Carcoar weaner steers to $2450

Supply slipped to 1651 head with the CTLX feature Blue Ribbon Weaner sale just two weeks away and there was a smaller buying contingent.

Weaner steers (numbering 750) sold from $1200 a head for Bos Indicus types to $2450 for the blacks.

Weaner steers up to 200kg sold from $1200 to $1890.

The 200kg to 280kg steers ranged from $1700 to $2300 and the 280kg to 330kg weights made $1700 to $2370.

Heavier weaner steers tipping the scales at more than 330kg sold from $2100 to $2450.

Weaner heifers (434) sold from $740 to $2270 for Red Angus.

There were only a few pens of very light weaner heifers (less than 200kg) and they sold from $740 to $1450.

The 200kg to 280kg heifers ranged from $1370 to $2060 and the 280kg to 330kg weights made $1700 to $2000.

Heavier weaner heifers weighing more than 330kg sold from $2000 to $2270.

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Meanwhile yearling steers (92) sold from $1200 for Friesians to $2430 for British crossbreds.

Steers up to 330kg sold from $1120 to $2160 and steers 330kg to 400kg made between $1200 and $2420.

One pen of heavier British crossbreds weighing more than 400kg realised $2430.

Feedlots paid from $2000 to $2395 for steers 320kg to 400kg and from $2470 to $2640 for steers more than 400kg.

Only about 39 yearling heifers were offered and weights were variable. They ranged from $1810 for a light Angus pen to $2440 for some heavy Angus.

A pen of Euro-cross heifers, 320kg to 400kg, were bought by a feedlot for $2100.

The pregnancy-tested-in-calf (PTIC) heifers sold to $3300 top money while PTIC cows sold to $3700.

Cows with young calves attracted bids from $1700 to $3850 a unit and females with older calves sold from $1500 to $4025.

A pen of British crossbred cows with older calves at foot, and back in calf, made $3100 and a pen of heavier Murray Grey units with cows back in calf returned $3775.

The sale was conducted by Central Tablelands Livestock Agents Association.

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