WAGGA CATTLE MARKET: Vendors sold 3365 head and the better finished vealers to slaughter made from 298c to 344c/kg. The better finished medium trade weight trade steers were keenly sought by feedlots and domestic processors which resulted in a dearer trend of 3c/kg. Prime C3 medium weight steers made from 325c to 347c/kg.
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Demand from restockers contributed to a dearer trend of up to 36c for plainer lines of steers and heifers. Plainer lines sold from 224c to 308c/kg. The better lines of light weight steers sold made from 300c to 336c to average 313c/kg. Well-bred medium weight C2 yearling steers were well supplied and this category was keenly sought by several major feedlots, with prices rising 9c to average 330c/kg. Secondary heifers to place on feed sold to stronger competition, with lighter weight heifers making from 285c to 315c/kg. Secondary lines of medium weight heifers sold 7c higher to average 299.2c/kg.
Stronger demand from all southern processors for supplementary fed or crop finished steers and bullocks pushed prices 9c to 23c/kg higher. The better quality pens of prime finished C3 and C4 steers made from 315c to 345.2c/kg. Heavy grown heifers supplementary fed or crop finished ignited bidding frequently throughout the sale with prices lifting up to 36c/kg.
The better shaped younger lines made from 310c to 336.4c/kg.
Heavy cows sold to much stronger demand from most southern processors. Well finished types averaged 267.6c/kg. The bulk of the leaner grades lifted 7c to 9c, with the D3 medium weight cows averaging 243c/kg.
WAGGA SHEEP MARKET: Extra heavy lambs sold to a top of $197 at the Wagga market. Vendors sold a total of 33,000 sheep and lambs and numbers were marginally higher. About 2000 new season lambs were penned along with a few extra pens of younger shorn lambs which were supplementary fed.
There was several producers looking to rebuild ewe flocks and buyers paid $125.60 to $137/head. Medium and heavy new season trade lambs made from $132 to $151/head to average 610c/kg cwt. Medium and heavy old trade lambs were well supplied to average 600c/kg cwt. The better finished heavy trade lambs ranged from $144 to $168/head.
There were several drafts of exceptional Merino lambs offered which ignited bidding from both export and domestic processors. Well finished Merino trade lambs made from $121 to $154 with a pen of extra heavy Merino lambs topping at $168.20/head. Light lambs to the processor fell $6 to $7, making from $72 to $114/head.
Heavy export lambs were in shorter supply which aided the slightly dearer trend. Heavy and extra heavy lambs sold from $154 to $197/head to average 585c/kg cwt. Mutton numbers increased and quality was mixed to quite good, with plenty of weight across the offering. Ewe mutton suitable for the trade was in reasonable supply and made from $72 to $104/head or 380c to 426c/kg cwt.