Numbers eased this sale with agents yarding 1587 head. Quality was fair with good numbers of well bred cattle penned along with the few secondary types. Most of the usual buyers were present and competing in a dearer market.
Yearling steers to processors held firm to sell from 484 to 510c/kg. Those to feed jumped 10 to 15c/kg and more in places. Middleweights sold from 462 to 566c and heavies received from 470 to 540c/kg. The heifer portion showed an easier trend partly related to quality. Feeders paid from 440 to 495c with the better types to processors receiving from 447 to 499c/kg.
Heavy steers and bullocks sold from 420 to 490c/kg. Grown heifers ranged in price from 352 to 474c/kg. Cows lifted 7 to 14c with heavy 2 score from 360 to 380c and 3 score 378 to 428c/kg. The best heavy bull reached 380c/kg.