The market could easily have handled a bigger number of store lambs than the 1100 offered, and top price of $83.50 was spent on mixed sex Southdown, with most other lines making $60-$79. A line of annual draft ewes sold for $118. Prime lambs sold on a steady market for the 2000 offered, and very few sold outside of $80-$118. Ewes also met firm demand, and heavy types returned $90-$115, medium $70-$88, and the lighter end, $70-$79, with few selling below that level.
Like most sale yards this week Coalgate offered up its share of ex-service bulls, and prices remained steady. Hereford, 486-637kg, made $2.72-$2.76/kg, with most of the section earning $2.66-$2.76/kg. Steer prices held, and heavy types, 645-790kg, sold for $2.76-$2.86/kg, with values similar for 520-590kg prime heifers. A good yarding of cows was well sought after, and top beef lines, 585-594kg, made $2.00-$2.09/kg, with most other lines trading at $1.84-$1.91/kg.
Calves featured in the store section and demand was firm, with Friesian bulls, 119kg, earning $500-$505, and Hereford-Friesian steers, 99-110kg, $470-$530. Heifers were not left behind either, and most of the Hereford-Friesian offered sold for $450-$570.
