Camperdown Cattle Report

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Report Date: 23rd April 2024

Total Yarding: 193

Commentary

Camperdown agents yarded 193 head this week a decrease of 237 on the previous market. Quality was not equivalent to last week with only a few pens of better covered cows on offer with more medium to lightweights available to the buyer gallery where not all buyers were in attendance or active in a market consisting of 168 cows, 10 mixed and the same number of bulls.

The market was 5 to 8c/kg stronger for the better cows with the medium and lightweights softer by 5 to 7c/kg. Medium weight beef cows sold to 212c/kg. The better covered dairy cows sold from 180 to 210c/kg with the medium weight dairy cows to the trade selling between 135 and 165c/kg and the lightweight cows from 75 to 110c/kg. Manufacturing cattle made to 190c/kg to remain firm with dairy bulls to 175c/kg.

Market reporter Chris Agnew.