Among larger heifer lines offered this week, these 108 Charolais x Brahman backgrounder heifers 307kg at 10-12 months from Clermont, Central Queensland made 339c/kg or $1040.
IN the run through to Christmas, offerings dropped 24 percent to 11,414 head on AuctionsPlus this morning, achieving an 84 percent clearance.
Apart from a handful of baby heifers less than 200kg, all heifer categories softened further in c/kg terms this week, reversing last week’s trend. Steers moved in the opposite direction, with most categories lifting further on top of last week’s rises.
Steers in the 280-330kg range performed well, averaging 419c/kg, up 12c on last week, with a clearance of 93pc from an offering of 1150 head.
Lighter steers 200-280kg attracted an offering of 1147 head, clearing 91pc, with prices lifting 37c to average 452c/kg. From Morundah, NSW a line of 110 Angus steers 8-9 months averaging 260kg returned $1250/head, or 481c/kg and will travel to a buyer near Leeton, NSW.
Heavier steers 330-400kg averaged 399c, up 1c, with an offering of 2012 head clearing 82pc. Almost 600 heavy feeders +400kg cleared 64pc, with prices 6c the better, averaging 380c/kg
Among heifers, lighter weights saw strongest interest, with heifers 200-280kg averaging 341c, unchanged on last week, clearing all 1470 head offered. Hereford heifers 11-13 months averaging 273kg from Bridgenorth, TAS returned 370c/kg and will travel to a buyer in Glengarry, TAS.
All the medium and heavyweight heifer categories declined in single digits. Heifers 280-330kg lost 7c to average 340c, clearing 84pc of an offering of 1758 head.
Among larger heifer lines offered this week, 186 Angus x Charbray heifers 202kg at 8-14 months from Prairie, North Queensland made 430c/kg. Further south, 108 Charolais x Brahman backgrounder heifers 307kg at 10-12 months from Clermont, Central Queensland made 339c/kg or $1040.
Among breeding females, a handful of PTIC cows lost almost $200 to average $1737, while station-mated heifers offered 591 head, clearing 42pc to average $1939.
From Coolah, NSW 42 Angus cows 3-7 years averaging 554kg returned $2480/head and will travel to a buyer near Albert, NSW.
Source: AuctionsPlus
Pretty dismissive article of some key achievements.
Since when is 105 x 200kg heifers a handful?
2 dozen enquires resulted in $4.70/kg live weight sale.
Selling for 164c/kg above the previous week average and beating all steer categories on a c/kg average.
Sure as hell know that any breeder would want to know that result leading into the middle of Summer.
<strong>The reference was not meant to appear dismissive, Tony. But in the context of the next two heifer categories (1470 x heifers 200-280kg, and 1758 x heifers 280-330kg), 193 light heifers offered might be considered a 'handful.' And often, in our observation, a small offering like this can distort prices, if there is serious demand for them, as you point out. Editor
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