STRATHALBYN
Yarding: 1100 weaners
Steers to $1400
Heifers to $1290
STEERS sold to $1400 at Strathalbyn on Friday, in a very strong sale.
Elders Strathalbyn branch manager Danny Reynolds said the full yarding met “animated bidding, particularly from restockers looking for breeders”.
“There was good quality from a weight point of view on the back of a brilliant feed season,” he said.
Mr Reynolds said steers were generally $30 dearer, or up about 10 cents a kilogram.
“Heifers, while being lighter in weight, were the big improvers – up to 30c/kg dearer,” he said.
The top price pen was offered by AL Eichner, KI, who sold five Boonarkm-blood Angus steers, weighing 420kg, at $1400 or $3.33/kg to Princess Royal, while a further 14 steers, 340kg, made $1270 or $3.73/kg, and their 12 sisters, 304kg, made $1110 or $3.65/kg.
First pen honours went to Allan Manning, Woodside, with 10 April-drop Newlyn Park-bld Angus steers, 408kg, which made $1380 or $3.38/kg to Thomas Foods International.
TFI also paid $1380 or $3.71/kg for 18 Angus steers, 372kg, from S&T Clark, KI, who also sold 19 steers, 322kg, at $1260 or $3.91/kg to Landmark Strathalbyn.
Richard Crowley Nominees, Balhannah, sold 13 March/April-drop Angus steers, 382kg, at $1350 or $3.53/kg to Princess Royal.
Elders’ first steer offering made $1320 or $3.44/kg for 25 March/April-drop Raven-bld Angus, 384kg, from Buck Pastoral, KI.
Buck Pastoral also sold 17 steers, 324kg, at $1260 or $3.89/kg; 12 Ferndale-bld Red Angus, 352kg, at $1250 or $3.55/kg; and nine Red Angus, 327kg, at $1240 or $3.79/kg.
GT Roberts, KI, sold 14 April/May-drop steers, 221kg, at $1060 or $4.79/kg.
DM&JC Weatherspoon, KI, sold 27 Angus steers, 283kg, at $1200 or $4.24/kg; while RD&LP&DA Howard, KI, sold 19 Murray Grey steers, 265kg, at $1120 or $4.22/kg.
