Sale and districts is suffering from one of the driest starts to winter.
This comes on the back of only a reasonable autumn, but despite this, agents offered a very small yarding of just 181 head, Friday.
Potential buyers knew the day before of the small number of cattle, and some of the regular buyers did not attend.
Of those who did, only two purchased more than 50 head, and one of these was a processor’s feedlot company.
It was fair to say that due to the lack of ability for buyers to put together a load, demand was weaker, and prices followed suit.
Top of the sale was a pen of 10 Angus-Friesian bullocks (446kgs), offered by P McDiarmid, which sold for $1310. There were only three, or four, other vendors that sold more than 10 head. The quality of the yarding was generally quite good. B&D Ray sold 11 Angus steers from $990-$1270.
Top of the sale was a pen of 10 Angus-Friesian bullocks (446kgs), offered by P McDiarmid, which sold for $1310.
There were only three, or four, other vendors that sold more than 10 head.
The quality of the yarding was generally quite good.
B&D Ray sold 11 Angus steers from $990-$1270.
The top pen of five Angus steers were weighed and equalled 338c/kg lwt.
C&M Spencer sold six Angus steers from $1000-$1180, and J&S Chown, eight Angus steers for $940.
This market did have everything. MH&MY Riley sold 12 Friesian bullocks from $1060-$1130, and “Moconna”, eight Jersey cross bullocks for $790.
AB&LH Wrigglesworth were the largest vendor, selling 21 Friesian and Friesian-cross steers, from $500-$670, and 19 similar-bred heifers from $590-$620.
Top of the heifer sale was M McKenzie selling 12 Angus heifers from $760-$940.
Very light heifers of D Steer, sold from $500-$600.
“Moconna” sold the only cows and calves, being cows and calves, for $1920.
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