HEAVIER cattle sold to solid demand at the Warrnambool winter store sale last Friday, where 1885 were yarded - well above the 1500 advertised.
Heavy steers and unjoined heifers were the pens most keenly chased by feedlot buyers, with Warrnambool Stock Agents Association secretary Gerald Madden reporting the sale of heavy steers 6-8cents per kilogram up on the May sale.
Grown Steers sold to $970, weaner steers topped at $754, heavy heifers to $779 and young Charolais cows with calves at foot reached $1400.
Mr Madden reported heavy, grown steers 380-513kg sold from 189-199c/kg, with an isolated sale to 211ckg, while lighter weight steers 300-370kg sold from 195-215c/kg, while fresh conditioned young steers under 300kg sold from 201-293c/kg.
Vendors R&A Fry sold the top lot of nine Angus steers, weighing 513kg, at 189c/kg, or $970, while Strathallan sold 15 Angus steers, weighing 489kg to 191c/kg, or $914.
Rosverland Farms sold two pens of grown Angus steers weighing 440kg and 420kg that sold to 199c/kg and 200c/kg, or $876 and $841 per head, respectively.
Pens of 19 heavy Murray Grey steers weighing 417kg sold to 195c/kg, or $813/head, sold by local producer MR Barber.
Major buyers Jindalee, Hopkins River, Midfield Meats, livestock buyer Peter Touhey who purchased stock for western Victorian and South East South Australia agent and clients, and South West restockers.
Hardys Hill sold 89 Angus steers weighing from 269-444kg that sold to a top of 223c/kg for the lightest pen and averaged 201c/kg.
Black Baldy steers weighing 320kg from AW & T Johnson sold to 205c/kg, or $656, while their lighter paddock mates weighing 268kg sold to 229c/kg, or $615.
D&A Cameron received firm competition for a pen of nine Charolais steers weighing 420kg to 197c/kg or $827 while a pen of Charolais and Red Angus cross steers weighing 353kg sold to 208c/kg, or $734.
Mr Madden reported open auction in the unweighed young steers section topped at $660 per head, however majority of the pens sold between $550-$645.
Heavy heifers ranged from 181-199c/kg, with the top price received for six Simmental-Limousin heifers, weighing 373kg or $743.
Heavier Angus heifers sold by vendor Wuulibah, weighing 410kg sold to 190c/kg, or $779, and account Laang Springs received 181c/kg for eight Angus heifers weighing 426kg, or $772.
Mr Madden said young weaner age heifers were in large supply and sold at similar rate to range from 175-188c/kg.
Toolong Park sold 12 Euro heifers w, weighing 377kg to 190c/kg, or $716.
Similarly local producer Garvie sold 13 Angus heifers, weighing 372kg, also to 190c/kg, or $707, and 18 Angus heifers weighing 319kg to 175c/kg, or $558.
Very light Open Auction young heifers sold from $420 to $485.
Top priced paid for cows and calves was for 13 Charolais Cows, 2nd calvers with 13 Autumn drop Charolais calves at foot and redepastured Charolais Bull sold by J Meyer to $1400 per head and were purchased by an East Gippsland restocker.
Other Cow & Calf Outfits were of light store condition and sold mainly from $600-$850/head.
