YEA
STRONG competition saw cows and calves make up to $3050 twice at Yea’s feature female sale last Wednesday.
There were about 900 feature female cattle on offer, and about 200 store cattle.
This price was achieved by the Janiemont Pastoral, Woodfield, cows with August/September drop calves at-foot (CAF). The cows had been redepastured to an Anvil Angus bull.
The Dunn & Webster, Thorton, cows with their second CAF, by Rennylea bulls, also achieved the equal top-price.
The cows had likewise been redepastured to an Anvil Angus bull.
Clamon Angus, Monegeeta, sold a large draft of cows and August/September drop calves, as part of a herd dispersal. Chris Pollard, Landmark, said the draft topped at $3040. They had used Te Mania bloodlines in the herd and introduced Ardrossan bulls in the past few years. The draft included third to sixth calvers. The cows were redepastured to Clamon blood Angus bulls.
Joined females also sold very well; with the top pen of 16 Larnoo Ag heifers, rising two years-old, Brindabella bred, PTIC to Coolana Angus bulls, making $2925.
Glenfiddich Highlands’ Angus heifers, rising 2.5 year-old, Te Mania blood, PTIC to Te Mania bull made $2230.
Adam Mountjoy, Rodwells, said the better drafts of joined heifers made $2400-$2600, and there was a base price of $2000 for black heifers.
Ryan Sargeant, Elders, added it was difficult to buy PTIC Angus heifers under $2300. He said that reflected a shortage in supply of female cattle as many people had sold them off in the past 12 months.
Mr Mountjoy said most buyers came from the local region and into the North East. Mr Pollard said there were also some buyers from Ballarat, Gippsland and even the Western District.
Mr Sargeant said older cows, including fourth to sixth calvers, with little CAF also made “very good money”, with most of them selling for $1900-$2300. Overall, he said the female cattle sold very well.
“Compared to Wodonga on Thursday and Friday, the prices at Yea were a couple of hundred dollars (a head) better,” Mr Sargeant said.
DUBBO, NSW
AN OUTSTANDING yarding of pregnancy tested heifers making to $1800 followed a dearer steer weaner market topping at $1135 in a 1000 head yarding at Dubbo store cattle sale last Friday.
Steer weaners averaged 431 cents a kilogram or $816 for the 370 head sold while 250 weaner heifers averaged $800 or 365c/kg.
Charolais PTIC heifers made the top money among the 52 head offering averaging close to $1500.
A limited number of cows with calves sold up to $2100 to average $1640.
CARCOAR, NSW
COWS with calves sold to a top of $2740 at the Carcoar, NSW, store cattle sale last Friday.
There were 1710 cattle offered and the National Livestock Reporting Service said the market started at very dear levels.
Weaners made up a big chunk of the market and weaner steers weighing less that 200 kilograms sold from $640 to $940, while those more than 200kg were knocked down for $920 to $1300.
Weaner heifers sold from $440 (for the lighter types) to $1025.
Bidding on the yearling steers started at $700 and topped at $1340, while the yearling heifers sold from $600 to $1200.
Pregnancy-tested in-calf females sold from $1375 to $2360.
Cows with calves less than two months sold from $1250 to $2360, and cows with calves from two to four months ranged from $1360 to $2740.
The top-priced pen were large-framed European-cross cows with large CAF.