Dry conditions impacted the store markets at Coalgate on Thursday, while easing schedules affected prime prices.
Store lamb tallies grew to 3500 and prices came back $10. Light lambs sold for $40-$65.
Ewe’s held and two-tooth’s made $122-$182, while good mixed age sold for $160-$189, and medium, $120-$159.
The cattle section was hard work, with selective bidding on all types. Prime beef and beef-cross steers varied from $2.55/kg to $2.83/kg, while bulls, 465-600kg, eased to $2.20-$2.30/kg.
R2 traditional steers sold well but their sisters only managed $2.10-$2.47/kg. Hereford-Friesian steers, 383-418kg, eased to $2.54-$2.61/kg, bettered by heifers, 340-386kg, $2.56-$2.65/kg.
A small weaner section struggled, with the best steers making $480 and Speckle Park-cross mixed sex, 110kg, $445.
Coalgate cattle and sheep sale 14.02
Store lambs eased with good types at $100-$116
Medium store lambs made $70-$99
Prime lambs eased to $120-$149
Boner dairy heifers, 415-445kg, made $1.92-$2.00/kg
R2 traditional steers, 378-408kg, made $3.14-$3.24/kg
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