In larger young cattle lines offered this week, these 155 Charolais x Charbray backgrounder heifers 229kg at 8-11 months from St George made 562c/kg, while 160 of their steer brothers 243kg made 652c.     Breeding females

PRICE recovery was evident in most heifer and some steer categories in online trading this week, where the offering lifted 14 percent on last week to 11,846 head. Restockers were again active on young cattle ahead of forecast rain.

Breeding female price trends were mixed after some big falls the week before.

Clearance reached 85pc, down 4 percentage points on the previous week.

New South Wales supplied the largest share of listings at 6154 head, with Queensland 4033 head.

Steers 200-280kg posted a solid 36c/kg gain to average 633c, clearing 96pv of the 1349 offered.

Trending down were the next two steer weight categories, with 280-330kg examples losing 5c to average 593c (98pc of the offering of 1192 cleared), while 330-400kg steers lost a whopping 77c to average 549c (clearing 69pc of the 991 offered).

Feeder steers +400kg lifted 23c to average 558c/kg, clearing all 574 offered.

Heifers 200-280kg rose 29c to average 530c/kg on an 89pc clearance of 1100 head,, while the 280-330kg heifers offering 1927 head, lifted 26c to average 529c/kg, clearing 92pc.

Heavy heifers +400kg held steady at 492c/kg, although clearance reached only 52pc.

In larger young cattle lines offered this week, 240 Angus x Brangus backgrounder heifers 178kg at 6-9 months in store to backward store from Cloncurry, Northwest Queensland made 476-482c/kg, while 260 of their steer brothers averaging 183kg made 625c/kg.

Further south, 228 Santa and Santa cross weaned steers 227kg at 6-18 months out of Winton made 638c/kg, and 155 Charolais x Charbray backgrounder heifers 229kg at 8-11 months from St George made 562c/kg, and 160 of their steer brothers 243kg made 652c.

Breeding females

Among larger breeding cattle categories this week, 698 NSM heifers and calves cleared 65pc, with prices down $22/pair to average$3129.

PTIC heifers cleared only 48pc of the offering of 291, with prices lifting $139 to average $2359, while 233 PTIC cows cleared 56pc to average $2382, down $158.

Source: AuctionsPlus