Market Report 2 July 2024

Cattle - 520

Handy falls of rain over the supply area resulted in a reduced yarding of 520 head.  There was some good quality cattle through the sale , mainly in the weaners and yearling cattle lines.    The market improved for most classes of cattle with restocker weaner steers selling 10c dearer ranging from 302c to 378/ckg.  Restocker and background yearling steers were 10c 20c dearer selling from 290c to 350c/kg.  There was only a few pens of heavy feeders steers selling from 298c to 360c/kg.  Restocker yearling heifers sold from 240c to 272c and trade heifers toped at 334c/kg.  Grown steers were in limited supply, steers to process sold to 256c and feeders toped at 320c/kg.  There was a mixed yarding of cows in a market that was 10c dearer with 4 scores selling from 210c to 223c and 3 score cows averaged 192c/kg.  Restocker cows reached a top of 192c/kg.  The bull market improved by 20c selling to 254c/kg

Sheep

Yarding –  2134 Lambs –  1219      Sheep – 915

There was a yarding of 2,134 sheep consisting of 1,219 lambs and 915 mutton.  Quality of the lambs was good in a stronger market with trade weights selling from $148 to $166 while heavy lambs ranged from $170 to $200.  Extra heavy lambs reached a top price of $235/head.  Dorper lambs sold to $225/head.  The yarding of mutton met keen interest selling from $55 to $120/head.