STEERS stole the show at the last Tamworth store sale of 2021 last Friday, selling to a top of $2375 a head.
The top-selling draft of 185 11-to-13-month-old Angus steers with Booroomooka blood, which were offered by Ross Hill Pastoral Company, from between Kingstown and Bundarra, topped the massive yarding of steers that were slightly down on price from the last sale's top of $2390/hd.
It was a similar story for the weaner steers category, which reached the same top as the last sale of $2300 for a draft of unweaned Angus steers offered by Mountain View Ag, Bendemeer.
Quirindi stock agent Ben Goodman, Ian Morgan Livestock, said steers made up the majority of the overall yarding of 5140 head with most steers selling for "around the $2000 mark".
"There was a fair bit of local competition as well as people from fairly far away, from places such as the Central West and southern districts," Mr Goodman said.
"People were able to buy cattle within the proximity of their orders and as we know, this cattle market is very strong."
Another strong performing category of last Friday's sale at the Tamworth Regional Livestock Exchange (TRLX) was the cow with calves market, which was topped at $5000 a unit.
The top-selling draft of 100 Angus cows with calves were offered by Glen Alpine, Werris Creek, and were sold as a complete draft, meaning the transaction came in at $500,000.
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Despite the top price being down from the $5200 peak at the last sale, prices across the category remained strong with most offerings selling from $3900 to the $5000 mark.
Weaner heifers were up from the $2000/hd top at the last sale, reaching $2200 for a run of Angus heifers sold by Pitt Sons on behalf of a local vendor.
Meanwhile, the top price for yearling heifers dipped from the last sale's top of $3650 to a peak of $2340 for a draft of Shorthorn heifers offered by The University of Sydney's Narrabri base.
Even though the top price for yearling heifers was down on the previous sale, prices remained firm across the board with most pens selling from $1500 to the $2340 top.
For the fourth sale in a row the pregnancy-tested-in-calf (PTIC) cows had to be auctioned in TRLX's outdoor yards due to the massive yardings of earlier categories.
However, the hot conditions did not deter buyers as prices for the limited offering were up on the last sale.
Much like the cow with calve category, the PTIC market was topped by Glen Alpine, Werris Creek, this time at $3675 a unit, which was up from the $3400 top at the last sale, for a run of Angus cows.
The sale was conducted by the Tamworth Livestock Selling Agents Association, which wishes to announce its future fortnightly store sales will begin at 10am.
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Billy Jupp
Billy is a Senior Livestock Journalist for the Queensland Country Life based in Toowoomba. He has worked for a variety of different ACM mastheads during the past five years including the Namoi Valley Independent, Northern Daily Leader and The Land.
Billy is a Senior Livestock Journalist for the Queensland Country Life based in Toowoomba. He has worked for a variety of different ACM mastheads during the past five years including the Namoi Valley Independent, Northern Daily Leader and The Land.
