Light restocking steer sold to 357c/kg while the Euro heifers sold from 285c to 306c and light heifers went to a local restocker for 350c/kg at SELX last week.
For Western Australian diners a new opportunity to enjoy the JBS Australia Thousand Guineas Shorthorn branded beef product is coming to Perth, with Meat & Wine Co due in 2018 to open their eighth Australian restaurant.
Southern NSW steer finishers were out in force at the Wodonga Premier Hereford and Euro special store cattle sale on January 10, paying to 401c/kg for whiteface weaners.
NSW steer finishers competed strongly on the top end Hereford calves at the 51st annual Elders and Landmark feature weaner calf sale, to result in prices hitting $1280.
Grass fed steer finishers bolstered by an export order resulted in prices topping out at 340c/kg for autumn drop Hereford weaners at Casterton on January 9.
Backgrounders and lot feeders led the charge for whiteface weaners at Victoria’s Premier 62nd annual steer weaner sale at Casterton on January 8, paying to a top of $1200.
The medium weight feeder heifers lifted 10c/kg due to an increase in numbers and the heavy heifers were steady. Prices ranged from 272c to 295c/kg at the SELX Yass last week.
Well finished and bred yearling steers to the trade were up to 13c dearer, topping at 295c and those suiting feeder orders were also dearer, ranging from 255c to 307c/kg at SELX today.
Lachy and Lou Day, of Days Whiteface, Bordertown, South Australia will be hosting one of the first MLA “Bred Well, Fed Well” cattle workshops on January 22.