SUPPLY surged to an unexpected 6773 head for the monthly Carcoar store sale last Friday on the back of the dry summer.
Traditionally, the April store and weaner sales are when numbers balloon on the Central Tablelands, however weaners that would normally be reserved for those special sales were offloaded a month early.
Nearly 3500 weaner steers went under the hammer last Friday, while another 2350 weaner heifers hit the market.
The bulk of the weaners were Angus or Angus-cross with a C2 muscle/fat score.
Most of the weaner steers less than 200 kilograms ranged from $510 to $815, while those from 200kg to 280kg sold as high as $1000 a head.
Weaner steers more than 280kg started about the $1000 mark and topped at $1150 for heavy Angus.
On and cents a kilogram basis, the bulk of the weaner steers sold for between 330c/kg and 380c/kg.
Most of the weaner heifers sold from $625 to $865, although one pen of Angus hit $920/head.
Feeder type steers up to 400kg sold from $1010 to $1150.
The small yarding of yearling steers mostly sold from $760 to $1202, while yearling heifers ranged from $720 to $1190.
Pregnancy-tested-in-calf females started at $770 (for heifers) and topped at $1500 for European-cross cows.
Most of the cows with calves (two to four months) sold from $850 to $1650. The top pen were Angus females weighing 400kg to 550kg.
The sale was conducted by Central Tablelands Livestock Agents Association.
