Queensland buyers have strongly supported lighter cattle at the November Yea weaner sale, while local buyers have taken home heavier pens of "fantastic" quality.
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Today's sale at Yea offered 1221 weaner steers and 396 weaner heifers.
Nutrien Yea branch manager Tyson Bush said beef producers were "hedging their bets" at today's sale, which set a positive tone ahead of the next Yea weaner sale on January 5.
"We have this one to hedge our bets and we're six-to-eight weeks away from our January sale," he said.
"Some people like to hedge their bets, others don't like to go too late into January because of pink eye, weather and heat, and this sale has stood up well."
He said the top end of the cattle, around 410 kilograms, made between 300 and 310 cents a kilogram, while lighter steers made between 360-370c/kg.
Mr Bush said Inverell, Queensland and northern New South Wales buyers supported the lighter end of the sale.
"It's the beauty of coming here, the prices over the past five or six years have fluctuated so much, but the people still use the same bulls, the same cows and the same treatments," he said.
"You know you'll buy the same quality that you've bought before, you can confidently come here year-in and year-out, because the quality is fantastic."
Sawpit Rural, Homewood, sold 22 steers, 8-9 months, 407 kilograms, for $1310 or 322c/kg and 18 heifers, 8-9 months, 375kg, for $1020 or 272 cents a kilogram.
Inverugie Pastoral sold 28 steers, 8-9 months, 409kg, for $1190 or 291c/kg, 18 steers, 8-9 months, 380kg, for $1110 or 292c/kg, 20 steers, 8-9 months, 356kg, for $1070 or 301c/kg, 20 steers, 8-9 months, 342kg, for $1050 or 307c/kg, and 20 steers, 8-9 months, 330kg, for $990 or 300c/kg.
RM, ME & RC Cumming sold 18 steers, 383kg, for $1150 or 300c/kg, 25 steers, 334kg, for $1070 or 320c/kg, 24 steers, 325kg, for $1030 or 317c/kg, and 11 steers, 311kg, for $970 or 312c/kg.
BM & MM Griffiths sold 23 steers, 373kg, for $1080 or 290c/kg, and 27 steers, 8-9 months, 349kg, for $1030 or 295c/kg.
Campsie Glen sold 20 steers, 10 months, 398kg, for $1110 or 279c/kg, and 14 steers, 346kg, for $990 or 286c/kg.
B & S Tanner sold 19 steers, 8-9 months, 367kg, for $1140 or 311c/kg, 22 steers, 8-9 months, 337kg, for $1110 or 329c/kg, 19 steers, 8-9 months, 325kg, for $990 or 305c/kg, 23 steers, 297kg, for $980 or 230c/kg, and 24 steers, 8-9 months, 268kg, for $960 or 358c/kg.
Wise Pastoral sold 29 steers, 10-11 months, 369kg, for $1030 or 279c/kg.
Yencken Pastoral Co sold 23 steers, 8-9 months, 375kg, for $1050 or 280c/kg, and 21 steers, 351kg, for $960 or 274c/kg.
Anstee Pastoral sold 18 steers, 363kg, for $1120 or 309c/kg, 20 steers, 336kg, for $940 or 280c/kg, 20 steers, 334kg, for $1050 or 314c/kg, 20 steers, 325kg, for $1000 or 307c/kg, 30 steers, 311kg, for $980 or 315c/kg, 23 steers, 310kg, for $920 or 297c/kg, 23 steers, 294kg, for $880 or 299c/kg and 25 steers, 263kg, for $910 or 346c/kg.
Black Magic Angus, Gooram, sold 23 steers, 8-9 months, 366kg, for $1070 or 292c/kg, 23 steers, 8-9 months, 319kg, for $990 or 310c/kg, 19 steers, 8-9 months, 270kg, for $900 or 333c/kg and 20 heifers, 8-9 months, 295kg, for $710 or 241c/kg.
Manooka Estate sold 14 steers, 8-9 months, 364kg, for $1030 or 283c/kg.
RL & ST Apted, Arthurs Creek, sold 25 steers, 8-9 months, 309kg, for $1000 or 324c/kg.
Ridd & Timms sold 12 steers, 354kg, for $990 or 280c/kg, and six steers, 358kg, for $840 or 235c/kg.
Rivendell sold 24 steers, 363kg, for $980 or 270c/kg, and eight steers, 363kg, for $1000 or 275c/kg.
J Baynes, Lechabar Molesworth, sold 20 steers, 297kg, for $920 or 310c/kg.
Musteys Earth Moving sold 16 steers, 322kg, for $980 or 304c/kg.
DA & SA Hodge sold 10 steers, 328kg, for $950 or 290c/kg.
R Fullard sold 12 steers, 8-9 months, 393kg, for $1040 or 265c/kg.
M & E Cox sold 10 steers, 7-8 months, 369kg, for $1080 or 293c/kg and 22 heifers, nine months, 302kg, for $650 or 215c/kg.
Burra Park sold 22 Hereford steers, 9 months, 315kg, for $1170 or 371c/kg.
Sacul Investments sold 10 Poll Hereford steers, 296kg, for $980 or 331c/kg and nine Poll Hereford heifers, 296kg, for $600 or 203c/kg.
K & L Dean sold nine Hereford steers, 8-9 months, 326kg, for $950 or 291c/kg, and 10 Hereford steers, 8-9 months, 268kg, for $920 or 343c/kg.
A Evans sold four Charolais-cross steers, 319kg, for $890 or 379c/kg.
M Martin sold six Charolais-cross steers, 7-8 months, 302kg, for $800 or 265c/kg, and 10 Charolais-cross steers, 7-8 months, 327kg, for $910 or 278c/kg.
Crusoe Park sold 22 steers, 281kg, for $920 or 327c/kg.
SR Shaw sold 20 steers, 7-8 months, 284kg, for $880 or 310c/kg, seven steers, 7-8 months, 261kg, for $840 or 322c/kg, and 11 steers, 243kg, for $830 or 342c/kg.
W & G Ulrich, Seymour, sold five steers, 8-9 months, 287kg, for $600 or 209c/kg.
I & L Bruce, Mansfield, sold 10 steers, 7-8 months, 275kg, for $920 or 335c/kg, and 10 heifers, 7-8 months, 277kg, for $620 or 234c/kg.
Ancona Station sold 26 steers, 230kg, for $820 or 357c/kg, 16 heifers, 258kg, for $600 or 233c/kg and 22 heifers, 230kg, for $630 or 274c/kg.
L & M Ridd, Glen Doone, Molesworth, sold 19 Hereford heifers, 323kg, for $700 or 217c/kg, and seven Hereford steers, 8-9 months, 356kg, for $960 or 270c/kg.
M Hyde sold 15 steers, 7-8 months, 259kg, for $840 or 324c/kg.