The sale at SELX at Yass lifted in numbers with agents yarding 1,144 head of cattle.
Quality improved on last week’s sale, with most of the buyers present competing in a firm to slightly dearer market.
The best cows made 250cpk and averaged 222cpk. With a short supply of heavy steers and bullocks saw prices lift 6 cents, with top steers making $2,241.
Light store steers and heifers also sold well, with 260kg steers making up to 420cpk and heifers of the same weight making 365cpk.
Market Report: Steve Tomlinson, Gerrard & Partners Livestock
| SELX MARKET REPORT | Sale date: | 08.12.2016 | ||
| PRIME CATTLE SALE | Yarding | 1,144 | ||
| Category | Weight | c / kg | $ / Hd | |
| Light Steers | < 350 | Top | 420 | $1,224 |
| Aver | 345.3 | $1,029 | ||
| Light Heifers | < 350 | Top | 365.2 | $1,132 |
| Aver | 321.5 | $848 | ||
| Trade Steers | 351 – 500 | Top | 365.2 | $1,617 |
| Aver | 325.9 | $1,380 | ||
| Trade Heifers | 351 – 500 | Top | 360.2 | $1,442 |
| Aver | 295.2 | $1,197 | ||
| Export Steers | 501+ | Top | 320 | $2,241 |
| Aver | 282.1 | $1,658 | ||
| Export Heifers | 501+ | Top | 290 | $1,661 |
| Aver | 260.1 | $1,416 | ||
| Cows | Top | 250 | $1,740 | |
| Aver | 222.1 | $1,273 | ||
| Bulls | Top | 362 | $3,127 | |
| Aver | 243.7 | $1,430 | ||
Sales at SELX: