Widespread rain across south western areas of the state reigned in stronger demand for the Ballarat store cattle sale on Friday where a small-ish penning of 1900 head was assembled.
An eager gallery of lot feeder buyers and restockers provided sustained bidding throughout the rain soaked market especially on better presented lines of younger, yearling-off and weaner cattle which saw only a handful of lots sold below $1000 a head.
Quotes from the market include:
Steers: 450-609kg $1460-$1900, average 325c/kg lwt; 360-450kg $1310-$1610, av 363c; 280-360kg $1160-$1380, av 391c; 200-280kg $900-$1210, av 461c;
Heifers: 360-437kg $1190-$1500, av 335c; 280-360kg $1000- $1290, av 350c; 200-280kg $800-$1090, av 395c.
Cows and heifers, with calves at foot, made to $2300 and cows, pregnancy tested in calf, made to $1870 a head.
For a more detailed report of Ballarat’s August store cattle sale get your August-25 edition of Stock & Land.
