Cattle sold at Kyneton will travel as far as Coonamble, NSW, and Dubbo, NSW, after agents yarded more than 900 cattle for the monthly store sale.
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Buyers from across Victoria including Ballarat, Bendigo, Leongatha, Wangaratta and Yea and interstate clients from Albury, NSW, and Dubbo, NSW, descended on the saleyard.
Agents said grown steers sold to a top price of $1830 a head, while weaner steers peaked at $1360.
Heifers sold to a top price of $1300, while weaner heifers made $1120 and cows with calves at foot sold between $1450-$1800 a unit.
A quality pen of Angus pregnancy-tested-in-calf heifers consigned by McCabe Nominees sold for $1760.
Nutrien Kyneton auctioneer Kieran McGrath said an exporter and three processors competed on suitable pens.
"The sale was fully firm on recent major Victorian sales with a couple of quality lines of featured steers selling at dearer rates," he said.
"Steers traded from between $680-$1830 290-380 cents a kilogram.
"Heifers traded between $580-$1300 or 250-309c/kg."
D & S Anderson sold 39 Angus steers weighing between 451-506 kg for $1580-$1680.
Mingela Pastoral Co sold 54 Angus steers weighing between 375-500kg for $1380-$1440.
S Cooper sold a pen of Angus-cross steers for $1830, while B Gray sold a pen of Murray Grey steers for $1670.
D&L Schooling sold Angus steers for $1560, D Garner sold Angus steers for $1580, B Hogan sold Angus steers for 1580, and K Douglas sold Angus steers for $1400.
In other sales, Riverina Farms sold Angus steers for $1360, H Bourke sold Angus steers for $1360, P Newell sold Angus steers for $1260, and DK & HA Trading sold Angus steers at $1250.
Rockhouse sold Murray Grey steers for $1000, and S&E Twoomey sold Angus-cross steers for $1010.
R Stin sold Angus-cross cows with calves at foot for $1800, while R Hargreaves sold Angus-cross cows with calves at foot for $1600.
Davis Pastoral sold Angus heifers for $1300, while Barondem Past sold Angus heifers for $1230.
T Walsh sold Angus heifers for $1150, Cardillo sold Poll Hereford heifers for $1020, Riverina Farms sold Angus heifers for $1020, and Mingela Pastoral sold Angus heifers for $1020.
