Bairnsdale cows and calves hit $3660 a unit

Agents said the eastern Victoria floods had little effect in terms of price and demand at the fortnightly store sale where feedlot competition dipped due to a lower volume yarding.

However, widespread flooding across parts of central and West Gippsland meant it was challenging for some buyers to get to the East Gippsland Livestock Exchange, agents said.

Nutrien Bairnsdale livestock manager Brad Obst said competition for all types of cattle was strong, with South Gippsland buyers and local restockers underpinning the sale.

"We had very limited feedlot competition and the market was mainly driven by a few locals and clients from South Gippsland," Mr Obst said.

R & D De Geus, Genoa, sold 17 Angus/Hereford-cross steers, 355kg, for $1750 a head or 492 cents a kilogram.

White & Armstrong sold 10 Angus steers, 330kg, for $1750 or 530c/kg.

Glenshiel Pastoral Pty Ltd, Butchers Ridge, sold 30 Charolais heifers, including 15, 441kg, for $1890 or 428c/kg.

Sharp Fullgrabe director Graeme Fullgrabe said vendors were fortunate most of the regular buyers were able to visit the sale complex, despite the flooding.

"We started off with steers out of the Monaro in NSW and they weighed 528kg and made $2200 or 416c/kg,' Mr Fullgrabe said.

"A local fella that passed away recently, Peter Burer from Mount Taylor, had some black steers in the sale which weighed 590kg and made $2440.

"The seconds of his made $2000 or 476c/kg and weighed 420kg."

Mr Fullgrabe said he thought competition from feeds for steers and heifers was reasonably strong.

"I had a few feedlot orders and was able to fill them on behalf of clients," Mr Fullgrabe said.

Leigh Woodgate, Buchan, sold 15 Angus steers, 400kg, for $1995 or 498c/kg.

Strickland & Ridder, Dargo, sold a pen of calves, 390kg, for $1760 or 451c/kg.

D & L Webb, Orbost, sold a run of 60 calves including a two pens of feedlot-destined black Limousin steers, 310kg, for $1480 or 477c/kg and a second pen, 270kg, for $1370 or 507c/kg.

The same vendor also sold a pen of red Limousin calves, 300kg, for $1460 or 486c/kg and a pen of 13 Charolais steers, 310kg, for $1560 or 503c/kg.

M Sketchly, Lindenow South, sold nine Limousin steers, 10 months, 327kg, for $1660 or 507c/kg and six steers, 254kg, for $1410 or 555c/kg.

T & K McKenna, Glenaladale, sold seven Angus-cross steers, 595kg, for $2240 or 376c/kg.

D & J Reggardo, Lakes Entrance, sold seven Angus steers, 504kg, for $2140 or 424c/kg.

G & B Rowe, Calulu, sold six six steers, 316kg, for $1550 or 490 and seven steers, 280kg, for $1550 or 553c/kg.

"South Gippsland were here and they bought a lot of cattle but we also had a lot of locals hanging over the fence," Mr Fullgrabe said.

"We've had good rain so we're guaranteed a spring now so locals are pretty confident."

M Tanner, Calulu, sold 18 Angus heifers, 430kg, for $1650 or 383c/kg.

D & L Webb also sold a pen of red Limousin heifers, 260kg, for $1380 or 530c/kg.

Penderscourt, Benambra, sold 10 Angus heifers with four-to- six week old calves at foot for $3500 and four Black Baldy calves with calves at foot for $3660.

Weeroona Farm Produce sold a pen of small preg-tested-in-calf Hereford/Shorthorn-cross heifers to calve in July to a top of $2060.