Euro stock sought at Pakenham

Agents yarded 3550 head of cattle.

"I think it was fully firm on the weaners, maybe slightly cheaper on the heifer portion of those," Mr Bennetts said.

He also quoted grown cattle as fully firm or slightly dearer than the last fortnight.

"We had an exceptional run of Charolais-cross cattle, which sold fully firm to dearer than a fortnight ago," he said.

He said the calf lane was full of well-bred cattle "and they sold through the roof".

"They were exceptional - we sold a pen of Angus steer calves for more than $2100 [a head]," he said.

He said commission buyers Campbell Ross, Anthony Hullick and Duncan Brown were all very active in the calf lane.

Nutrien Delaney Livestock & Property auctioneer Anthony Delaney said Pakenham followed the trend of most sales and may have been slightly easier.

But Elders Pakenham auctioneer Michael Robertson said the market was $50-80 cheaper in some areas, in comparison to recent sales.

"That's all to do with the number of beef cattle that have been sold to date," Mr Robertson said.

"You would like to think the feedlots are getting full, with the number of cattle they have had to buy in the last three weeks."

He said Elders sold cattle which had "plenty of weight".

"For those heavier steers, you were looking at 475-480 cents a kilogram, which is very positive," he said.

"When you dropped down to the 350kg weaner calves you still needed closer to 700c/kg."

He said it was a mixed yarding, with a lot of crossbred cattle.

"There were a lot of cattle between 250-320kg and that does present an opportunity for the local farmers to operate," he said.

"I think they had a lot more success, compared with recent weeks."

Guest Farming, Coldstream, sold 18 head of Angus steers, 524kg, for $3000 or 572c/kg.

KA Dyer, Yellingbo, sold 14 Angus steers, 532kg, for $2850 or 535c/kg.

R & J King, Leongatha South, sold 20 Table Top-blood steers, 423kg, for $2520 or 595c/kg.

That vendor also sold 18 heifers, 349kg, for $1920 or 550c/kg.

A & J Allan, Poowong East, sold nine Charolais steers, 347kg, for $2120 or 610c/kg.

They also sold 20 heifers, 341kg, for $1910 or 560c/kg.

G & I Smith, Yarra Junction, sold 11 Charolais steers, 423kg, for $2420 or 572c/kg.

G Henderson, Nilma North, sold 12 Angus steers, 27-months-old, 685kg, for $3250 or 474c/kg.