15-month steers sold to $1000 then $700 to $880.
15-month bulls made $820. Weaner bulls sold for $602 to $608, down to $480 to $500.
Top weaner steers made $900 and light steers made $450 to $492 down to $300.
Good 2-year heifers made $1050 to $1160, then $940 to $950 down to $840 to $875.
15-month heifers sold for $820, then $752 down to $515 to $605.
Weaner heifers sold for $710, down to $450 to $465.
Good feeder calves sold for $300 to $308, then $250 to $295, medium calves $180 to $235, light calves made $120 to $170 then $40 to $90.
• Matakohe Sale:
Held on Friday, September 16, with a good entry of 300 cattle, the sale was quoted as very strong like the rest.
Good 2-year whiteface and devon cross steers sold for $1260 to $1450.
Good 1-year friesian bulls sold for $900 to $1060.
1-year whiteface steers made $850 to $1010.
Autumn born friesian bull calves made $500 and $580.
Good 2-year heifers made $1150 to $1250.
Whiteface cows and calves sold for $1200.
1-year whiteface heifers made $798 to $815 and weaner heifer calves made $400 to $520.
• Maungakaramea Sale:
Held on Saturday, September 17, the sale went very well in spite of the deluge, that nearly drowned everyone but the sale went just the same as usual.
2-year whiteface steers made $1200 and angus steers $990.
1-year angus cross and whiteface steers made $700 to $860 and friesian steers $800.
Autumn-born, cross-bred steers made $1075 and weaner friesian bull calves made $420 to $520.
Cows and calves fetched $545 all counted and empty cows $800.
2-year angus heifers made $825.
1-year whiteface, angus and cross bred heifers sold for $690 to $765.
Autumn-born weaner heifers fetched $505 to $540.
• Sheep:
Good lambs made $94 and hoggets $80, mixed-age ewes $60 and ewes and lambs sold for $61 all counted.
• Pigs:
Good weaners sold from $80 to $85 and sows RW boar $100 to $150
• Wellsford Sale:
The offering was very light at Wellsford on Monday, September 19; values eased a little due to export schedules dropping and a shortage of grass.
Good prime ox made $1580 to $1680 (2.86c-2.93c), then $1100 to $1490 (2.59c-2.84c).
Prime heifers sold for $1530 (2.82c) then $1040 to $1250 (2.60c-2.82c).
18-month steers made $730 to $875 (4.09c-5.19c) and weaner steers $365 to $575 (3.15c-3.59c).
2-year bulls made $1170 (2.82c) and 1-year bulls $625 to $720 (2.68c-2.82c).
18-month heifers fetched $760 to $905 (2.91c-3.47c), then $450 to $645 (2.58c-3.82c).
• Tuesday:
The entry of prime cattle sold extra well for a small entry and the sheep were quoted as selling exceptionally well.
Prime heifers sold for $1438 to $1517 (2.76c-2.78c), then $1164 to $1367 (2.74c).
Heavy prime cows made $1579 (2.59c) and light cows $504 to $831 (1.53c-1.98c).
• Sheep:
Heavy prime lambs sold for $125 to $133, then $100 to $118, mediums $92 to $99.
Ewes and lambs made $40 to $55 all counted.
Mixed age ewes made $60 to $69, then $58.
Good store lambs made $89 to $91, then $70 to $75, down to $41.
• Feeder Calves:
The feeder calf market eased significantly on the day, the top calves fetched $220 to $305, then $185 to $200, down to $150 to $180, medium calves made $95 to $145 down to $20 to $85.
• Kauri Sale:
Kauri had a very good entry of over 300 store cattle and 335 calves on Tuesday, September 20.
A lot of the cattle were whiteface.
Experts thought the cattle eased a little but if they did it was more on the light cattle and not so much on the very good pens of 2-year whiteface cattle.
30-month steers - whiteface and charolais steers made $1310 and whiteface steers $1250 to $1315.
2-year whiteface steers made $1140, then charolais steers $1160 and murray grey/friesians $1122, 20-month steers sold for $1035 to $1060 for whiteface down to $845.
1-year whiteface steers made $960, then $830 to $895 and light steers $670 to $740.
Hereford-cross steers made $800 and light steers $665 to $710.
Shorthorn cross weaner steers made $605, angus-cross autumn born steer calves made $470 and weaner friesian-cross bulls $550.
Good angus friesian 2-year heifers made $930 to $1060.
18-month Charolais heifers made $860 and Devon heifers $805, Gelbvieh heifers made $730.
Whiteface heifers fetched $830.
A line of 25 autumn whiteface heifers made $898. Murray Grey/friesian heifers sold for $720 to $755. 1-year whiteface heifers made $655 to $735.
Shorthorn-cross weaner heifers made $590 to $610, Murray Greys made $660 and whiteface $635 to $705.
Feeder calf values are a bit mixed but mostly still going okay. A pen of early-born calves made $340, other good lots made $200 to $240, then $160 to $195 down to $115 to $150, and light calves $40 to $95.
• Kaikohe Sale:
Kaikohe was light on Wednesday with 445 mixed cattle.
The market remains firm; heavy 2-year steers sold for $1660 (2.79c), then $1240 to $1430 (2.86c-3.10c) and friesian steers $990 to $1100 (2.71c-2.95c) 18-month steers made $1005 (2.95c) then $775 to $840 (2.96c-3.18c).
Heavy bulls sold for $2180 (3.04c).
Good 1-year steers sold for $920 to $980 (2.93c-3.01c) and light steers $520 to $660; friesian-cross weaner steers made $465 (1.62c) 18-month bulls fetched $740 to $900 (2.74c-2.99c), 1-year mixed bull sold for $685 to $820 (2.88c-4.10c), then weaner bulls $225 to $350.
2-year charolais heifers made $1070 to $1310 (2.74c-3.82c).
Other heavy heifers made $1005 to $1435 (2.27c-2.69c) then $860 to $955 (2.23c-2.69c).
1-year simmental made $760 (2.88c) weaner heifers sold for $340 to $465 and weaner bulls $418 to $595, the advertised cows and calves sold for $1465 to $1590.
Heavy empty cows sold for $1050 to $1225 (2.14c-2.19c) then $875 to $915 (1.82c-1.99c) down to $645 to $690 (1.74c).
• Annual Bull Sales:
Kevin Flower Hereford Bull Sale:
Held at the Dargaville bull sale; a total clearance with the 30 2-year bulls averaged $3003 and the 24 yearling bulls averaged $2175 over all for a very good result.
compiled by Brian Sills
