Euroa's monthly store cattle sale kicked up another $50-100 a head on August, as cattle supplies continued to dry up.
Agents yarded 615 head of cattle.
Nutrien agents said the solid sale and yarding reflected the cold winter and the availability of stock.
"There are no cattle about and they are talking an inch of rain, which is absolutely super positive," Nutrien branch manager Russell Mawson said.
"'Everyone is feeling very confident.
"It's a pure reflection that the whole job is on fire."
Nutrien livestock agent Brad Gleeson said most of the buyers were local agents.
"The yarding reflected the cold winter and availability of cattle, but did not deter from the current upward trend," Mr Gleeson said.
"There were gains of $50-$100 a head on last month's sale."
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Commission buyer Duncan Brown was the notable volume buyer, on the day
Feedlots included the Conroy Brothers, Australian Food and Agriculture, Deniliquin, NSW, and IC at Shepparton.
"What sector of our industry is not on a burn - whether it's your cereal, your wool, your lamb, your beef, it's all on a high which is unprecedented," Mr Mawson said.
"I think it was a great sale, we have just started spring and the feed kicks into gear, there is not going to be the reason for people to want to sell, in a hurry."
Gunbar Developments, Beveridge, sold 30 Angus steers, eight-nine months, 248kg, for $1780 or 717c/kg.
Their 18 steers, 203kg, sold for $1680, or 827c/kg.
Chase Farms sold two Angus steers, 455kg, for $2400 or 527c/kg.
Razette Taghna, Gobur, sold 10 Angus steers, 447kg for $2400 or 536c/kg.
Taghna also sold 13 Angus-cross Black Baldy steers, 441kg, for $2380 or 539c/kg.
AP Beard, Strathbogie, sold five Tabletop-blood steers, nine-10 months, 249kg, for $1660 or 666c/kg and 15 Tabletop-blood heifers, 9-10 months, 285kg, for $1695 or 594c/kg.
Beard also sold 15 heifers, 218kg, for $1540 or 706c/kg.
"These were proper heifers you would keep for breeders," Mr Mawson said.
The heifers went to Cobram and Gundagai, NSW.
"We only had a couple of nice pens of heifers and it's a long way to come for them," Mr Mawson said.
Elders Euroa Livestock agent Joe Allen said the were a few "select' pens of heavy cattle, around 520 kilograms, to kick off the sale.
They made more than 500c/kg.
"The heavy end of the feeder steers are in hot demand, because they are not around," he said.
The better weaner-weight cattle, around 370-380kg, made around 600c/kg.
"Those cattle presented pretty well," he said.
Feedlots were buying cattle from 300-350kg, which gave restockers and backgrounders a chance to bid on the lighter weight stock.
Cairnhill Beef sold two Speckle Park steers, 215kg, for $1420 or 660c/kg.
A Bongiorno, Wollert, sold five Connamara-blood steers, 273kg, for $1750 or 641c/kg.
J Aumann sold five Hereford-cross steers, 388kg, for $1710, or 440c/kg.
Hurnell Pastoral, Pyalong, sold 11 Angus/Charolais-cross steers, 12 months, 372kg, for $2150 or 577c/kg.
Daniel McDonald, Earlston, sold eight steers, 524kg, for $2650 or 505c/kg.
Glenfern sold three heifers, 450kg,for $2080 or 462c/kg.
Chase Farms, Strath Creek, sold six by six Angus heifers, not rejoined, with calves at foot, for $3750.
They also sold seven by seven Angus cross cows and calves for $2400.
Fredlim, Caniambo, sold nine by nine Witherswood-blood Angus cows and calves-at-foot for $3850.
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.
