Near record yarding at Kempsey steer and bullock sale met with feed lot demand

By Jamie Brown
Updated January 15 2019 - 8:53am, first published January 11 2019 - 3:00pm
Colin Howe, Gum Scrub on the Hastings sold milk and two tooth Hereford steers, 386kg  for 292c/kg or $1129 to repeat buyer Barry Kerr, Macksville. He is pictured with Graham Avery, Rollins Plains, and David Carney, Wauchope.
Colin Howe, Gum Scrub on the Hastings sold milk and two tooth Hereford steers, 386kg for 292c/kg or $1129 to repeat buyer Barry Kerr, Macksville. He is pictured with Graham Avery, Rollins Plains, and David Carney, Wauchope.

Competition from feedlotters put more than a floor in the price at Kempsey Stock and Land’s annual steer and bullock sale on Thursday where a near record 2373 head went through the selling ring over an eight hour period.

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