Meat and Livestock Australia market reporter Leann Dax said the harvest activity had impacted numbers. 

She said yearling cattle were well supplied and feedlot demand had the greatest influence on price trends, due to much subdued competition from domestic processors.

Grown steers and bullocks were in reasonable numbers and quality was fair.

Cow numbers declined with 575 penned.

There were less restocking orders which caused prices to fluctuate.

The limited supply of vealers sold to steady demand, selling at 330c to 367c/kg.

Medium weight grass finished heifers were well supplied, with some pen lots over conditioned.

The bulk of the heifers to slaughter made from 255c to 330c to average 287c/kg.

The better finished medium weight trade steers sold from 284c to 330c while the lighter weights reached a top price of 354c/kg.

Well-bred medium weight C2 yearling steers sold to weaker bidding.

Medium weight C2 feeders slipped 11c to average 330c/kg.

Price corrections of about 11c/kg were recorded for lighter weight feeder heifers.

The main run of lighter weights sold from 295c to 346c/kg.

A fair to good quality supply of heavy grown steers sold to a smaller group of export and domestic processors.

Steady demand from feedlots kept prices steady. The better quality pens of prime finished C3 steers made 280c to 315c/kg.

Bullocks sold to a small group of export processors and the limited competition was mirrored in the cheaper trend of 11c/kg.

Heavy grown heifers were well supplied and domestic processors weren’t prepared to push the market.

The better shaped heifers slipped 20c making from 250c to 291c/kg.

Cow numbers dipped and not all buyers operated in a mixed quality yarding.

Heavy cows lifted to average 240c/kg.

The D3 medium weight lines sold to steady price trends to average 232c/kg.