Mt Gambier Cattle Report

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Report Date: 18th December 2024

Total Yarding: 907

Commentary

Numbers dropped by half this week as agents yarded 907 head of liveweight and open auction cattle. There were less buyers on the rail with a couple of regulars missing with competition falling as a result. Quality fell as well with more secondary types coming forward with those cattle being cheaper as the better lots held most of their values from the week before.
Vealer numbers were small as the trade sourced steers to 365c and heifers to 339c with some restocker support from 340c to 357c/kg. Yearling steers attracted the trade to 325c to lose 4c with good quality hard to find as similar heifers sold from 255c to 326c/kg. Feeders operated here from 248c to 340c on steers and on heifers from 246c to 346c/kg.
Grown steers and bullocks sold to the trade from 285c to 349c to ease 6c as feeders operated from 315c to 332c and there was some restocker support to 340c/kg. Grown heifers returned from 280c to 344c to trade buyers as feeders operated from 280c to 328c as manufacturing steers ranged from 236c to 280c/kg.
Heavy cows remained firm in price as they returned vendors from 268c to 312c as lighter lots sold from 200c to 260c with both the trade and feeders active as the bulls mostly sold from 220c to 260c/kg.
Market Reporter Peter Kerr