Numbers fell significantly at the Wagga saleyards and price trends were mixed.
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Secondary cattle made up the bulk of the offering with very few cattle suitable for the trade.
Northern restockers and feedlots were active over all secondary yearling categories, however restockers were not as keen to push over 400c/kg.
There were fewer numbers of heavy cattle offered, while cows numbers fell markedly to 270 head.
There were fewer vealers suitable to slaughter, with the best vealers selling from 364c to 388c/kg.
Vealer steers and heifers lacking finish sold to restockers and feedlots, selling at 338c to 404c/kg.
There was a limited selection of yearling steers suitable for the trade however domestic buyer competition lifted at times if the correct article was presented.
Trade steers sold 14c dearer and were selling from 370c to 399c/kg.
Medium weight trade heifers lacked finish easing 9c to average 337c/kg.
Secondary weaner steers sold to a smaller turnout of restockers, with buyers far more selective across plainer conditioned and bred lines.
Secondary weaner steers sold to a smaller turnout of restockers, with buyers far more selective across plainer conditioned and bred lines.
- National Livestock Reporting Service
The highest bid achieved was 409c/kg for a pen of light weight Angus steers.
Other sales of secondary steers, with plenty of frame made from 354c to 403c/kg.
Medium weight C2 feeder steers suitable to feed-on sold to fluctuating price trends, with the market firming as the sale progressed.
Lighter weight feed steers were unchanged to average 375c/kg.
Yearling feeder heifer prices gathered some momentum, with buyers pushing the light portion 14c/kg higher. Heifers 330-400kg were keenly sought and prices were unchanged selling at 312c to 365c/kg.
The very mixed quality supply of heavy grown steers sold to steady demand to average 352c/kg.
Much of the bullock offering comprised of well finished steers and prices lifted 9c to average 357c/kg.
Prime finished C4 Bullocks to slaughter made from 322c to 338c/kg. Most buyers attended and operated in the cow market.
Stronger competition for well finished cows resulted in a dearer trend 7c/kg.
The bulk of the lean types failed to attract all buyers to sell at 235c to 285c/kg.