Mt Barker Cattle Sale Report
Report Date: 6th December 2024
Total Yarding: 676
Commentary
Numbers were down for a total yarding of 676 mainly good quality cattle. The yarding was again dominated by cows with a quality line up of heavy weights and a large yarding of young store cows on offer. Heavy weights remained firm to 5c up while store cows were in demand from grass feeding programmes gaining 20c/kg. A pen of PTIC heifers in fat condition due to start calving in February sold by appraisal reaching $1620/head
Yearling steers sold from 200c to 286c for light weights while yearling heifers made 146c to 230c for light weights and 218c to 240c for the heavier weights.
Grown steers weighing over 500kg made 220c to 278c while lighter weights returned 220c to 270c /kg.
Grown heifers weighing under 540kg made from 166c to 236c while heavier weights sold from 196c to 206c/kg.
Heavy cows sold from 170c to 222c, medium weights made 170c to 206c while stores realised from 80c for very plain lines up to 236 for young Angus cows. A small selection of heavy bulls were mainly firm at 166c to 184c while lightweight bulls suitable for export sold to 184c /kg.
Tracey Kilner–NLRS
