Heifers were in demand at the Leongatha store sale, going from the high 500 cents a kilogram to the low 600c/kg.
Agents yarded 4300 head of steers, heifers, cows and calves.
Alex Scott & Staff livestock representative Dane Perczyk said the sale was $50-$100 a head dearer than the last one.
"The heifer job was very strong," Mr Perczyk said.
"You were paying $2200-2250 for 330kg black heifers or about 680c/kg - that just keeps getting stronger each week.
"They are going back to the paddock, people are seeing the potential for future breeders."
He said secondary steers were also stronger than a fortnight ago and there was solid breeding in the yarding.
Nutrien Ag Solutions auctioneer Brian McCormack said the large yarding set up buyers and producers for the coming months.
"You got to 610c/kg on 500kg steers, there were other cattle in the mid 400-500kg [range] that made to 660c/kg," he said.
"Everybody has got a bit of feed so breeders are sending their top end in and keeping the rest."
Nutrien offered a large yarding - almost half the yarding - with the intention of attracting a big bidding field and saw feedlots Keswick, A&F, Garrison and Charlton in attendance.
Feedlots bought cattle to background, with grass fatteners picking up stock weighing from the high 300kg to low 400kg.
"If you want those blokes to turn up, you've got to set your sale and your day up in such a way and make sure it works," Mr McCormack said.
Large drafts were offered by The Ridge Pastoral, Rosedale, Gem-Brae Ag, Inverneth, Finley, NSW, Conisbee, Glengarry, and Von Pace, Giffard.
The Ridge sold 17 Black Baldy steers, 395kg, for $2580 or 653c/kg.
Von Pace sold 22 Hereford/Angus-cross steers, 506kg, for $2850 or 563c/kg.
RJ Whikes, Morwell, sold seven steers, 729kg, for $3380 or 463c/kg.
D & R Birss, Stradbroke, sold 15 Mawarra-blood Poll Hereford steers, 653kg, for $3040 or 465c/kg.
A Conisbee & Co, Glengarry, sold 23 Angus steers, 464kg, for $2788 or 599c/kg.
I & G Liley, Foster, sold 16 steers, 551kg, for $2750 or 499c/kg.
Gem-Brae Ag sold 20 Te Mania-blood steers, 412kg, for $2460 or 597c/kg.
Campaspe Park sold 10 Shorthorn steers, 370kg, for $2320 or 627c/kg.
Glenfinnan Nominees, Mardan, sold 31 Innesdale and Merlewood-blood heifers, 346kg, for $2390 or 690c/kg.
E&S Macraw sold 13 heifers, 283kg, for $1930 or 681c/kg.
Gem Brae Ag sold 27 heifers, 338kg, for $2200 or 650c/kg.
D&D Shandley sold six Angus heifers, 368kg, for $2060 or 559c/kg.
T&C Hulls sold 22 heifers, 204kg, for $1400 or 686c/kg.
Dunbar sold 14 heifers, 435kg, for $2350 or 540c/kg.
Beckman sold 20 heifers, 398kg, for $2360 or 592c/kg
Hay Farming, Mirboo, sold 10 Angus heifers, 380kg for $2120 or 557c/kg.
Cookaburra sold 10 heifers, 451kg, for $2420 or 536c/kg
Talbot Grazing, Fish Creek, sold 14 heifers, 510kg, for $2600 or 509c/kg
Connisbee sold 17 Angus heifers, 380kg, for $2300 or 605c/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.
