Yarding 4830 Change +1570

The first sale for the new financial year found a few extra cattle with numbers lifting by 1600 for a yarding of 4830. It was a mixed yarding with good numbers of prime cattle in all sections along with fair numbers to suit the feeders. There were also good numbers of plainer quality secondary cattle. A full field of buyers competed strongly.

Young cattle to the processors were 8c dearer with prime vealers and yearlings selling from 350c to 420c/kg. Feeder steers and heifers were 7c to 12c dearer with the feeder steers selling from 340c to 479c while the feeder heifers sold from 320c to 412c/kg. Weaners to the restockers were a little cheaper with the young steers selling to 458c and the young restocker heifers sold to 355c/kg.

The better selection of grown steers were 15c to 20c dearer while grown heifers finished 5c/kg cheaper. Prime grown steers sold from 310c to 429c while the prime grown heifers sold from 300c to 410c/kg. Cows were firm to 3c cheaper despite the higher top price. 2 and 3 score cows sold from 252c to 326c while prime heavy weight cows sold from 310c to 364c to average 338c/kg. Limited numbers of cows to the restockers sold to 278c/kg.  Heavy bulls sold to 340c/kg.

Report produced by David Monk.

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