Bairnsdale market 'tough going' as secondary cattle, crossbreds shed $200

Agents yarded about 1800 cattle at the fortnightly East Gippsland Livestock Exchange sale on Friday, in what agents and buyers alike described as a mixed-quality market with limited runs of large, well-bred cattle.

Bill Wyndham & Co livestock manager Colin Jones the better end of the cattle were firm to slightly cheaper.

"Once you got off the better end of the cattle, it was up to $200 a head cheaper on steers and heifers," he said.

"That was due to quality, which was very mixed and the sale attracted a lot of crossbred cattle."

The sale took place at the same time as Ballarat's 5500-head sale which offered an "exceptional" run of weaner and grown steers.

The dip in quality cattle meant there was no feedlot competition or buyers present from NSW.

"We relied on just local competition and buyers from South Gippsland," Mr Jones said.

"No buyers really stood out, and even bullock fatteners today were not as strong as recent sales."

"It was tough going."

Meat & LIvestock Australia market reporter Brendan Fletcher said well-bred calves were firm, while secondary lots eased $150-$200 and in some places up to $400.

He said weaner steers sold to a top price of 409c/kg, while the tops of the weaner heifers sold for a top price of 312c/kg.

Marlo Downs sold 16 Angus steers, 362kg, for $1480 or 408c/kg.

AJ Higgins sold 18 Angus steers, 338kg, for $1330 or 393c/kg, and 21 steers, 295kg, for $1270 or 430c/kg.

RJ & VL Cornall sold 25 Angus steers, 294kg, for $1410 or 479c/kg, and 14 heifers, 298kg, for $920 or 308c/kg.

DE & MJ Lee sold nine Angus steers, 382kg, for $1140 or 298c/kg, and 16 steers, 348kg, for $1100 or 316c/kg.

Greenwood Pastoral sold 23 Murray Grey/Angus-cross steers, 382kg, for $1260 or 329c/kg.

LH & JL Reed sold 20 Angus and Black Baldy steers, 329kg, for $1070 or 326c/kg, 22 steers, 301kg, for $1040 or 345c/kg, 21 steers, 277kg, for $990 or 357c/kg, and 14 steers, 236kg, for $900 or 381c/kg.

The same vendor sold 14 Angus heifers, 292kg, for $1000 or 342c/kg.

Mawley & Mills sold 22 Angus steers, 269kg, for $1180 or 438c/kg.

Webb & Richardson sold 21 Hereford steers, 384kg, for $1400 or 364c/kg, and nine steers, 315kg, for $1200 or 380c/kg.

Kent Park sold 11 Hereford steers, 324kg, for $1300 or 401c/kg, and 14 steers, 268kg, for $1240 or 462c/kg.

M & P Beveridge, Simpsons Creek, sold nine Angus steers, 680kg, for $1930 or 282 cents a kilogram.

PJ Commins, Nunniong Herefords, Ensay, sold 10 Hereford steers, two years, 671kg, for $1710 or 254c/kg.

HJ Pallot, Bairnsdale, sold 15 Angus steers, 18-20 months, 581kg, for $1760 or 302c/kg.

Bayrook Pastoral, Gelantipy, sold 13 Hereford and Hereford/Shorthorn-cross steers, 474kg, for $1440 or 303c/kg.

Glenshiel Pastoral, Butchers Ridge, sold 14 Red Angus steers, 444kg, for $1120 or 252c/kg.

LT Rijs, Wangarabell, sold 15 Angus steers, 521kg, for $1300 or 249c/kg, and 15 steers, 421kg, for $1150 or 273c/kg.

G & K Elliot sold two Angus steers, 620kg, for $1240 or 200c/kg.

IG & HJ Baker sold five Angus heifers, 392kg, for $1100 or 280c/kg, and 16 heifers, 335kg, for $1070 or 319c/kg.

J Tilburg sold one Angus heifer, 700kg, for $1600 or 228c/kg.

RG & VG Russell sold 14 Hereford heifers, 298kg, for $920 or 308c/kg.

PW Stevens, Bendoc, sold 15 Murray Grey heifers, 441kg, for $1200.

JM Jarvis, Glengarry, sold 17 Angus heifers, 458kg, for $1140 or 248c/kg.

Holston Pastoral Company, Holstons Station, Ensay, sold six Angus heifers, 373kg, for $1070 or 286c/kg.

ST Filmer & Son, Orbost, sold one cow with a calf at foot for $1875.