{"id":28654,"date":"2017-09-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-09-12T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.farmersweekly.co.nz\/canterbury-park-sale-12-9\/"},"modified":"2017-09-13T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-09-12T12:00:00","slug":"canterbury-park-sale-12-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.farmersweekly.co.nz\/news\/canterbury-park-sale-12-9\/","title":{"rendered":"Canterbury Park sale 12.9"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

The sheep section on the other hand was small, with prime lambs featuring.<\/p>\n

Store lamb numbers were consistent with the previous week, though featured a consignment of 340 long term ewe lambs. These made up half the offering, and sold for $103-$115. The remainder of the yarding were mixed sex, and overall the market eased, with better types making $113-$125, and light, $81-$104.<\/p>\n

Small lines of ewes with lambs-at-foot sold to keen interest and fetched $79-$98 all counted.<\/p>\n

Prime prices continued their strong run, and heavy lambs lifted $5, with $170-$190 common for a large portion of the section. Medium types returned $130-$169.<\/p>\n

Ewe numbers barely scraped over 300 head, and competition held across all grades. Heavy and good ewes made $122-$156, medium $94-$119, and light, $75-$90.<\/p>\n

Much of the sale focus was on the rostrum, where 620 store, and 130 prime cattle all sold on a lifting market.<\/p>\n

Prime steers took a lift, as buyers scrambled for the larger than usual traditional yarding. Finished lines, 550-660kg, averaged $3.08\/kg, with $3.11\/kg paid for the top Angus, though Belgium Blue sold to $3.14\/kg. Forward stores made $3.10-$3.28\/kg. Heifer prices firmed, and 450-520kg achieved $2.90-$2.97\/kg, though were again bettered by Belgium Blue-cross, $3.06\/kg.<\/p>\n

The store section started off on a strong note and stayed there, as local buyers with grass took the first real opportunity offered to secure big numbers of cattle. The better 2-year beef steers make $1400-$1620, $3.17-$3.37\/kg. Heifer prices lifted, and Angus-Hereford, 374-375kg, earned $3.14-$3.23\/kg, and Hereford, 403-438kg, $3.05-$3.11\/kg. Hereford-Friesian, 405-425kg, lifted to $3.06\/kg. Traditional cattle were hard to find in the 1-year pens, though the beef-dairy offering still sold to high demand. Hand reared Hereford-Friesian steers, 248-289kg, fetched $725-$840, though lighter Hereford-cross, 215-246kg, sold for much higher $\/kg at $3.25-$3.33\/kg. Heifer lines were small and Hereford-Friesian stood out, with 213-232kg returning $630-$750. \u00a0A consignment of 120 Friesian bulls stayed local, with all trading at $765-$845, $3.30-$3.53\/kg, on a lifting market.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The spring sales got underway in the Canterbury Park rostrum on Tuesday, with a store cattle yarding of 620 selling on a grass market to keen local buyers.\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