These crossbred steers, weighing 468kg, from Tambo, Qld, sold for $2240 or 478.5c/kg live.
The unrelenting surge in the young cattle market continued, as the EYCI cracked the 950’s.
Except for a thinly traded and mixed breed light category, the four heaviest young steer categories all increased – with clearance rates ranging from a near capacity 93-97%.
Steers 280-330kg averaged $31 higher on last week, at $1,743, while the 330-400kg segment of the market averaged $87 higher, at $1,924/head.
As part of a larger selection offered, 89 Santa Gertrudis steers from Kilkenny Pastoral Company at Aramac, western Queensland, sold to $1,970/head – averaging 351.1kg liveweight and between 10-14 months of age.
Also out of western Queensland, a line of 90 Angus/Droughtmaster cross steers, averaging 333.8kg liveweight, sold to $1,800/head – equating to 1045.3c/kg lwt.
There was a significant drop in the number of young heifers offered this week, which in turn contributed to some very spirited bidding.
The 831 head offered in the 280-330kg bracket sold to an 88% clearance rate, with the $233 jump in the average price, to $1,867/head putting it above the corresponding steer category.
While the clearance rate for the breeding lines this week did not match the exceptional young cattle rates, there was still very strong buyer interest.
Boosted by some good quality lines on offer, average prices for PTIC cows jumped $354 this week, to $2,804/head, with a 83% clearance rate for the 1,149 head offered.
Similarly, PTIC heifers, with a clearance rate of 76% for 1,142 head offered, averaged $2,278/head – which eroded almost half of last weeks gains.
From the breeding side of the market, an excellent line of 46 PTIC Simmental/Simbrah cows, out of Meandarra, Queensland, sold to $2,880/head – offered as part of a dispersal sale, the 3-year-old cows averaged 521.5kg liveweight. Out of Padthaway, SA, 24 NSM Angus cows with CAF sold to $2,900/head, with the 4-6-year-old cows averaging 428.3kg liveweight.
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