There was a good turnout of cattle at the Hobson & Co Monthly Charlgrove auction. 648 Cattle came under the hammer, with quality cattle fetching good prices. Notable prices were:
- A fat cow sold for R8250 by Darian Keeton of Hope Farm realizing R13.64/kg
- John Ford sold 15 Weaners for R4400 achieving R15.77/kg
Prices were as follows:
Type of Stock | No of Stock | Average Price | Average Price/Kg |
Cows & Calves | 21 | R5700 | R5700 |
Bulls | 16 | R6006.25 | R11.74/kg |
Cows | 109 | R5333.94 | R12.03/kg |
Weaners | 433 | R2931.12 | R14.53/kg |
Heifers | 20 | R4085.00 | R11.29/kg |
Oxen | 26 | R6578.85 | R13.40/kg |
Frieslands/Jersey X | 23 | R2689.13 | R9.18/kg |
The next auction is to be held on 17 September 2013