Robust demand for PTIC cows contributed to a 76% clearance rate for the 2,197 head offered, with prices averaging $127 higher on the previous week, at $3,119/head.
From Cloncurry Queensland, a line of 220 Brahman PTIC cows (pictured), ranging from 2-11 years of age and weighing 459kg lwt, returned $2,360/head and will travel southeast to Winton, Queensland.
An interesting line of 152 organic station mated cows, with 88 calves at foot from Alice Springs NT, returned $2,780/head – heading to a buyer in Condobolin NSW. The cows of majority Angus and Charolais breeds were aged 2-11 years, averaged 511kg lwt, while the CAF averaged 131kg lwt.
For the heavier lines numbers were again tight, with the 562 head of 400kg steers selling to an 85% clearance rate, but averaging $167 lower on last week, at $2,494/head.
A line of 12-13-month-old Angus steers from Penola, SA, weighing 409kg lwt returned $2,610/head, or 638c/kg lwt – heading to Murray Bridge, SA.
For the young heifer lines, it was three-up-two-down for average prices across the five categories, with the largest offerings again in the 200-280kg categories.
The clearance rates for the 2,042 head of 200-280kg heifers hit 79% this week – up from 60% last week, albeit with prices slipping $8 lower, to $1,767/head.
From Douglas-Daly, NT, a line of 124 NSM Brahman future breeder heifers weighing 266kg lwt and aged 16-20-months-old returned $1,390/head – selling to a buyer from Adelaide River, NT. In the south, a large run of 120 Angus heifers from Merton, Victoria, weighing 237kg lwt returned $1,850/head.
The 280-330kg heifers averaged $143 higher, at $2,054/head, while the 747 head of 330-400kg lines averaged $60 higher, at $2,245/head.
As was the case for heavy steers, there was a limited amount of 400kg+ heifers offered, with the 514 head averaging $61 lower on last week, at $2,324/head.
A line of Santa-Gertrudis cross heifers from Toobeah Queensland, weighing 403kg lwt, returned $2,090/head and will travel interstate to a buyer in Colbinabbin, Victoria.
Through the proven breeding lines there was some major price movements, reflective of age, bloodlines, and buyer preferences. A reduced offering of PTIC heifers, at 2,646 head, sold to a higher clearance rate than last week, hitting 57%, while prices average $66 lower, at $2,894/head.
A line of 60 PTIC Angus heifers aged 20-22 months, from Moyston Victoria, weighing 377kg lwt, returned $3,060/head and will travel to Portland, Victoria.
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