Numbers eased slightly this sale with agents yarding 1569 head. Quality was fair with some good lines of well bred cattle offered along with the plainer types. The usual buyers were present and competing in a dearer market.
Yearling steers lifted 10 to 15c/ kg with feeders paying from 450 to 508c/kg for middle and heavyweights. Those to processors ranged in price from 465 to 473c/kg. The heifer portion was 5 to 7c better with those to feed selling from 403 to 470c/kg. The finished lines of the trade sold from 424 to 450c/kg.
Heavy steers and bullocks sold from 420 to 460c/kg. Grown heifers ranged in price from 390 to 440c/kg. A quality yarding of cows lifted 10c/kg with heavy finished cows selling from 370 to 405c/kg. Plainer secondary cows sold from 360 to 388c/kg. The best heavy bull reached 429c/kg.