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PHOTO: Darren Gladman of Woolsthorpe, with his children (from left to right) Aisha, birthday boy Percy, Makani and Lawson. The Gladman family came to check out the saleyards today as a special birthday treat for budding farmer Percy! Happy Birthday Percy!! There was a lighter penning of winter cattle but it met with strong demand from
PHOTO: Darren Welsh, with daughter Amanda from Kennedys Creek called into WVLX today to see the sale of his neighbour’s cattle, including 2 Angus Heifers that sold for $2.40/kg, with an average weight of 360kg. Total Yarding: 558 There was a larger yarding of 558 cattle at Mortlake which was 63 more with an increased offering
PHOTO: First time sellers, Ian and Barb Boyd from Weerite, pictured with local Hereford farmer Ken Hodge, were happy with the prices they sold their 8 cattle for today, including 4 Angus X Angus Heifers at $2.62/kg and 4 Angus X Angus Bullocks, 2 of which made $2.89/kg and the other 2 made $2.50/kg.Ma Total Yarding:
PHOTO: First time seller at WVLX, Peter Burdon of Millicent (pictured with agent Dale Keatley of Ray White Keatley), was awarded the best-presented pen of steers for his 13 Angus Steers which sold for $2.94/kg, with an average weight of 523kg. Peter was very happy with this price and thought the WVLX complex was great. Total
PHOTO: Claudio and Linda Castaldo of Glenfyne normally sell at other markets but wanted to try the market at WVLX, selling 1 Angus X Angus Steer for $2.59/kg (weight 414kg), 2 Angus x Angus Heifers for $2.46/kg (average weight 430kg) and 3 Angus x Angus cows for $2.06/kg (average weight 528.3kg). They were particularly impressed by
PHOTO: Vern Wright of Camperdown sold at WVLX for the first time at today’s Prime Market. He was impressed with the $2.84/kg price he got for his 3 Angus x Angus steers (weighing an average of 553.3kg), saying they wouldn’t have made that price elsewhere. Total Yarding: 759 There was an increased number of cattle to
PHOTO: Steve and Ros Reynolds sold 24 head of cattle, both steers and heifers, at today’s prime market. There were 607 cattle at Mortlake, 119 more for the usual group of buyers that attended as the market was dominated by approximately 388 cows that made up to 3/4 of the yarding. These ranged from good heavy
Photo: Elise Dell of Hawkesdale sold over 92 cattle at today’s prime market, including the first pen of the day which were 10 Hereford bullocks @ $2.58/kg with an average weight of 533.5kg. Elise, who has been selling at WVLX since it’s first sale, praised the Mortlake saleyards and the modern facilities. Total Yarding: 488 There
Photo: Charles and Cass Kimpton of Glenthompson were very pleased with their pen of Best Presented Heifers (30 Angus x Angus) from ‘Toora West’, which had an average weight of 412.8kg and sold for $3.42/kg. Total Yarding: 1,055 Heavy rain fell throughout the May WVXL store sale which led to increased buyer competition and confidence. Once
PHOTO: The buyers gathered around to bid on the first pen of the day, sold by Bernie Grant of LMB Livestock, of Angus x Angus Steers which went for $2.83/kg with an average weight of 566.9kg. Total Yarding: 501 Numbers increased at Mortlake with 501 made up of approximately 330 export and 170 young cattle sold