Top quality cattle from John and Jane Ellingham of Waitahora made top dollar at last week's Dannevirke cattle sale.
"It was a very strong sale and the $1700 a head we got for a pen of two and a half year-old steers was a good result," Mr Ellingham said.
Overall prices paid were up a little bit on last year.
All the stock entered in the sale were good quality and Mr Ellingham said the reasonably good grass cover allowed him to enter good lines.
"The hot and humid weather helped to get their coats off and they looked great," he said.