It was a quiet day at Coalgate last Thursday, with volume well down. Only 50 store cattle presented; One-year heifers, 290kg-355kg, made $2.28-$2.31/kg, while weaner Murray-Grey bulls, 147kg, made $355. Prime steers sold well, with the heaviest at 565kg, $3.16/kg. Prices for cows rose, with 555-620kg up 9c/kg to $2.07/kg, and 485-500kg increasing 19c to $2.05/kg.
The top 20 percent prime lambs sold for $210-$246, and the next 30 percent $200-$208. A quarter of the yarding were medium-good types at $182-$189. Ewe prices dropped at the top end, with a handful of pens making $233-$247, and the next cut $197-$212. Nearly half the tally was medium-good where prices rose to $159-$197.
