Cows and calves shone at the monthly Colac store sale, pushing close to $4000 for one pen.
Charles Stewart Dove director Shelby Howard said the rest of the small yarding sold to exceptionally good rates.
With very few heavy cattle in the market, lighter stock sold for around 600 cents a kilogram.
But Mr Howard estimated some of the smaller calves would have sold for about 900 cents a kilogram.
"Those two pens of Bull Dust Park steers made $1650 and they would have averaged 175kg, so that's 943c/kg," Mr Howard said.
"It was a lighter yarding, but whatever was there sold extremely well."
Agents yarded 482 head of stock, including 70 calves.
While Ballarat Meat Company's Mike Beaumont bought both steers and heifers, stock also went back to local paddocks, and Warrnambool, Ballarat and Geelong agents, as well as Beefed Up Holdings.
Northern Victorian Livestock agents also picked up a small number of cattle.
"It's a very, very good season we are having, which is reflected in the demand for cattle," Mr Howard said.
"We have seen huge results in the prime markets in the last month and store prices are running alongside them."
Nutrien Ag Solutions auctioneer Phil Douglas said the lighter end of cattle was still very strong.
"I see one of the north-eastern blokes, who comes down regularly, didn't get a lot," Mr Douglas said.
"I'm not sure if nothing has really suited him, or it was just too dear."
Cows and calves sold very well at four hundred cents a kilogram plus.
"They are comparatively a good buy, you can see a good reward out of them.
"There was a good crowd, for a small yarding.
"It's just driven by grass, we have this bit of rain and we are up and going," he said.
It's just driven by grass, we have this bit of rain, and we are up and going.
- Phil Douglas, Nutrien auctioneer.
Kingoonya sold four Limousin-cross steers, 382kg, for $2120 or 554c/kg.
D&K Wood sold three Charolais/Blonde d'Aquitaine-cross steers, 366kg, and two, averaging 425kg, for $2100, or 573c/kg and 494c/kg respectively.
Wardor Run sold three Weeran-blood steers, 353kg, for $2190 or 620c/kg.
Wardor's second pen of five, 294kg, sold for $1940 or 660c/kg.
J Burns sold three 8-10 month Angus steers, 353kg, for $2120 or 600c/kg.
The seconds, six Angus steers, 275kg, sold for $1740 or 633c/kg.
Unicorn Feeds sold its first pen of five Angus steers, 399kg, for $2180 or 546c/kg.
Their seconds, five averaging 351kg, also sold for $2180 or 621c/kg.
RJ Goodall sold five Banquet-blood steers, 328kg, for $2060 or 628c/kg.
L&B Lauricella sold 12 Murdeduke-blood steers, unweighed, for $1740.
Bull Dust Park sold 18 eight-12-month-old Murdeduke steers, unweighed, for $1650.
Todd Jamieson sold four steers, 273kg, for $1630 or 598c/kg.
Loffell Partners sold 18 Angus steers, unweighed, for $1650.
R&J Woodall sold five Banquet-blood heifers, 301kg, for $1680 or 581c/kg.
Wood sold three Charolais/Blonde heifers, 396kg, for $2020 or 510c/kg.
Bundaleer Farm sold 10 Murdeduke-blood heifers, 360kg, for $2020 or 561c/kg.
Bundaleer also sold a pen of nine, 317kg, for $1820 or 574c/kg
Wardor sold six heifers, 370kg, for $1970 or 532c/kg.
In the crossbreds, Damian and Candace Anderson sold 10 steers, 411kg, for $1910 or 464c/kg.
TA & DE Richardson sold two Angus cows, with Angus and Charolais calves-at-foot, depastured to an Angus bull, for $3880
They sold a further 10 at $3640.
CL & LJ Gardiner sold two Hereford cows and calves for $3750.
Shone & Sheedy sold nine Angus cows and calves, with two-to-to three month-old Weeran-blood calves at foot for $3300.
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.
