Due to the very hot conditions numbers were back by 1600 for a yarding of 2550 at Tuesday’s sale in Gunnedah.
It was a pretty good quality yarding with large numbers of well finished cows. There were odd pens of young cattle to suit the feeder buyers though there were only limited numbers of prime conditioned grown steers and heifers. Not all the regular buyers were operating in a pretty fair market.
Young cattle to the trade were 10c cheaper with prime vealers and yearlings selling from 385c to 435c/kg. Light weight feeder steers and heifers were dearer while the heavy weight feeders were close to firm. Feeder steers sold from 450c to 494c while the feeder heifers sold from 370c to 435c/kg. Young cattle to the restockers were firm with the young steers selling to 524c while the young heifers to the restockers sold to 420c/kg.
Grown steers and heifers were up to 20c/kg cheaper with quality a factor. Prime grown steers sold from 400c to 440c while the prime grown heifers sold to 432c/kg. Secondary cows were firm, the prime heavy weights though were 8c/kg cheaper. 2 and 3 score cows to the processors sold from 288c to 378c while the prime heavy weights sold from 365c to 393c to average 379c/kg. Heavy bulls sold to 380c/kg.
– with David Monk
Steers up to 200kg sold from 350.2c/kg to 475.2c/kg.
Steers 200kg to 280kg sold from 100c/kg to 550.2c/kg.
Steers 280kg to 330kg sold from 350.2c/kg to 522.2c/kg.
Steers 330kg to 400kg sold from 315.2c/kg to 494.2c/kg.
Steers 400kg to 500kg sold from 340.2c/kg to 490c/kg.
Steers 500kg+ sold from 378.2c/kg to 483.2c/kg.
Heifers up to 200kg sold from 320c/kg to 370c/kg.
Heifers 200kg to 280kg sold from 38.2c/kg to 420c/kg.
Heifers 280kg to 330kg sold from 110.2c/kg to 470.2c/kg.
Heifers 330kg to 400kg sold from 310.2c/kg to 448.2c/kg.
Heifers 400kg to 540kg sold from 236.2c/kg to 435c/kg.
Heifers 540kg+ sold from 188.2c/kg to 435c/kg.
Cows up to 400kg sold from 324.2c/kg to 350.2c/kg.
Cows 400kg to 520kg sold from 10c/kg to 394.2c/kg.
Cows 520kg+ sold from 130.2c/kg to 393.2c/kg.
Bulls up to 450kg sold from 220c/kg to 384.2c/kg.
Bulls 450kg to 600kg sold from 315.2c/kg to 364.2c/kg.
Bulls 600kg+ sold from 352.2/kg to 380c/kg.
Bobby calves mixed sex sold from 30c/kg to 380c/kg.
Bobby calves up to 200kg sold for 445.2c/kg.
Stags sold from 334.2c/kg to 370c/kg.
Yearlings mixed sex sold for 404.2c/kg.
