Yarded 2943
Steers to $1830
Heifers to $1300
Cows PTIC to $2160
Cows & calves to $2200
THERE has been a lot of well-bred weaner cattle sold out of East Gippsland recently, with all agents holding annual feature sales, but the cattle keep coming – out of the high country and low lands.
Friday’s ordinary store cattle sale at Bairnsdale featured 2943 mostly well bred cattle, showing the signs of a hard summer – in other words, well bred mostly young cattle in plain condition.
Their condition did not affect prices; pens of six month-old calves sold for more than $1000/head.
Competition was led by one buyer, representing a number of clients, bidding for young Angus cattle to background.
A number of other grass finishers and backgrounders from South, Central and West Gippsland nipped at his heels, picking up mostly older or other British-breed cattle.
Angus cattle topped the market, with a pen of 14-16mo 505-575 kilogram D&M Ljujic, Wy Yung, steers selling for $1830.
Brad & Jen Smith, Haven Industries, Tambo Crossing, sent in two pens of 19mo Angus steers, 421kg and 439kg, which sold for $1540.
Geoff & Lyn Johnston, Walpa, sold a line of 16-19mo Ardno-bloodline Hereford steers, topping at $1540, 471kg, and averaging $1420.
Frank Waller, Dargo, also sold yearling-off Angus steers, 473kg, for $1520.
There were a couple of feature lines.
Kelvin & Wendy Ingram, Bonang, sold 9-12mo Black Baldy and Angus steers for an average of $1365 – the top pen, 402kg, sold at $1500.
A line of 200, 8-10mo Hazeldean-bloodline EU-accredited Angus steers, sent in by Mack and Robyn Stagg, Tambo Crossing, sold to $1290, average weight 318kg. The line averaged $1163.
Camphill Pastoral Co, Delegate, sent in 200 6-10mo, Millah Murrah bloodline, Angus steers. The top pen, 291kg, sold at $1220, the line averaged $1158.
J Hayward & Partners, Ensay, sold a pen of Hereford-Shorthorn steers, 369kg, for $1400. A pen of their Black Baldy brothers, 320kg, sold at $1300 to a repeat buyer from South Gippsland.
Bronwyn Llewellyn, Jarrahmond, sold 9mo Charolais steers, 323kg, that returned $1300.
David & Dick Brownlow, The Camp, Bairnsdale, sold a pen of 6-9mo Hereford steers, for $1050.
Heifers sold very well at Bairnsdale, averaging $1000 across the yarding.
Geoff & Lyn Johnston’s 16-19mo Hereford heifers, 418kg, out of Walpa, sold at $1300. A second pen, 363kg, sold at $1140.
Ross Whelan, Lakes Entrance, also sold heifers at $1300 – a pen of 15mo Angus-Friesian females.
T&DP Guarnaccia, Lakes Entrance sold a pen of Black Baldy, Angus and black roan steers for $1180.
Marlo Downs, Marlo, sent in a pen of 12mo Sharinda-bloodline Angus heifers that returned $1140.
Laurie Reed, Delegate, sold weaned 10mo Black Baldy heifers for $1055.
Mack & Robyn Stagg, Tambo Crossing, sold their Hazeldean bloodline, 8-10mo Angus heifers to $1010 – the top weight average was 273kg.
Des & Margaret Knott, Dargo, sold two pens of 8-10mo Hereford heifers, 263kg, to $960.
Pregnancy-tested-in-calf females – cows and heifers – were a popular buy.
Robert & Tom Anton, Toongabbie, sold rising-3yo Pinora-bloodline Angus cows, PTIC to Pinora Angus bulls, calving April, for $2160.
DL&SL Moon, after selling their property, were dispersing their stock – 6-9yo Angus-Friesian cows PTIC to a Limousin bull, calving late June, sold to $1960.
SB Walpole & Sons, Woodside, sold two pens of Hereford heifers PTIC to Balloong Park bulls, for July calving, to $1740.
Joe Jordan, Linden Park, Ensay, sent in Hereford cows, PTIC to an Angus bull, for May/June calving, that returned $1580.
Jim Geehman, Meerlieu, received $1260 for Hereford cows, PTIC to a Hereford bull, for October calving.
The top price for cows and calves went to Chris & Sue Somerville, Deep Creek, for a pen of five Hereford pairs, Mawarra bloodline, for $2200.
Rohan Bingley, Vera Vale, Goon Nure, sold rejoined Angus cows with big Charolais calves, for $2020.
