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Levin Stock Sale Report
Levin Sale on a windy day, good bench of buyers. Calves Friesian bulls $30 to $50, lambs — store $70 — $90, M/A ewes $90. Cattle sold well. Char wnr hfrs $640, F/H heifers $500 to $400, Angus steers $440, Angus heifers $330.
Rongotea Sale Report May 18
The first bite of winter kept some familiar faces away and some new faces in the rostrum at Rongotea today reported Darryl Harwood of NZ Farmers Livestock.
3 year Friesian — Hereford cross steers 445 kg — 547 kg made $2.23/kg — $2.29/kg and Angus steers 532 kg made $2.52/kg.
3 year Hereford bulls 800 kg made $2.54/kg.
3 year Red Devon cross heifers 598 kg made $2.18/kg.
2 year Ayrshire bulls 485 kg made $2.27/kg, Friesian — Hereford cross bulls 623 kg made $2.57/kg and Jersey bulls 515 kg made $2.14/kg.
2 year Friesian — Hereford cross heifers 455 kg — 478 kg made $2.30/kg — $2.34/kg, Charolais cross heifers 495 kg made $2.22/kg and Friesian heifers 280 kg — 384 kg made $1.25/kg — $1.69/kg.
18 month Charolais cross steers 385 kg made $2.21/kg and White Galloway cross steers 365 kg made $1.99/kg.
Yearling Friesian — Hereford cross steers 147 kg — 350 kg made $2.09/kg — $3.47/kg, Angus cross steers 100 kg — 255 kg made $2.24/kg — $2.63/kg and Friesian steers 180 kg — 229 kg made $2.00/kg — $2.51/kg.
Yearling Friesian bulls 133 kg — 275 kg made $2.09/kg — $2.53/kg, Friesian — Hereford cross bulls 170 kg — 243 kg made 2.12/kg — $2.38/kg and Murray Grey cross bulls 118 kg made $2.38/kg.
Yearling Friesian — Hereford cross heifers 120 kg — 348 kg made $2.19/kg — $2.92/kg, Angus cross heifers 135 kg — 302 kg made $2.00 — $2.32/kg and Speckle Park cross heifers 181 kg — 205 kg made $2.29/kg — $3.26/kg.
Weaner Friesian — Hereford cross steers 135 kg — 179 kg made $400 — $570, Angus cross steers 200 kg made $610 and Charolais cross steers 215 kg made $590.
Weaner Friesian — Hereford cross heifers 161 kg made $540, Angus cross heifers 194 kg made $500 and Charolais cross heifers 215 kg made $560.
RWB beef cows 440 kg — 498 kg made $1.48/kg — $1.77/kg.
Friesian boner cows 411 kg — 563 kg made $1.19/kg — $1.70/kg and cross bred boners 400 kg made $1.15/kg.
In the calf pens, Friesian — Hereford cross bull calves made $85 — $145 and Angus cross bull calves made $85. Friesian — Hereford cross heifer calves made $45 — $150 and Charolais cross heifer calves made $105 — $165.