Yarding: 1263 Change: -130
MOUNT GAMBIER CATTLE
Wednesday February 9
Numbers eased a little as agents yarded 1,263 head of liveweight and open auction cattle.
These sold to a slightly smaller field of trade and processor buyers with feeders and restockers also present and active over the offering.
Quality was good with some large weights on offer in the bullock pens as the market mainly sold from firm to slightly better in price.
Vealer steers to the trade remained firm in price as they made from 520c to 562c with similar heifers making from 520c to 595c/kg.
Feeder orders sought steers from 470c to 590c/kg.
Yearling steers to the trade made from 474c to 545c with similar heifers making from 376c to 536c/kg.
Feeders were active here on steers from 440c to 577c and heifers from 360c to 505c/kg.
Grown steers and bullocks ranged from 375c to 473c to the trade as they ranged from firm to 3c easier in price with feeder activity from 430c to 483c/kg.
Grown heifers made from 338c to 460c with feeder activity from 338c to 437c as manufacturing steers ranged from 310c to 350c/kg.
Heavy cows lifted 3c as they made from 310c to 348c with lighter types making from 255c to 285c as feeders were active from 270c to 344c/kg.
Bulls ranged from 275c to 318c/kg.
Yarding: 1489 Change: -24 Lamb: 1321 Change: -47 Sheep: 168 Change: 23
MOUNT GAMBIER SHEEP AND LAMB
Wednesday February 9
Numbers remained steady as agents yarded 1,321 lambs and 168 sheep to total 1,489 head overall.
These sold to the usual field of trade and processor buyers with a small number of active restockers this week.
Quality was mixed with a wide range of type and weight on offer as the market sold from firm to easier rates this week.
Light lambs to the trade made from $154 to $165 with the lightweight trade 2 and 3 score types making from $158 to $175/head.
Restockers sourced lambs to grow on from $128 to $165/head.
Trade weight 3 score lambs returned from $164 to $188 to mainly range from 800c to 820c/kg cwt.
Heavy lambs were scarce as they ranged from $188 to the market high of $220/head.
Hoggets sold to $120 with the light sheep making from $86 to $114/head.
Heavy sheep made from $118 to $145 as a solitary wether returned $165 and rams ranged from $32 to $90/head.
Yarding: 899 Change: -150
NARACOORTE CATTLE
Tuesday February 8
Numbers eased as agents yarded 899 head of liveweight and open auction cattle.
These sold to a slightly smaller field of trade and processor buyers, along with the usual feeders and restockers.
Quality dipped a little on the previous weeks sale, with less of the supplementary fed lots coming forward with the market being mixed in price.
Insufficient vealers came forward to provide a quote.
Yearling steers to the trade ranged from 464c to 525c, to be from firm to 20c better in places with similar heifers making from 440c to 522c/kg.
Feeders sought steers from 450c to 602c, and heifers from 450c to 552c/kg.
Restockers operated on steers from 500c to 594c, and on the heifers from 490c to 568c/kg.
Grown steers and bullocks to the trade lost up to 18c, as they returned from 420c to 488c, with feeder activity from 448c to 468c/kg.
Grown heifers to the trade lost 15c, as they ranged from 342c to 478c, with feeder support from 345c to 458c/kg.
A single pen of FrIesian manufacturing steers made to 320c/kg.
Heavy weight cows bucked the easier trend, as they jumped in price by 20c, to range from 326c to 358c/kg.
The light weight types sold to 290c, as strong feeder activity took most of the light weight lots from 264c to 376c/kg.
Heavy weight bulls ranged from 290c to 355c, with lighter pens reaching a high of 512c/kg.
Yarding: 5877 Change: -578 Lamb: 4437 Change: -1418 Sheep: 1440 Change: 840
NARACOORTE SHEEP AND LAMB
Tuesday February 8
Numbers eased a little as agents yarded less lambs but more sheep this week with 4,437 lambs and 1,440 sheep combining to total 5,877 head overall.
These sold to a slightly smaller field of trade and processor buyers along with a number of active restockers.
Quality was very mixed with something to suit all orders with both markets selling to easier rates this week.
Light lambs to the trade made from $92 to $165 with the lightweight trade 2 and 3 scores reaching $173/head.
Restockers sourced light Merino lambs from $96 to $135 with light crossbreds making from $60 to $150 with those with better conditioning making from $164 to $177/head.
Trade weight 3 score lambs made from $176 to $191 with a fall of $3/head with most sales here from 800c to 850c/kg cwt.
Heavy lambs ranged from $188 to $222 with a fall of up to $5 as the extra heavy lots returned from $219 to the market high of $260/head.
Hoggets made from $140 to $163 as light sheep returned from $48 to $99/head.
Medium weighted sheep ranged from $108 to $130 as heavy pens sold from $144 to $176/head.
Wethers made from $148 to $204 as rams ranged from $50 to $150/head.
Yarding: 447 Change: 161
MILLICENT CATTLE
Thursday February 3
Agents yarded 437 liveweight and 10 open auction cattle at the Millicent Saleyards on February 3.
This was an increase in 161 head on the previous yarding which sold to a cheaper trend than the previous market to the usual array of buyers.
Vealer steers sold from 540 c/kg to a top of 570 c/kg and heifers at 497 c/kg to 570 c/kg.
Yearling steers sold from 265 c/kg to 594 c/kg, with heifers ranging from 375 c/kg to 560 c/kg.
One pen of 15 finished manufacturing steers fetched 328 c/kg and the other finished steers sold from 385 c/kg to 475 c/kg.
This category sold to a steady trend with the previous market. Grown heifers fetched 310 c/kg to 457 c/kg.
Over 100 cows were offered of varied quality.
Light cows returned 200 c/kg to 235 c/kg with heavier cows selling from 100 c/kg to 420 c/kg.
Two pens of calves consisting of 5 Angus steers and 5 Angus heifers fetched $1,590 and an average of $1,260 respectively.
Two bulls returned 300 c/kg to 320 c/kg.
The next Millicent Market will be held on Thursday, 17 February 2022, commencing at 9am.
