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-05-22T12:00:00","slug":"stortford-lodge-prime-sale-22-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.farmersweekly.co.nz\/news\/stortford-lodge-prime-sale-22-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Stortford Lodge prime sale 22.5"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

The top male lambs sold to $140-$166, while the bulk of the ewe lambs traded at $104-$139. Evidence of ewe scanning was in the pens, in the form of heavy dry ewes, and with prices steady, buyers were hard pressed to purchase many under $90. Heavy types sold for $110-$117, and medium-good, $91-$108.<\/p>\n

Annual draft Angus steers from Wairoa continue to come out, and the interest for these came from both the processor and farmer corners, ensuring bidding was spirited. With just a few lines to pick from buyers needed to be competitive, and for the vendor, returns are slightly better this year, with 2-5c\/kg added to 2016 levels. The two main lines, 499-530kg (empty weight), returned $3.12-$3.19\/kg, with four Angus bulls making $2.74\/kg, and heifers, $2.79-$2.83\/kg.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An outstanding offering of lambs were put forward at Stortford Lodge on Monday, and with a lift in quality came a lift in competition.\u00a0\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