A great line-up of heavy cattle in particular highlighted the August store cattle sale at the Central Victorian Livestock Exchange on Friday.
In a yarding of 2100 quality cattle, the opening pens featured well finished steers weighing 470 to 560 kilograms and competition from Gippsland and feedlotters pushed prices to a top of $2270 and in a range mainly of $1900 to $2200.
TB White & Sons auctioneer Tom Madden, said the sale was "as good as we've seen it".
"We had heavy steers topping out at over $2200 and the better weaner steers $1600 to $1800 and the odd sale a shade higher," he said.
"The Gippsland buyers were strong. They knew what they wanted, they bought good cattle in good runs.
"The cattle were at weights that suited the grass finishers and feeders as well."
Elders auctioneer Graeme Nicholson said the sale was "red hot".
"From go to whoa probably the best I have ever seen. There wasn't a soft spot and even the cows and calves sold very well," he said.
He said weaners made 450c/kg to 500c/kg and the lighter cattle even higher.
He said the yarding reflected that a lot of cattle had been sold out of the area already.
Cows and calves sold generally between $2200 and $2500 per outfit.
A pen of 14 Angus steers sold account Nectarbrook, weighed 560kg, 18-20 months, and made $2250.
Kilpatrick Farms, sold nine, at 520kg, for $2120 and a second pen of 11 at 459kg that made $1960.
The Valley sold 11 at 492kg for $2040 as well as a pen of seven weaner steers, 353kg, that made $1480.
Hemley Pastoral forwarded a consignment that included five Limousin steers, 611kg, that sold for $2200. Another pen of six, 654kg, sold for $1970 and eight, 523kg, made $1970. The same vendor had a pen of 15 Angus weaner steers that weighed 437kg and made $1780,13 at 444kg that made $1750, nine at 387kg at $1620 and eight at 401kg that made $1690.
Pingiaro/Fenton sold a pen of 20 steers, 489kg, that made $2070, while K Shanley sold a pen of 14 weighing 499kg that sold for $2000.
Ian Wylie, Daelroem Angus, Mt Mercer, sold steers 10-12 months, to a top of $1720 for a pen of 30 weighing 398kg.
The Alexander Family Trust sold a pen of 10 steers, at 441kg, that made $1880 as well as a pen of 11, 392kg, for $1700 and 13 at 337kg for $1590. The same vendor had heifers comprising a pen of 19 at 390kg that sold for $1500.
Laureville's consignments was headed by a pen of 14, 18 months, that weighed 500kg and sold for $2110. They also sold a pen of 31 weaner steers, 10-11 months, 412kg, at $1750. It's heifer portion comprised a pen of 14 at 388kg that sold for $1490 and a second pen of 11 hat weighed 327kg and made $1370.
Stonehill Partners sold 11 steers at 400kg for $1720.
Heavy heifers included a pen of 13 sold account SJ Mullane and Sons, that weighed 516kg and sold for $2030.
AJ & KM McErvale sold a pen of 11 Angus heifers, 14-15 months, 425kg, that made $1590. The same vendor sold five steers, 457kg for $1850.
Riverside Holdings forwarded a consignment of 10-13 months old, mixed sex Angus weaners. The top pen comprised 19 weighing 391kg that sold for $1680. Other pens included 26 at 343kg that made $1570 and 14 at 307kg for $1445. The same vendor's heifers sold to $1450 for a pen of 19, 362kg, 12 at 323kg that sold for $1310 and 14 at 303kg that made $1260.
A quality draft of weaners came forward from J & S Smith, Trawalla, 10-12 months, Franc blood, that included a pen of 22 that weighed 328kg and sold for $1500. A further 16, at 293kg sold for $1430. The heifer portion comprised 23 that weighed 295kg and sold for $1400, a pen of 25, at 265kg, that made $1190 and 12 at 235kg that made $1020.
At the lighter end of the weighed cattle was a draft account Loftwood, Gordon, that included a pen of 12 weighing 219kg that made $1250.
Carinya Stock Yard Hill sold 18 weaner steers, 175kg, that made $1140.
