Today’s store cattle market sold to a much dearer trend overall, with steers selling to a top of $1010 a head.
All sections sold at a much dearer rate in comparison to the previous store sale a month ago, with the exception of heifer weaners which sold close to firm.
Agents yarded 760 cattle, with a good selection of steer and heifer weaners.
Steer weaners sold from $140 for very young Charolais calves to $830/head for good quality Angus steers.
The steer weaners averaged $475/head or 235c after topping at 320c/kg.
A few pens of steer yearlings sold from $780 to $1010 to average $900/head.
The heifer weaners sold from $155 for young Charolais s to $630/head for Angus heifers.
The heifer weaners averaged $340 or 159c/kg while a couple of lots of heifer yearlings sold for $480 and $590/head.
The best of the cows and calves were a line of good quality Angus Santa Gertrudis cross cows with their first calf at foot.
They sold for $880 while the balance of the cows and calves sold from $500/unit for Shorthorns to $850 for Santa Gertrudis units.
A single PTIC Angus cow sold for $810 while a pen of red tag Angus cows and a pen of red tag Hereford cows sold for $710/head. Dry cows sold from $325 to $600/head.
Peter Thomas, Landmark Milling Thomas, said the better quality lines of cattle sold well and to better competition.
“Compared to yesterday’s prime market, the sale has been slightly better for those better quality lines.”
He said pens of cows and calves were $50 to $100 better through the store sale, compared to the previous day’s prime market.
“Anything with frame and youth on their side was up but the plainer conditioned pens sold much to the same price as the prime market.”