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MARKET REPORT-PRIME CATTLE-25 MAY, 2020

Total Yarding: 1’243 Agents yarded 1,243 cattle at Mortlake in another good yarding of cattle where the quality ranged from plain to excellent over all categories. All the regular processor buyers and feeders were present and active however not all were fully active in a market that was firm to slightly dearer in places, mainly

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MARKET REPORT-STORE CATTLE-MAY 21, 2020

Yarding: 4’896 WVLX’s May store sale presented great runs of quality cattle with just short of 5000 head on offer. There were 103 buyers present today as well as the online bidding platform, AuctionsPlus. The grown steers section topped at 434c/kg, with the majority making between 380-420c/kg. The large offering of weaner steers topped at

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MARKET REPORT-PRIME CATTLE 18 MAY, 2020

A Strong buying crowd at today’s Prime Market with these 7 Grown Speckle Park Heifers from Mosaic Farms fetching 330c/kg, averaging $1584 per head. (Sold by Stewart Nash McVilly) Total Yarding: 1’064 Agents yarded 1,064 cattle at Mortlake where the quality of the beef bred cattle offered was excellent in all sections especially in the bullock and

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MARKET REPORT-PRIME CATTLE- 11 MAY, 2020

Total Yarding: 677 Agents yarded 677 cattle at Mortlake where the quality was much improved this week with an excellent run of bullocks and yearling cattle on offer, however the offering of cows was not quite as heavy as last week but was predominantly made up of beef Bred cows. All the usual processors and

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MARKET REPORT-PRIME CATTLE- 4 MAY, 2020

DJ Swayn presented a pen of 1 Charolais steer that topped the market fetching 390c/kg, $1427.40  and 5 Charolais Heifers almost matching at 388c/kg, averaging $1406.50 per head. (Sold by Charles Stewart & Co)  Total Yarding: 416 Agents yarded 416 cattle at Mortlake where the quality overall was plain to very good all the usual

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MARKET REPORT-PRIME CATTLE-27 APRIL, 2020

Total Yarding: 802 Agents yarded 802 cattle at Mortlake with quality ranging from average to very good. The offering of trade cattle this week however was more mixed. The quality of bullocks was very good and there was an excellent run of beef cows offered. All the major processors and buyers were in attendance and

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MARKET REPORT-PRIME CATTLE-APRIL 20, 2020

Total Yarding: 529 Agents yarded 529 cattle at Mortlake where the quality ranged from average to very good in all sections. All the regular processors were in attendance however not all operated fully in a market that was very strong. Restockers were very active under pining the market, where cows were 10c to 15c dearer

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Store Sale Report, 16th April 2020

Yarding:​ 2’457 Today Western Victoria Livestock Exchange held its first ever Store Sale interfaced with AuctionsPlus and Outcross. The April Store Sale proved to be incredibly successful with 70 registered buyers on site and 32 active bidders. Online we had 22 active bidders and 9 successful buyers. Online bidders purchased 71 out of the 180

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Prime Cattle Market- 6 April, 2020

Total Yarding: 493 Agents yarded 493 cattle at Mortlake. It was a mixed yarding of cattle with the quality ranging from plain to very good. All the processors and restockers were in attendance operating in a market that was firm to dearer over all categories with feeders operating very strongly and underpinning the market. The

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MARKET REPORT-PRIME CATTLE- 30 MARCH, 2020

Total Yarding: 1000 Agents yarded 1,000 cattle at Mortlake in a mixed yarding where the largest percentage of bullocks was of the manufacturing type the younger cattle presented some good vealers and not as mixed and there was a very good run of  beef cows together with good dairy bred cows. In an initiative this

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