Some very good sales were seen during the Yea agents, annual calved and joined female sale on Friday.
The crowd was not all that large, but did include buyers from South Gippsland, that aided good prices.
Local producers aided some of the good results, that produced some of the best prices at sales in the North-East.
A partial herd dispersal of Hereford cows and calves, offered by Bob Webster, “Webster Primary”, saw their lead pen of 21 cows, 3-5 years-old, with quality calves to 4 months, and rejoined, sell for $2000.
There was plenty of competition for these Herefords, which have a long history of quality.
Prices of $1500, $1700, $1800 and the top price, do not indicate the level of bidding.
A&K Meeuwiaan, Woori Yallock, sold 40 Angus Heifers with calves at foot from 3 to 6 months of age, from $1200 for four smaller frame heifers, to $1850 for big heavy heifers.
Not all heifers and calves carried the frame of condition as some others, and competition varied.
“Prices were good to very good for the better quality heifers, either with or without calves, but the bottom third of the yarding was hard to sell,” Elders Yea manager Ryan Sargeant said.
One of the better sales of leaner cows and calves was 40 Hereford cows with young calves, of Kakariki Pastoral, Whitehead’s Creek. Theses outfits sold from $1225-$1450.
Prices for most of the lighter-weighted outfits were between $900-$1225.
Competition was very solid for the better-weighted, well-grown heifers, that were PTIC to calve from February through to April.
Landmark sold 89 Angus heifers, rising 2 years, for “Three Sisters”, from $1250-$1750, which was the top price for joined females.
David Anderson, Greenhills Herefords, is going out of breeding to fatten steers.
Selling 27 Mawarra and Glendon blood Herefords, rising 2.5 years, and PTIC to the same bloodlines, competition was solid.
Prices ranged between $1300-$1600.
Perry Family Farm, Toolangi, sold 24 Angus heifers, rising 2 years, and PTIC to Kelly Angus bulls, from $1400-$1550.
Not all of the heifers penned were big and bold.
DGA Douglas, Woodstock, sold 90 Langi Kal Kal blood Angus heifers, rising 2 years, which were PTIC to Barwidgee Angus bulls.
These younger heifers were in fair to good condition and sold from $900-$1225.
Moving on to several pens of mixed-age Angus cows, which weighed up to 649 kilograms, saw some not sold at the point of sale, but this was resolved after.
Campsie Glen Angus, Glenburn sold 53 big-frame cows in very good condition, PTIC, from $975-$1250.
Best of the mixed-age cows was 15 Angus cows of Shrublands Estate, Thornton, which sold for $1350.
There were concerns that the older cows may have gone to slaughter, but they made above fat prices.