Prime Cattle
September 19
Yarding: 869
Cattle numbers eased slightly and the quality improved. There was a good run of one mark heavy cows. Yearlings were limited but the quality improved. Grown cattle were again in short supply. The few weaners sold from 260c to 278c/kg for the steers. Restocking yearling steers made from 270c to 295c/kg. Medium weight feeder steers sold from 270c to 305c/kg. Heavy weights made a top of 296c/kg. Feeder heifers sold from 269c to 282c/kg. Trade cattle made from 280c to 311c/kg.
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The limited supply of grown steers and bullocks reached a top of 310c/kg and C muscled grown heifers sold from 268c to 271c/kg. Heavy cows sold from 208c to 247c/kg. The 2 score cows were stronger, making from 196c to 212c on limited numbers. The calves sold to $285/head for the steers and $235/head for heifers.
Category, Weight, Qty, c/kg, $/Hd
- Light Steers, 350, 145, Top 304.2 $999, Av 273.1 $822, Light Heifers, 350, 84, Top 304.2 $90, Av 214.6 $624
- Trade Steers, 351 - 500, 70, Top 311.2 $1489, Av 289 $1169, Trade Heifers, 351 - 500, 43, Top 310.2 $1255, Av 260.4 $1042
- Export Steers, 501 +, 15 Top 310.2 $1737, Av 302.7 $1653, Export Heifers, 501 +, 3, Top 290 $1605, Av 277.8 $1514
- Cows, 283, Top 247.2 $1628, Av 228.6 $1284
- Bulls, 700, 6, Top 130 $442, Av 125.6 $398, Bulls, 700 +, 2, Top 220 $2046, Av 212.6 $1951
Prime Sheep & Lamb
September 18
Yarding: 9238
Lamb numbers nearly halved. There were almost 3,000 new season lambs penned. The quality was a little plainer in the trade and heavy lamb runs. New season lambs made from $103 to $150/head. Medium and heavy trade weights sold from $153 to $174/head. Heavy lambs made $176 to $194/head. Old trade lambs ranged from $140 to $161/head. Heavy weights sold from $171 to $195 and extra heavy lambs made a top of $214/head. Mutton numbers eased and quality was good. Prices increased, with medium weight ewes selling from $110 to $147/head. Heavy crossbred ewes made $144 to $177/head. Heavy Merino ewes reached $188/head. Heavy Merino wethers topped at $200/head.
Category, Qty, $/Hd
- Suckers XB, 2873, Top 194, Av 151.13
- Lambs Merino, 528, Top 171.60, Av 131.78, Lambs XB, 314, Top 214, Av 178.42
- Hoggets XB, 190, Top 186.2, Av 173.88
- Wethers Merino, 1866, Top 200, Av 124.51
- Ewes XB, 683, Top 177, Av 147.03, Ewes Merino, 2099, Top 188, Av 126.64
