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PHOTO: Matt Sculley of HF Richardson sold the first pen of the day, which included 3 top priced Black Baldy bullocks weighing an average of 665kg @ 272c/kg. Total Yarding: 152 There was a smaller yarding of 152 head of cattle at Mortlake, 200 less. The quality was mixed in condition from plain to good for
PHOTO: Tim addressing the large turnout for the Small Business Festival event held at WVLX today, showing business people from the Warrnambool, Corangamite and Moyne Shires how our world-class cattle saleyards works and talking about how we engage our staff in the workplace. Total Yarding: 296 There was an increase in the cattle numbers to 296 head
PHOTO: Dick Douglas from Elders Deniliquin came to Mortlake to see the 529 steers and heifers from ‘Boonoke’ of Conargo (near Deniliquin) sold. Their best price was $620p/h (open auction) for three pens of Hereford steer calves (68 in total). Dick was very impressed with the facility and the comfort of the cattle at WVLX. Total
PHOTO: Southern Grampians Livestock sold this impressive line of around 70 dairy chopper cows at today’s prime market in Mortlake, with their top pen of 11 Friesian Cows reaching 204c/kg with an average weight of 711.8kg. Total Yarding: 192 There was 192 cattle yarded at Mortlake as most of the buying group was present as they
The August store sale is gearing up to be a ripper, with around 2000 head of cattle booked in. Cattle started arriving on Friday at the WVLX complex for the store sale, which is scheduled to start at 10am on Thursday 9 August. Anyone with enquiries about the sale can call the WVLX manager, Tim Nowell,
PHOTO: It was hats off and a minute silence at the start of today’s prime market to pay respect to Graeme ‘Turk’ Delaney of Elders Mortlake, a stalwart of the industry, who passed away suddenly on the weekend. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family and friends – Graeme will be sadly missed at
PHOTO: David, Kaye and Michael Blackburn of ‘Eilyer’, just south of Lake Bolac, sold 22 cattle for the first time at WVLX today at the prime market and were very impressed with the facility. Among their lot were 2 Angus X Steers that sold for 290c/kg (ave. weight 485kg) and 1 Angus X Angus Heifer @
PHOTO: Jan and John Murphy of Woolsthorpe, pictured with Jim Oliver, are regular vendors at WVLX and said they will continue to keep selling at the Mortlake saleyards because of the great conditions here. They sold 14 Angus X Angus Cows and 2 Angus X Angus Bulls today, with their best cow price reaching 248c/kg (average
PHOTO: Second time winners of a best presented pen at WVLX, this time for Steers, was Charles and Cass Kimpton of Glenthompson with their pen of 45 Angus x Angus Steers, which had an average weight of 442kg and sold for 323c/kg. Total Yarding: 1,476 Another very good yarding of outstanding quality feeder steers came forward
PHOTO: Regular store sale vendor Vicki Jones of ‘Correlup’, proudly wearing her ‘Beanies for Brain Cancer’ beanie in support of her daughter Sheridan who had this horrible cancer. Vicki, together with Bob Haworth, sold cattle for the first time at today’s prime market with her first pen of Angus X Angus cows selling for 236c/kg