Steer finishers, backgrounders and processors converged on the Victorian high country on Tuesday to bid to $1570 for whiteface cattle at the circuit opener, the Benambra Calf Sale.
Cattle Council of Australia has welcomed the announcement by the Indonesian Government it will increase the maximum average weight of feeder cattle imported from Australia.
STRONG interest in genetics had the Maryvale Limousin’s bull top price more than double, while the average lifted almost $1700 at their on-property sale at Kaunda on February 22.
Tycolah Overdrive L84 stormed through one of the biggest showings of Hereford cattle outside of a Royal to win grand champion bull of the Glen Innes Feature Show.
The first 2017 Shorthorn bull sale has got underway after Narralda Shorthorns, Albany, WA offered 20 Shorthorn sires and 49 heifers at their annual production sale at the Mt. Barker saleyards complex last week.
The 2017 Wagyu conference heads south this year to Albury on the New South Wales/Victorian border on May 1 to 3 followed by a tour of Wagyu operations in north-east Victoria on May 4 and 5.