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PHOTO: Topping the market at a high 678c/kg at the May Store Sale was this pen of Hereford Weaner Steers which Elders Kerr & Co sold on behalf of Langowan, returning $1302 per head. Yarding: 5,196 Agents again yarded over 5000 cattle at the May store sale in Mortlake, despite a spring drop weaner sale
PHOTO: Competition was hot for cows today, with this pair of quality Angus girls sold by Charles Stewart & Co fetching the top of 347c/kg, returning $2360ph for Hilltop Farming. Total Yarding: 627 Quality improved to see a good to very good yarding of particularly light to medium weight grown steers and heavy weight beef
PHOTO: Elders Kerr & Co sold this quality pen of Limousin X Heifers for the second highest price today of 461c/kg, returning $1421ph for CA Beal. Total Yarding: 401 It was the plainest quality offering of cattle seen here so far in the yarding of 401 head, 116 less. Despite this, prices averaged close
Photo: Elders Kerr & Co sold this excellent pen of Angus Steers for the market top today of 498c/kg on behalf of NJ & AM Gibson, returning $1178ph. Total Yarding: 519 Despite only a few exceptional pens, there were 517 mostly plain to average quality cattle penned, 67 head less. The usual following of buyers
PHOTO: HF Richardson sold this great pen of Angus Steers for the market top of 465c/kg on behalf of Ferndale Agriculture Co, returning $1564ph. Total Yarding: 584 Most of the regular following of meat processors were represented at the reduced yarding of 584 cattle, 187 less. Quality was again average to good and prices
PHOTO: Topping the market overall today at WVLX in Mortlake were the Angus Heifers in this pen that Elders Kerr & Co sold on behalf of the Stewart Family for a high 485c/kg, returning $1322ph. Total Yarding: 771 There were 771 cattle sold, which was 97 head less than last week. The quality ranged from
PHOTO: Russell Finch of Coleraine with his pen of Angus Steers that fetched the market top of a massive 750c/kg! Yarding: 5,277 Agents yarded over 5000 cattle for the April store sale here at WLX in Mortlake that sold to a very strong demand once again. The better pens of heavy grown feeder steers weighing
PHOTO: Topping the market today in Mortlake was this Limousin X Heifer and Steer that Charles Stewart Nash McVilly sold on behalf of RE & BJ Stinchcombe for 500c/kg, returning $1650ph (Heifer) and $1770ph (Steer). Total Yarding: 868 Not all the usual processor buyers operated at the Prime Market in Mortlake on the average
PHOTO (above): It was a cracker market today with this pen of Angus X Heifers (and 1 Shorthorn X Heifer) sold by Charles Stewart & Co making the market top of a whopping 502c/kg, returning $1757ph for TN & SL Beaton! Total Yarding: 393 Prices were higher in a much smaller yarding of 393
A smaller yarding expected this week at WVLX in Mortlake, with 365 cattle booked in so far. The breakdown is: Bulls – 2 Bullocks – 123 Trade – 143 Cows – 97 Sale commences at 9am as usual, with a reminder that there will be no sale next Monday (5th April) due to the Easter
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