Yarding 3820 Change +230

Numbers were up by 230 for a yarding of 3820. It was a good quality yarding with good numbers of well finished grown cattle and yearlings to suit the processors along with fair numbers to suit the feeders. Cows were well supplied and there were also fair numbers of plainer cattle in from the far west. Most of the usual buyers were operating except for a southern export processor and a central west feeder buyer.

Young cattle to the trade were 4c to 9c dearer with prime vealers selling to 412c while the prime yearlings sold from 320c also to 412c/kg. Feeder steers finished firm to 6c dearer while the feeder heifers were up to 20c/kg cheaper. Feeder steers sold from 340c to 466c while the feeder heifers sold from 290c to 406c/kg. A number of the young cattle to the restockers were cheaper though the young steers still sold to 463c and the young heifers to the restockers sold to 346c/kg.

Grown steers and heifers were 16c to 25c dearer with the prime grown steers selling from 360c to 428c while the prime grown heifers sold from 320c to 413c/kg. The best of the cows were firm to 3c cheaper while the secondary cows were 10c/kg dearer. 2 and 3 score cows sold from 175c to 293c while the prime heavy weight cows sold from 230c to 344c to average 311c/kg. Heavy bulls sold to 336c/kg.

Report produced by David Monk.

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