It was a plain quality offering of cattle for the monthly Central Tablelands Livestock Exchange, Carcoar, store sale last Friday.
About 3450 head were offered and the bulk of these were weaner steers and weaner heifers.
The July store sale has traditionally been one of the smaller yardings of cattle for the year, however agents estimated this was the biggest store sale at Carcoar for this time of year they could remember.
This bounce in supply was attributed to the ongoing sell-off of young cattle as the drought worsens in the Central Tablelands.
But even though the condition of the cattle was plain due to the dry season, the quality of much of the yarding was still very good.
For buyers with feed at home there were plenty of opportunities to pick up quality lines of vendor bred cattle at cheaper prices.
Most of the weaner steers weighting less than 200 kilograms sold from about $200 to $560 head or 190 to 480 cents a kilogram.
The 200kg to 280kg weaner steers ranged from $400 to $750 (about 200c/kg to 308c/kg), while those from 280kg to 330kg sold from $650 to $920 (215c/kg to 284c/kg).
There were plenty of one and two score weaner heifers and this was certainly reflected in the price at the lighter weight end of the market.
Those weighing less than 200kg sold from as low as $80 to a top of $450 (73c/kg to 225c/kg).
Most of the weaner heifers ranged from 200kg to 280kg and sold from about the $300 mark to $600 or 150c/kg to 220c/kg.
A limited number of weaner heifers heavier than 280kg sold from $635 to $700 (averaging 230c/kg).
Yearling steers varied in weight and the limited supplies meant prices ranged from $620 to $940.
A few pens of lightweight yearling heifers sold from $325 to $620.
Pregnancy-tested-in-calf heifers lacked condition and sold from $330 to $510.
Cows with calves less than two months sold for $1090 a unit, while a pen of cows with calves from two to four months sold for $1050.
This sale also marked the 10-year anniversary of the opening of the selling centre.