There was a large sale held at the recent Grahamstown Monthly Auction. 976 Sheep & Goats and 567 cattle came under the hammer. Buyers had a wide variety of stock to choose from with prices being very good. Prices were as follows:
Type of Stock | No of Stock | Average Price | Average Price/kg |
Rams | 21 | R1042.86 | R12.54/kg |
Ewes | 269 | R770.95 | R18.56/kg |
Lambs | 510 | R772.32 | R21/82/kg |
Boergoats | 139 | R647.84 | R20.38/kg |
Angoras | 39 | R380.83 | R10.79/kg |
Bulls | 22 | R7400.00 | R12.54/kg |
Cows | 109 | R5025.69 | R12.09/kg |
Calves | 278 | R3378.33 | R17.96/kg |
Heifers | 77 | R4631.17 | R13.23/kg |
Oxen | 26 | R4903.85 | R12.56/kg |
Cows & Calves | 46 | R7730.43 | R7730.43 |
Fries/ Jersey X | 9 | R2133.33 | R11.81/kg |