Small lots dominated Colac's March store sale, with one agent saying it was a solid sale of tail-end stock.
Agents yarded 1100 head of cattle.
Phil Douglas, Nutrien Ag Solutions, said there was a good spread of buyers, including Northern Victorian Livestock Exchange, Barnawartha.
"I noticed smaller cattle were booked through Nutrien Tamworth, NSW and Clark Roycroft was active on heifers and steers.
"There wasn't a great run of heavy cattle there, of quality, I would call it the tail end of cattle sold earlier on.
"There were nice little lines, of well bred cattle, but nothing substantial."
He said it was a solid sale, which didn't reach the heights of corresponding auctions at centres such as Ballarat.
"It's no different from what has been happening for the past couple of weeks," he said.
There were few lines of cattle, with many vendors offering lots of one or two steers and heifers.
"It was almost like a winter yarding - people are selling stock to take the good money and not hang on to what were tail-enders," Mr Douglas said.
"Normally they would hang on, feed them, put weight on, but a lot of people have figured 'why not take the money now',?"
Matt Nelson, Charles Stewart, agreed it was a mixed yarding, which sold "very well, considering.
"We had a few buyers from Camperdown way and the smaller lots meant it was probably a good opportunity for locals to get a few cattle," Mr Nelson said.
"In a mixed yarding, I thought they all sold very, very well - and the cross-bred cattle were as dear as anything on the day," Mr Nelson said.
Oakhampton Dairies sold 13 Speckle Park/Friesian-cross steers, 226kg, seven to eight months, for $1230, or 544c/kg.
Purumbete South sold its first pen of 16 Murdeduke-blood steers, 369kg, for $1830, or 495c/kg.
Its seconds, 15 steers, 350kg, sold for $1760, or 502c/kg, while a third pen of 10, av 307kg, sold for $1770, or 576c/kg.
M& M Johns sold 11 Murray Grey steers, 18-22 months, 439kg, for $1920, or 437c/kg.
Ken Wharton sold three Angus steers, 460kg, for $2000, or 434c/kg.
Hall & Higgins sold four Hereford steers, 393kg, for $1700, or 432c/kg.
J&M Harrison sold nine Tillabudgery blood steers, 407kg, for $1850, or 454c/kg.
They also sold 16 steers, 379kg, for $1830, or 482c/kg.
Loffel Partnership sold eight Murdeduke-blood steers, 443kg, for $1840, or 415c/kg.
They sold six steers, 273kg, for $1470, or 538c/kg.
CR & EA Collins sold four Tillabudgery-blood Angus steers, 303kg, for $1580, or 521c/kg.
Russell Paul sold six Angus steers, 285kg, for $1560, or 547c/kg.
IG & SA Menzel sold eight Wolbul-blood Hereford steers, 369kg, for $1690, or 457c.kg.
CJ Smith sold eight steers, 311kg, for $1540 or 495c/kg.
M & L Jacob sold five Angus steers, 532kg, for $2100, or 394c/kg.
Missen Pastoral sold three Murdeduke-blood steers, eight-12 months, 453kg, for $1840, or 406c/kg.
Missen's pen of six, 292kg, sold for $1360, or 465c/kg.
Nindethana Pastoral sold seven Hereford steers, 299kg, for $1700 or 568c/kg.
R Dodds sold nine Murdeduke-blood Angus steers 8-10 months, 322kg, for $1680 or 521c/kg.
Bottrell Pastoral sold six Mt Difficult-blood steers, 12 months, 311kg, for $1560, or 501c/kg.
Lochclyde Pastoral sold seven Angus steers, J&C-blood, eight-10 months, 341kg, for $1660 or 486c/kg.
P & S Lenehan sold five Mt William-blood Charolais steers, 11-12 months, 351kg, for $1660, or 472c/kg.
L & L Fitzpatrick sold nine Angus steers, 311kg, nine-10 months old, for $1600, or 514c/kg.
Chas Stewart sold 10 Hereford steers, 370kg, for $1560, or 421c/kg.
Joe Cassar sold eight Angus steers, 345kg, for $1730, or 501c/kg.
BG & JA Harwood sold 10 Angus heifers, 323kg, for $1550, or 479c/kg.
Purumbete South sold 13 heifers, 305kg, for $1600, or 524c/kg.
K Toranto sold 12 Moolaboola-blood heifers, 12-13 months old, 345kg, for $1550, or 449c/kg.
G Coverdale sold 16 Angus heifers, 335kg, for $1580, or 471c/kg.
They also sold 13 heifers, 305kg, for $1600, or 528c/kg.
D & P Selvidge sold eight Tillabudgery-blood heifers, 328kg, for $1500, or 457c/kg.
R Dodds sold eight Murdeduke-blood heifers, eight-10 months old, unweighed, for $1360.
TJ Gore sold five Tillabudgery-blood heifers, 10-11 months old, unweighed, for $1250.
Boxall Daughters Trust sold three Speckle Park-cross heifers, 410kg, for $1720, or 419c/kg.
Maeda Farms sold four Angus-Friesian-cross steers, 14-16 months, 398kg, for $1570 or 394c/kg.
Andrew Miller
I'm a general reporter with Stock & Land, with a special interest in irrigation issues. I completed my cadetship, with the Age, in 1980. Over my career, I've worked for ABC radio news (Mt Isa, Qld) and at provincial and suburban newspapers.
I'm a general reporter with Stock & Land, with a special interest in irrigation issues. I completed my cadetship, with the Age, in 1980. Over my career, I've worked for ABC radio news (Mt Isa, Qld) and at provincial and suburban newspapers.
