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Coalgate sale August 25

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High prices drew out the end of the old season lambs at Coalgate on Thursday, and the prime pens in particular were well-stocked.
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Prime lamb quality was very good, with most making $111-$135, third cuts $100-109. Prime ewes were of mixed quality, but prices were firm. Most sold for $80-$97, though there were plenty on either side of this range. Store lamb numbers were boosted by a consignment of shorn Merino lambs, which earned $84-$93. Most lambs fetched $80-$96.

Scanned-in-lamb breeding ewes fetched $100-$130, and a line of 157 ewes with 137 lambs at foot returned $54.

Quality was also better in the prime cattle pens and prices reflected the improvement, with steers firming to $2.90-$2.97/kg and the best of the heifers $2.80-$2.93/kg. Local trade heifers made $2.72-$2.78/kg, dairy $2.24-$2.28/kg. Cows sold on steady market, with most making $1.88-$1.98/kg.

A consignment of R1 Angus and Angus-Hereford featured in a moderate yarding of store cattle. Angus steers traded at $755-$985, and their sisters, $755. The top line of Angus-Hereford heifers made $835. R2 Hereford-Friesian steers, 436kg, sold for $1340, $3.07/kg.

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