A total of 1003 head were yarded at the Dorrigo Top of the Drop Weaner Sale last Friday where steers sold to a top of 405 cents a kilogram while heifers sold to a top of 310c/kg.
Steers weighing less than 200kg sold for 280c/kg to 405c/kg, while those in the 200kg to 250kg weight range made 224c/kg to 350c/kg.
Steers weighing 250kg to 300kg sold for 265c/kg to 405c/kg and steers weighing 300kg to 350kg made 175c/kg to 398c/kg.
Heavier steers more than 350kg sold for 312c/kg to 364c/kg.
Heifers weighing less than 250kg made 165c/kg to 310c/kg and heavier heifers more than 250kg sold for 192c/kg to 272c/kg.
Paul and Nada Gibbins, Lowanna and Bucca, sold 16 Angus steers, 267kg, with Brooklana and Booroomooka Angus blood, for 405c/kg to return $1081 to a local buyer.
A line of 16 Angus steers, 288kg, from A and W Joyce, Thora, sold for 374c/kg to return $1079, to a local buyer.
Partridge Rural Enterprises, Deer Vale, sold 23 Angus-cross steers, 272kg, with Knowla and Alumy Creek Angus blood, for 364c/kg or $990, to an online buyer.
Murray Burley, Dorrigo, sold 10 Angus steers, 393kg, for 348c/kg or $1364 to a local buyer.
Marengo Pastoral Co, Hernani, sold seven Angus-cross steers, 184kg, for 310c/kg to return $570.
Harry Connors sold two Charolais-cross steers, 178kg, with Wakefield blood, for 300c/kg or $534.
In the heifers, Gibbins Investments, Dorrigo, sold 26 Angus heifers, 304kg, with Brooklana blood, for 262c/kg to return $804, to a buyer from the New England area.
The Ponds Farming Co, Dorrigo, sold 12 Shorthorn heifers, 247kg, with Leeds Shorthorn blood, for 310c/kg or $768, to a buyer in the Northern Rivers area.
The same vendor sold another nine Shorthorn heifers, 305kg, for 280c/kg or $854, and 12 Angus heifers, 273kg, with Brooklana, Tandara and Gates Angus blood, for 262c/kg to return $715.
A line of nine Angus heifers, 292kg, from A and W Joyce, Thora, made 270c/kg or $788.
Hysant Pty Ltd, Ebor, sold 20 Angus heifers, 261kg, with Wattletop, Eaglehawk and Irelands Angus blood, for 272c/kg to return $710, to a buyer from the New England area.
Paul and Nada Gibbins, Lowanna and Bucca, sold 21 Angus heifers, 295kg, with Brooklana and Booroomooka Angus blood, for 260c/kg or $767.
Buyers were local as well as from the Northern Rivers and New England areas.
The sale was conducted by Ray White Rural Dorrigo.
Alexandra Bernard
Journalist based in Wagga Wagga covering all things agriculture in southern NSW.
Journalist based in Wagga Wagga covering all things agriculture in southern NSW.
