Colac grown steers sell to $2400 in winter sale

Agents yarded about 700 head at the monthly store sale where fewer lines of vendor-bred calves were offered for sale.

Despite the reduced yarding, grown cattle sold to $2400 a head while weaner calves sold close to 600 cents a kilogram.

Charles Stewart Dove Colac auctioneer Shelby Howard said the sale was likened to a typical winter yarding.

"Overall it was a solid sale for what was here," Mr Howard said.

"Competition from some operators buying cattle to head into northern Victoria to restock was promising, as were the local agents who were actively buying cattle."

Johanna River Trading, Johanna, headlined the sale with a feature draft of 100 mixed-sex Angus calves.

The top pen of Johanna steers, 385kg, made $1890 or 490c/kg, the second pen of 28, 350kg, made $1850 or 528c/kg and the third pen of 19 calves, 305kg, made $1700 or 557c/kg.

In the heifers, the same vendor sold a pen of 21, 314kg, made $1620 or 516c/kg.

The O'Shea family, Colac, sold a pen of grown Hereford steers, two years, 630kg, for $2400 or 380c/kg.

Nutrien Colac livestock manager Phil Douglas said the sale was steady considering the cattle on offer.

"We had a lot of the tail-enders of the cattle that were sold earlier in the year so you could say it was a plainer yarding," Mr Douglas said.

"Restockers were very active with a few buyers from northern Victoria and around the Ballarat area."

Chapple Park, Kennedys Creek, sold 15 Angus steers, 440kg, for $2060 or 478c/kg.

Lariggan Pastoral, Warncoort, sold 18 heifers, 336kg, for $1680 or 500c/kg to a feedlot.

Wilsher Pastoral, Freshwater Creek, sold eight Angus cows with spring-drop calves at foot for $2700.

Charles Stewart & Co Colac director Jamie McConachy said the sale was met with high demand.

"We regard it as another red hot sale but that phrase is becoming awfully common when we look to dissect these markets," Mr McConachy said.

"We had some very good Angus weaners in the eight to 10 month bracket and all of those were impeccably bred and sold to huge competition."

The Fitzpatrick Family sold nine Angus steer weaners, 284kg, for $1550 or 545c/kg.

G & L Inglis, Colac, sold a pen of Charolais steers, 315kg, for $1700 or 540c/kg.