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PHOTO: Bullocks were up on last week, with this Hereford pair making the top of 272c/kg (585kg), reaching $1547ph. Total Yarding: 214 Agents yarded 214 cattle today at Mortlake almost double last weeks yarding. The yarding was mixed for quality however there was some good grown heifers offered on a market that was generally softer
PHOTO: Plenty of kids around at today’s prime market in Mortlake thanks to school holidays, including these children looking on at the very efficient WVLX weighbridge operations Total Yarding: 116 Agents yarded a very small number of cattle this week at Mortlake. It was another plainer quality yarding and lacked the top end quality
PHOTO: Topping the market today was this great pen of Limousin X Steers sold by JM Ellis & Co, which reached 326c/kg (av weight 358kg), making $1167ph. Total Yarding: 213 Agents yarded a similar number of cattle to last week at Mortlake. The quality overall was much better in the trade cattle and the cows
PHOTO: The Best Presented pen of Steers was awarded to Nick & Helen Stanislawski and son Paul for these Charolais Steers that were sold for 302c/kg (av weight 451.5kg), making $1364ph (agent Sam Savin of Landmark accepted the ribbon on their behalf). Agent Matt Baxter of Charles Stewart & Co accepted the Best Presented pen
PHOTO: Bullocks were up on last week at today’s prime market in Mortlake, with Charles Stewart Nash McVilly selling this pen for the market top of 310c/kg (av weight 570kg), making $1767ph. Total Yarding: 231 Agents yarded 231 cattle at the prime market in Mortlake today, representing a slight increase on last week’s numbers. The
PHOTO: Corey Baulch of Elders Kerr & Co sold this outstanding pen of Angus Steers for the market top today of 330c/kg (ave weight 502.5kg), making $1658ph. Total Yarding: 177 Following another cold and wet weekend agents yarded 177 head at Mortlake, the wet weather over the weekend restricting the number of cattle being
PHOTO: Nice to meet Bill and Maureen Adeney of Camperdown who sold at WVLX for the first time today and had the top pen of Angus Bullocks, which Charles Stewart Nash McVilly knocked down for 274c/kg (av weight 702.9kg), making $1925.83ph. Total Yarding: 208 There was a smaller yarding of cattle at Mortlake today, a
PHOTO: Taking out the market top today, and the best price for Steers we’ve seen over the last few weeks, were these high quality Angus Steers that Elders Kerr & Co sold for 336c/kg (av weight 501.7kg), making $1685.60ph. Total Yarding: 335 There was an increase in the number of cattle offered this week at
PHOTO: Competition was hot for Heifers at today’s prime market in Mortlake! Sam Savin of Landmark knocked down this pen of Angus X Heifers for 302c/kg (av weight 572kg) and he also sold the top pen of the day – 5 Angus Heifers for 305c/kg (av weight 630kg), $1921.50ph. Total Yarding: 215 Following another bitterly
PHOTO: Alisha Adams with the adorable Maddison McRae (9mths) bought this top pen of Speckle Park Cows & Calves for $2,090ph for her parents who are starting to rear the sought-after breed. Total Yarding: 1,297 Despite the temperature not getting much above 10 degrees, there was a large turnout of buyers, vendors, agents and onlookers
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