PHOTO: Topping the market today was this pen of Angus steers on account of PJ & RJ Craig that Charles Stewart Nash McVilly sold for 314c/kg, averaging $2120ph. A total of 2,039 cattle were yarded at Mortlake today representing an increase of over 800 head. It was a good quality yarding overall. The grown cattle
PHOTO: Representing Furneaux were (from back left) son Dougal, parents Georgie and Bobby Mann with agent Bill O’Brien, and (from front left) children Jack and Liv Mann. They sold 157 Angus weaner steers to a top of 324c/kg, $1198ph. WVLX Mortlake held their Feature Weaner Sale, yarding 5700 head. The yarding mostly consisted of Angus
PHOTO: Graham & Merilyn Sutherland sold 93 Angus PTIC heifers to a top of $2100ph, and the family came along to see including daughter Charlotte (back left), Merilyn (back middle), and grandchildren Lucy (middle left), Millie (middle), Angus (middle right) and Tommy (front). There was a very good yarding of all sections of F1 Heifers
Mortlake agents yarded 750 head at the final WVLX Prime market for the year representing a considerable drop to the previous week, however it was in line with most Eastern markets where auction numbers declined significantly also. The overall quality of the offering was very good. Grown cattle and bullocks presented with weight with very
Just over 5,500 cattle yarded at the December WVLX Store Sale. Quality was mostly excellent with big runs of well bred beef cattle offered, however there were pens at the end of each run of plainer types. All the usual buying gallery were present from all over Victoria, Southern NSW and South Australia, they operated
A record number of cattle 2,911 were yarded at Mortlake today representing an increase of 700 head. Overall quality was very good. The grown cattle and bullocks displayed more weight with a step-up in manufacturing steers. There was a good mix of beef and dairy breeds in the cow market where most of the regular
PHOTO: Marg Draffen of Heatherlie Farms (pictured with Elders agent Bill O’Brien) sold 60 Angus weaner steers today at the WVLX Store Sale through Elders Kerr & Co for 274-298c/kg, averaging $817-1052ph. Agents penned 4,270 cattle at the WVLX Store Sale of mixed quality consisting of good runs of wellbred cattle, cows and calves, PTIC
PHOTO: Topping the market today was this pen of Angus grown heifers that HF Richardson sold for 274c/kg, returning $1289ph for S Gibbons. WVLX Mortlake agents yarded just over 2,000 head at today’s market representing an increase of some 200 head on the previous week. The grown cattle and bullocks displayed an increase of weight
PHOTO: T Howley presented this pen of Angus cows that sold for a top of 220c/kg under the Southern Grampians Livestock hammer, averaging $1459ph. Agents yarded 1,800 at Mortlake cattle market this week slightly fewer than the previous week and the yarding displayed excellent quality. The grown cattle and bullocks offered more weight and there
PHOTO: Timanda presented this pen of Angus grown steers at the WVLX prime market that topped this category at 230c/kg under the Southern Grampians Livestock hammer, returning $1508ph. Mortlake agents yarded 1,980 cattle at this week’s prime market, representing a number similar to the previous week. Despite dry conditions, the offering was of excellent quality