Throughput was on the low side at 450 head, but local buyers were still selective. Good 2-year beef steers, including Hereford-Shorthorn, sold for $2.94-$3.02/kg, with some lighter lines of quality pushing to $3.20-$3.33/kg. Any off-types sold well off that pace however. Ex-service bulls featured in the 2-year pens, and sold for breeding at $3.40/kg, with other Hereford and beef-cross lines fetching $3.00/kg. Heifers proved to be the softest market out of the older cattle, with a big variance at $2.75-$2.90/kg.
Steady returns in the 1-year steer pens saw most make $3.30-$3.50/kg, with some heavy lines penned. Good beef bulls sold to $3.20-$3.30/kg, though Friesian lines proved harder to shift at $2.85-$2.95/kg. The market struggled in the heifer pens where a mixed yarding was offered. Good Angus sold to high demand at $3.20-$3.30/kg, but crossbred lines made up the majority and dropped well back.
Weaner beef-cross bulls sold for $550-$660, and heifers, $450-$475. A small offering of cows sold on a steady market, with heavy beef returning $2.00/kg, and medium Friesian, $1.70-$1.80/kg.
