There were 570 sheep and 200 cattle on offer at the latest Bedford monthly sale. Prices were good, while the stock was outstanding. Prices were as follows:
Type of Stock | No of Stock | Average Price | Average Price/kg |
Rams | 70 | R923.57 | R13.60/kg |
Lambs (A2+) | 92 | R835.43 | R22.76/kg |
Ram Lambs | 33 | R740.00 | R17.41/kg |
Store Lambs | 150 | R773.07 | R19.55/kg |
Lambs AB Grade (AB2+) | 58 | R925.95 | R19.55/kg |
Mutton (C1) | 25 | R740.00 | R15.23/kg |
Mutton (C2+) | 142 | R930.07 | R19.02/kg |
A Grades (Thin) | 2 | R7000.00 | R15.22/kg |
A Grades (A2+) | 16 | R6934.84 | R17.59/kg |
AB Grades (Thin) | 1 | R2800.00 | R8.12/kg |
AB Grades (AB2+) | 32 | R8179.69 | R17.96/kg |
B Grades (B2+) | 20 | R6555.00 | R15.45/kg |
Bulls (Slaughter) | 3 | R12633.33 | R16.44/kg |
Cows (Very Thin) | 2 | R5800.00 | R10.50/kg |
Cows (Store/C1) | 22 | R6000.00 | R13.71/kg |
Cows (C2+) | 54 | R7745.37 | R15.74/kg |
Heifers 250-280kg | 1 | R4500.00 | R18.75/kg |
Nguni Tollies <180kg | 1 | R1000.00 | R7.69/kg |
Nguni Tollies 181-210kg | 2 | R1900.00 | R10.00/kg |
Nguni Tollies 251-280kg | 4 | R3100.00 | R12.11/kg |
Nguni Tollies 281-320kg | 1 | R4000.00 | R13.56/kg |
Slaughter Oxen | 23 | R10763.43 | R17.30/kg |
Tollies 211-250kg | 3 | R4550.00 | R19.78/kg |
Tollies 251-280kg | 4 | R5050.00 | R18.63/kg |
Tollies 321kg+ | 9 | R5777.78 | R17.20/kg |