WEANER steers and heifers sold to a fully firm market topping at $1105 while older cows with calves or PTIC were cheaper, selling to $2200 in a 300 head yarding at Mudgee store cattle sale last Thursday.
McDonald Lawson co-principal, Bill Lawson, said the cow market was back a little in value mainly due to quality and the older consignments offered.
“But weaners were fully firm on last month’s sale,” he said.
“While single cow sales found the top price we had six Angus cows with four-month-old calves making from $1500 to $1680.
“Only 20 PTIC Angus older cows made up to $1350 for a pen of four while another nine sold at $1020.”
Chris Schmidt of CS Livestock, agreed, saying weaners were in demand and buyers were eager to secure replacement stock.
“Among drafts were good lines of lighter-weight weaner steers weighing that 150 to 270 kilograms range,” he said.
“Buyers were mainly local but we had restockers buying from Bylong, Bathurst and Woodstock.”
Charolais cross and Limousin cross steers and heifers, eight to 10 months, from Bogee Pastoral Company, “Bogee”, Capertee Valley, Rylstone, sold the consignment of steers to Tim Woods, Bylong, who secured three pens with 19 topping at $1105, six at $1100 and 13 lighter weights at $995.
The 14 heifers sold in two lots of seven topping at $990 and fetching $910 for the other, all going to restockers
Phil and Stacey Stoddard, Gulgong, sold 30 Angus/Charolais cross steer weaners, five to six months of age from $810 to $920 to average $895.
The heifer portion made from $670 to $780 to average $753.
Castle Hill Cattle Company, Rylstone, sold 15 Angus steers, eight months, at $970 each.
Harry Chadwick, “Yarren”, Running Stream, sold 11 Angus and Angus cross cows with calves topping at $1280.
Geoff Moore, “Glenhaven”, Ilford, who enjoys buying an selling young steer weaners, bought eight Angus steers at $800 each and planned to keep them for eight to 10 months and sell them near Christmas.
McDonald Lawson and CS Livestock, Mudgee, were the sale’s selling agents.