One of our neighbours is interested in buying J's three steers. He wants us to come up with a price and maybe he will deal.
I went to the Wednesday market at Stortford Lodge in Hastings yesterday to do some market research. I now have an idea of the approximate weight of the steers and price J should ask for.
Cattle were sold in batches of up to 20 at one go. They are weighed on scales in the auction ring. and the priice per head and kilo displayed on a screen above the auctioneer.
A large number of beef animals sold were from the Chatham Islands. They had been brought over by boat on Tuesday. They looked a lot ligher by age that J's 3 steers. There must be a shortage of good grass over there...
There were also some good young beef steers sold from Wairoa. If I had the land, I would have bought them!
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