A larger yarding of 525 head were offered at the Dubbo store cattle sale last Friday.
It was a good quality yarding with a selection of weaner steers and heifers along with some good runs of cows with calves.
Meat and Livestock Australia market reporter David Monk said a feature line in the sale was the annual draft of 70 top quality Hereford weaner steers off local property Corrodgery.
The Corrodgery cattle were March/April drop, Wirruna and Columbian blood and sold by PE and NS Dakin.
Mr Monk said there was also a good crowd of buyers on hand with most people keen to buy following the excellent rains experienced in most districts.
"In line with the much stronger physical [prime] markets, all sections were considerably dearer than the past store cattle sales," he said.
Weaner steers sold from $300 a head for very light and young Angus calves to $1090 for the top pen of the Corrodgery Herefords.
The other two pens of the Corrodgery Hereford weaner steers sold for $885 and $1000.
All the weaner steers sold at rates in excess of 300 cents a kilogram with the better types topping at 390c/kg and averaging 350c/kg.
Weaner heifers sold from $380 for young Angus calves to $750 for good quality Angus calves.
A single pen of pregnancy-tested-in-calf Angus heifers sold for $1500.
The best of the cows with calves were mixed-age Angus cows that sold for $1875.
The balance of the cows with calves sold from $1200 to $1850.
The sale was conducted by Dubbo agencies Elders, Nutrien and AWN Lord.
