Yarding 5740 Change -440

Numbers were back by 440 for a yarding of 5740. It was another good quality yarding with good numbers of prime cattle in all sections along with fair numbers to suit the feeders. There were also reasonable numbers of young cattle to suit the restockers and backgrounders.

Young cattle to the trade were firm with the prime vealers and yearlings selling from 446c to 515c/kg. Feeder steers and heifers were up to 20c dearer with very strong support from northern buyers. The feeder steers sold from 490c to 587c while the feeder heifers sold from 460c to 534c/kg. Young cattle to the restockers were up to 80c dearer with the young steers selling to 740c and the young restocker heifers sold to 650c/kg.

Grown steers and heifers were firm to 3c dearer with the prime grown steers selling from 450c to 502c while the prime grown heifers sold from 470c to 496c/kg. Cows were 2c to 5c cheaper with the 3 scores to the processors selling from 355c to 402c/kg. Prime heavy weight cows sold from 380c to 419c to average 405c/kg. Cows to the restockers sold from 340c to 414c/kg. Heavy bulls sold to 445c/kg.

David Monk

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