![Ash Gardner, Banarra Brahmans at Summer Island, sold the top priced heifer for $5000 at the Kempsey feature female sale on Saturday. Photo is supplied. Ash Gardner, Banarra Brahmans at Summer Island, sold the top priced heifer for $5000 at the Kempsey feature female sale on Saturday. Photo is supplied.](/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/PcEc42cje6pcPmWfEZHiNS/88717ce1-9565-4763-93e0-90b401932743_rotated_180.jpg/r0_376_4032_2643_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
Kempsey Stock and Land yarded 900 of female cattle at its special breeder sale on Saturday.
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Cows with calves, 180 units, sold well given the current market trend, to average $2395 and reached a top priced bid of $3500 for Angus from Matt Rourke, Rawden Island, going to a local buyer.
Most sales were from $2200 to $3200, reported agent Ian McGoldrick.
Charolais cross cows with calves from Dan Baker, lower Macleay, made $3000.
Angus units 11 by 11 made $2650 for Wayne and Lyn Mainey, Toorooka.
The 500 head of heifers sold on trend with most of the tops making $2350 with the exception of a stud grey Brahman heifer, unjoined, from Ash Gardner, Banarra Brahmans at Summer Island bringing $5000 and going to Paul Galloway, Gum Scrub.
![Max and Jason Winslow from Bowraville with their unjoined black baldy heifers which sold for $1640 at Kempsey on Saturday. Photo is supplied. Max and Jason Winslow from Bowraville with their unjoined black baldy heifers which sold for $1640 at Kempsey on Saturday. Photo is supplied.](/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/PcEc42cje6pcPmWfEZHiNS/10aa5b82-15ac-4913-9955-6e05f579f0b8_rotated_180.jpg/r0_376_4032_2643_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
First calf Speckle Park heifers PTIC back in calf to the Angus bull from Tim and Lauren McCarthy, Bellimbopinni made $2350. Their Angus heifers made $2100 going to Pinto Cattle co at Bellimbopinni.
Red tagged Brangus heifers from RJ and C Avery, Hastings Valley, made $2000 for a pen of 13 head going to the Booth family, upper Macleay, as did red tagged Brangus heifers, from Manning Valley breeder Mick Allan, made $2050.
![Wayne Mainey, Toorooka, with cows and calves that made $2650 at Kempsey on Saturday. Photo is supplied. Wayne Mainey, Toorooka, with cows and calves that made $2650 at Kempsey on Saturday. Photo is supplied.](/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/PcEc42cje6pcPmWfEZHiNS/d8cf321e-381d-460a-849b-776347e2e34a.jpg/r0_149_2400_1504_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
Cows PTIC sold to a top of $2600 for a blue-tagged Angus with Booroomooka blood from Pee Dee Creek Pastoral going to the Turvey family, Nambucca Valley.
Santa Gertrudis heifers, unjoined, from Manning Valley producers Haniresh made $2000 going to a Smithtown buyer. Their Charolais cross heifers made $1920.
Weighty Angus weaner heifers 10-12 months from Bumore pty Ltd, Stewarts River, made $1300 and were bought by Jay Ylias, Telegraph Point.
Buyers came from the Northern Tablelands, Queensland and local.
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