COWS with young calves at foot sold to a top of $1700 at the Central Tablelands Livestock Exchange, Carcoar, store cattle sale last Friday.
There were plenty of weaners and a few more young yearling heifers offered bringing the total yarding to a healthy 3139 head.
The National Livestock Reporting Service said cow with calf units were also in greater numbers, but the quality was plain.
The market sold to a dearer trend according to NLRS.
Weaner steers weighing less than 200 kilograms sold from $295 to $660 a head, which was dearer than last month’s sale.
The top line were D2 black baldy steers, while another standout pen were some C2 Angus which sold for $605 a head.
The weaner steers tipping the scales at 200kg to 280kg sold from $410 to $930. There was a big range in price across this weight range and this was mostly due to quality. The top pen in this weight range were C2 Angus steers.
Only a small number of weaner steers weighed from 280kg to 330kg and they sold from $800 to $950. The top pen were C2 Angus steers.
Weaner heifers weighing less than 200kg sold from $100 to $470, but the condition and quality determined the price within this weight range. There was certainly a big range in the heifers offered across this category.
The 200kg to 280kg weaner heifers ranged from $370 to $720, although most of the better types sold for at least $500 a head.
Just one pen of weaner heifers tipped the scales between 280kg and 330kg and sold for $670 or 235 cents a kilogram.
Most of the yearling steers weighed in at less than 330kg and sold from $470 to $850 a head.
The 330kg to 400kg yearling steers sold for $735 to $950, while just one pen of heavier Angus steers sold for $1060 a head (265c/kg).
The bulk of the yearling heifers tipped the scales at less than 330kg and ranged from $390 to $805, while a few pens of heifers weighing 330kg to 400kg sold for $860 to $900.
Cows with calves less than two months old started at $800 a unit and climbed as high as $1700 for a quality line of Angus females.
The cows with older calves didn’t attract as much buyer attention at this month’s store sale and sold from $660 to $1530 a unit.
The sale was conducted by agents from the Central Tablelands Livestock Selling Agents Association.