CATTLE SALE Monday, 24 February Yarding 1463 (up 318) Numbers lifted this sale with agents yarding 1463 head. Quality continues to be mixed but fair with some excellent lines of well bred cattle offered along with the secondary types. The usual buyers were present and competing in a firm to dearer market. Yearling steers held firm with heavyweights to processors selling from 341 to 358c/kg. Plainer types to feed ranged in price from 320 to 400c/kg. The heifer portion was 8 to 10c/kg better. Those to feed sold from 270 to 365c/kg for medium and heavyweights. Processors paid from 290 to 340c/kg for better types. Heavy steers and bullocks reached 355c/kg. Grown heifers jumped to receive 395 to 340c/kg. Cows were the biggest mover lifting 25c/kg. Heavy 2 score from 270 to 318c and 3 score 300 to 345c/kg. The best heavy bull reached 311c/kg. SHEEP SALE Tuesday, 25 February Yarding 39,850 (up 4950) Numbers lifted this sale with lamb showing the increase. There was 26650 lambs penned and quality was similar to that of the previous sales. There was a good offering of heavy and extra heavyweights penned along with some large lines of store lambs. The usual buyers were present and competing along with restockers in a firm to dearer market that once again fluctuated with quality on offer. Light store lambs to restockers sold from $120 to $164/head. Trade weights lambs 20- 24kg sold from $153 to $210/head. Heavy lambs to 26kg received from $193 to $227/head. Extra heavyweights were $3 better selling from $221 to $288/head. Carcase prices averaged 805 to 834c/kg. Mutton quality continues to be mixed with Merinos making up the majority of the yarding. Prices remained strong with Merino ewes selling from $71 to $185/head. Crossbreds received from $75 to $187 and Dorper ewes reached $162/head. Merino wethers sold from $77 to $166/head.
