Yarding 7690 Change +590

With the strong markets along with the continuing dry conditions in much of the drawing are the numbers keep coming with the yarding lifting by 600 for a total of 7690. Once again there were large numbers of cows and their weaner calves throughout the yarding. There were some good runs of well finished grown heifers along with some good runs of young cattle to suit the feeders. Not all the regular buyers were present with a couple of restocker orders absent

Young cattle to the trade were around firm with prime yearlings selling from 410c to 498c/kg. Feeder steers were 6c to 10c dearer while the feeder heifers though were 15c to 20c/kg cheaper. Feeder steers sold from 440c to 528c while the feeder heifers sold from 390c to 460c/kg. Young cattle to the restockers were up to 25c cheaper though the young steers still sold to 594c/kg. Young restocker heifers sold to 467c/kg.

Prime grown heifers were 10c dearer selling from 420c to 480c/kg. Cows were 4c to 9c dearer with the 2 and 3 scores to the processors selling from 312c to 395c/kg. Prime heavy weight cows sold from 383c to 419c to average 400c/kg. Cows to the restockers sold from 270c to 372c/kg. Heavy bulls were 10c dearer selling to 430c/kg.

David Monk

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