- Yarded: 3700
Top steer sales
- KP Mugavin: 9 Angus 468kg, 336c/kg; $1572
- Learmonth: 12 Angus 417kg, 357c/kg; $1488
- JJ Gapes: 8 Angus 416kg, 358c/kg; $1489
- BP&ME Smith: 16 Angus 408kg, 358c/kg: $1460
- JB Howard: 24 Angus 407kg, 357c/kg; $1452
- Stuchbery House: 12 Angus 407kg, 350c/kg; $1424
Strong local buying was the key to a highly successful Warrnambool mixed sex weaner sale held on Friday.
Yarding 3700-head at the end of another heavy week of selling, an overnight fall of 30mm of rain before the sale only added further fuel to the local inquiry that pushed steer prices to a sale high of $1572 a head while heifer rates averaged 364c/kg.
The annual yarding, like most others in WD prior, offered plenty of weight. This would have normally suited a sizeable gathering of top-end feeder buyers that attended the sale however the determination of the local enquiry kept feeder orders under control and especially in the heifer market where many lines were returned to the paddock.