There was a slight lift in numbers and the quality was good with plenty of grain assisted trade cattle and several big drafts of large framed feeders. Weaners were limited and there was only a few well finished grown steers and bullocks and the grown heifer run was lighter. A mixed run of around 330 cows were offered and the market sold to stronger trends than the last sale 2 weeks ago. There was plenty of breeds represented and this cause the spread in prices.
Weaner steers reached 440c and heifers 342c/kg. Medium weight feeder steers sold upto 15c stronger reaching 468c and heavy weights ranged from 350c to 454c/kg. Feeder heifers lifted 10c with the medium weights 321c to 381c and heavy feeder heifers reached 413.6c/kg. A lovely run of grain fed trade cattle lifted 30c with most selling from 360c to 404c/kg.
Prime grown steers and bullocks ranged between 360c and 370c and a lighter run of grown heifers sold to 370c to process. Heavy cows were 5c to 10c stronger selling from 265c to 319.2c and the leaner medium weight 2 scores 220c to 272c/kg the latter for PTIC cows.