CATTLE SALE
Monday, 26 May
Yarding 1041 (down 174)
Numbers eased this sale with agents yarding 1041 head.
Quality was mixed but fair with some good lines of well bred cattle offered along with the secondary types.
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The usual buyers were present and competing in a dearer market.
Yearling steers lifted 10c with those to feed selling from 355c to 434c/kg.
The finished lines to processors sold from 355 to 394c/kg.
The heifer portion was also dearer more noticeably on the better end.
Feeders paid from 330 to 385c/kg while the finished types received from 350c to 380c/kg.
Heavy steers and bullocks reached 379c/kg. Grown heifers sold from 300 to 385c/kg.
Cows showed the biggest change jumping 20c with heavy 2 score from 263c to 285c and the better 3 score from 270c to 317c/kg.
The best heavy bull reached 331c/kg.
SHEEP SALE
Tuesday, 27 May
Yarding 29,350 (down 13,500)
Numbers fell this sale with agents yarding 29,350 head.
Lambs numbers were back to 23,650 and quality was again mixed.
There were some handy lines of finished trade and heavyweights penned along with the plainer secondary types.
The usual buyers were present and competing in a significantly dearer market.
Trade weight lambs were $25 dearer with 20- 24kg selling from $195 to $274/head.
Heavy lambs to 26kg sold from $244 to $284/head.
Extra heavyweights were up to $40 dearer to receive from $258 to $363/head.
Carcase prices averaged 985 to 1070c/kg. The best heavy hoggets reached $240/head.
Mutton numbers slipped to 5700 and quality was very mixed.
Prices remained strong with Merino ewes selling from $122 to $234/head.
Crossbred ewes ranged in price from $130 to $260 with Dorper ewes reaching $240/head.
Merino wethers sold from $143 to $255/head.
FROM MLA'S NATIONAL LIVESTOCK REPORTING AGENCY
