Yarding: 267 Change: 53
MOUNT GAMBIER CATTLE
Wednesday, August 17
Numbers rose a little at Mount Gambier as agents yarded 267 head of liveweight and open auction cattle.
These sold to the usual field of trade and processor buyers along with feeder and restocker activity.
The market continues to have a wintry feel about it with the better conditioned lots being sought after to sell to dearer rates while the secondary types were softer this week.
Cows continue to make up the bulk of the offering with these seeing strong competition to be up to 30c/kg better in price.
The few yearling steers all went to feed from 455c to 543c with similar heifers making from 422c to 540c as the trade sought some heifers from 500c to 538c, with restockers operating from 454c to 600c/kg.
A solitary grown steer went to the trade at 400c with most of these going to feed on from 426c to 522c/kg.
Grown heifers were small in number as they returned from 400c to 421c as manufacturing steers made from 380c to 399c/kg.
Heavy cows were a sought after item with the trade competing here as most sold from 368c to 421c with an isolated sale at 442c/kg for younger types.
Lighter lots ranged from 325c to 340c with cows to feed on making from 312c to 408c/kg.
Heavy bulls made from 230c to 330c with lightweights to feed on reaching 400c/kg.
Yarding: 460 Change: 309
NARACOORTE CATTLE
Tuesday, August 16
An increased yarding of 460 cattle at Naracoorte this week saw an increase of 300 head made up of 280 young cattle, 127 cows, 56 bulls and a few open auction young cattle.
The quality ranged from plain to very good with more cattle showing finish and suiting both the trade and feedlots.
The usual buying group attended and operated keenly in a strong market with most classes selling dearer.
Vealers were low in number and sold from 525c to 612c/kg to feeders and restockers.
Yearlings sold from 468c to 572c to the trade and from 472c to 600c/kg to feeders and restockers.
Grown steers sold from 462c to 528c, feeders paid from 490c to 516c/kg.
The grown heifers sold from 350c to 565c/kg.
The best of the heavy cows sold from 308c to 416c to be to 30c/kg up on last weeks small offering.
Restockers paid from 216c to 340c for plainer types.
Heavy bulls sold from 250c to 366c to also be dearer by up to 30c/kg.
Lighter weights sold to 380c/kg.
Yarding: 3012 Change: 1619 Lamb: 1720 Change: 700 Sheep: 1292 Change: 919
NARACOORTE SHEEP AND LAMB
Tuesday, August 16
An increased yarding of 1,720 lambs and 1,292 sheep were offered at Naracoorte.
Quality was mixed but with several pens of excellent quality heavy lambs yarded.
The regular buying group attended and operated in a generally firm market on the lamb run and to $20 head easier on the sheep with the crossbreds mostly affected.
The medium and heavy trade weight lambs sold from $162 to $201 with the extra heavy weight lambs selling from $201 to $250/head for a good result.
Merino lambs mostly sold from $125 to $172/head.
The sheep sold to softer competition with the regular buying group operating with more interest on the shorn Merino ewes showing finish.
Merino ewes sod to $155, crossbred ewes sold to $160 and Merino wethers sold to $145/head.
Light weight lambs sold from $114 to $127/head.
Light trade weight lambs sold from $144 to $160/head and averaged 700c/kg cwt.
Medium trade weight lamb sold from $162 to $190/head and averaged 760c/kg cwt.
Heavy trade weight lambs sold from $180 to $201/head and averaged 730c/kg cwt.
Export weights sold from $196 to $208/head and average 730c/kg cwt.
Extra heavy weights sold from $210 to $250/head.
The medium and heavy Merino lambs sold from $148 to $172/head and ranged from 610c to 640c/kg cwt.
Heavy hogetts sold from $105 to $165/head.
Light weight sheep sold from $45 to $99/head.
Medium weight sheep sold from $84 to $122/head with the Merino mutton averaging 500c/kg cwt.
Heavy Merino sheep sold from $130 to $155, Merino wethers sold from $132 to $145/head, the heavy Merino sheep ranged from 480c to 540c/kg cwt.
Crossbred sheep sold from $138 to $160/head.
Rams ranged from $40 to $138/head.
