Weaner steers attracted strong demand as buyers set their rate at between $1600 and $1800 at the annual Euroa feature sale Wednesday.
The first 77 pens of the weaner section made more than the benchmark $1600 a head.
On a liveweight basis the heavier end of the weaners at 400 kilograms plus sold at 402 cents a kilogram to 427c/kg.
As the weights came back the rates lifted with steers 360kg to 390kg making 440c/kg to 472c/kg and those weighing 314kg to 340kg making 490c/kg to 525c/kg.
Of the light steers those between 270kg and 310kg made to a top of 614c/kg, but most sold in a narrow band of 560c/kg to 590c/kg.
In the grown cattle section the top price was $2000 while the majority sold from $1700 to $1940.
Nutrien Livestock's Russell Mawson, said the weaner sale was "a ripping run" with pretty much all making more than $1600.
He said the older, heavier cattle were making around 400c/kg before the weaners jumped 100c.
He said the buying support fame from a range of feedlots as well as grass driven demand from the northeast region.
Joe Allen, Elders Euroa, said the heavier cattle probably provided some buying opportunities, reflecting the recent prime market.
"Once we got going and the momentum picked up," he said.
The weaners were making either side of 500c/kg with the lightest at the floor price of $1600 a head, he said.
"Buyers were bidding to a dollars per head rather than a cents per kilo," he said.
He said the average would be $700 plus better than the 2019 sale.
It was a credit to the vendors, big and small, the way they presented the cattle, Mr Allen said.
Presented as the first pen of weaner steers was account Marj King, Welwood, Balmattum, that weighed 443kg and sold for $1820.
The regular draft of weaners from Sue Gall and Richard McGeehan, Flowerdale, Euroa, sold to a top of $1800 for a pen of 19 weighing 443kg. A second pen of 27 at 355kg made $1680. They also forwarded a pen of 24 at 302kg that made $1610.
Brothers Simon and Richard Wall, Gowangardie, sold 108 steers to a top of $1720 for 21 steers weighing 372kg. A second pen of 22 at 375kg made $1690. A pen of their lighter steers at 328kg sold for $1650 or 510c/kg, while 22 at 312 sold for $1670 or 535c/kg.
Robert Love, Jumbuck Park, Violet Town, sold 50 steers, including this pen of 20 weaners weighing 377kg that made $1760. A second line of 25, weighing 321kg, sold for $1660.
Regular seller, Leone Ryan, Pyalong, sold a pen of 24 at 375kg for $1670, a second pen of 16 weighed 330kg and sold for $1665 and a third draft of 17 at 320kg made $1665.
Harold and Annette Cocking, Gooram, sold their annual draft that sold in four lines. The tops was a pen of 23 at 414kg that made $1770. The seconds of 20 weighing 365kg made $1690, 22 at 328kg made $1670 and a pen of lighter steers, 301kg, made $1600.
Dave Mackrell, Burnside, Strathbogie, sold a pen of 12 at 434kg that made $1780.
Graham and Helen Cowin, Yandra, forwarded their annual draft with this pen of 26 at 382kg making $1720.
Hansen Ag, Yea, had European Union steers penned with 27 at 374kg making $1710 and the next pen of 20 at 321kg selling for $1670.
Beavis Farming, Violet Town, had a draft that included a pen of 19 at 393kg that made $1680 and 31 at 337kg that sold for $1655.
Two pens sold account Jippo Group, Ruffy, made to $1645 for 21 at 330kg, while the second pen of 14 at 296kg sold for $1625.
Other lighter runs included a pen of 22 account Fredlin that weighed 294kg and made $1625 and a pen of 12 sold account K & L Dean, 287kg, that made $1590.
Top price of the grown cattle was $2000 reached for a pen of 15 steers, 560kg, that sold account Glenmar.
E Spain sold 17 at 552kg that made $1940, while Bruce Burnell, Summerlea, Upotipotpon, sold 17 steers, 14-15 months that weighed 484kg and made $1910.
NJ & BA Broughton, Kelvin View, sold a pen of 15 at 484kg that made $1910 while Wondoomarook sold 25 at 496kg for $1905.
Agents were Rodwells, Nutrien Ag Solutions and Elders.
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