Numbers lifted slightly this sale as the dry weather continues. Agents yarded 3526 head and quality was very mixed. There was a large percentage of secondary bred cattle penned along with the well bred lines. The usual buyers were present and competing.
Yearling steers lifted 4 to 8c/kg with middle and heavyweights to feed selling from 430 to 522c/kg. The few finished types to processors slipped in price receiving from 430 to 465c/kg. The heifer portion showed a cheaper trend though partly related to quality. Those to feed ranged in price from 405 to 450c/kg while those to processors sold from 380c to 430c/kg.
Heavy steers and bullocks sold from 410 to 465c/kg. Grown heifers received from 366 to 435c/kg. Cows eased 6 to 9c/kg with heavy finished cows selling from 370 to 415c/kg. The plainer types ranged from 356 to 388c/kg. The best heavy bull reached 413c/kg.