Out of district buyers dominate Binnaway store sale

More than 600 head were yarded with buyers from Coonamble, Dubbo, Coonabarabran, Scone, Tamworth, Coolah and the local area in attendance.

In comparison to the previous store sale, David Grant Livestock Agency agent David Grant, Coonabarabran, said the market performed better.

"The quality was magnificent with out of district buyers lifting prices," he said.

"This is the biggest yarding of store sale cattle we've had in Binnaway quite some time.

"However, I thought local buyers were very scarce, but only on the grounds that the dams are a bit low at the moment.

"As the sale went on and we got onto our heifers, I thought they were considerably dearer than anywhere else.

"They could have been $150 dearer than Dubbo last week."

Mr Grant said a quality run of Brangus cows with calves, sold on account of Hidden Valley Pastoral, Coonabarabran, were the standout.

The best of the steers attracted bids to $1240 while the remaining ranged from $960 to $1210 a head.

Heifers made from $400 through to more than $700.

Pregnancy-tested-in-calf-cows (PTIC) attracted bids from $900 to $1280.

The lead pens of the cows with calves topped the market at a price of $1640.

Athel Hutchinson, Binnaway, sold a pen of locally bred 280kg, Angus heifers, out of big framed Angus cows by a stud Limousin bull for $820.

As part of a herd dispersal, Hidden Valley Pastoral, Coonabarabran, sold 80, Brangus cows with calves, mixed age, in fresh condition to a high of $1640.

The same vendor also sold 12, Brangus PTIC cows, 24-months-old, for $1280.

Longhill Pastoral, Coolah, sold a draft of 60, Charolais, mixed sex calves to a top of $1140.

The Canham family, Bugaldie sold 12, Angus/Charolais, mixed sexed yearling steers for $1240.

David Grant Livestock Agency, Coonabarabran, and Larry Tolmie Livestock and Property, Binnaway, conducted the sale.