Numbers lifted slightly this sale with agents yarding 1632 head. Quality was fair with some excellent runs of well bred and present cattle offered along with secondary types. The usual buyers were present and competing in a dearer market.
Yearling steers lifted 8 to 12c/kg. Middle and heavyweights to feed sold from 475 to 536c/kg. Finished types to processors received from 430 to 492c/kg. The heifer portion was also 10 to 12c better with those to feed selling from 425 to 485c/kg. Better finished types to processors ranged from 450 to 475c/kg.
Heavy steers and bullocks reached 485c/kg. Grown heifers sold from 416 to 470c/kg. Cows held steady with heavy finished cows from 375 to 405c/kg. Plainer types ranged from 355 to 379c/kg. The best heavy bull reached 412c/kg.