Big results are expected across Friday’s AuctionsPlus cattle sales, with over 16,300 head being offered across the three main sales - Weaner & Yearling Sale 1 (9am EST), Weaner & Yearling Sale 2 (10am EST) and the Eastern States Cattle Sale (11am EST).
With an additional 11 stud and special sales throughout the day, the final Friday of winter 2021 sales are sure to have a “spring in their step”. Good falls of rain across a wide area of south eastern Australia in the past week has only added to the anticipation for a bumper spring season – emphasised by the excellent bull sales results and an EYCI that continues to hang above 1,000c/kg cwt.
The six-week run of higher year-on-year weekly offerings comes to an end this week, with the catalogued 16,300 head down 5% on the corresponding week in 2020. For August 2021, total cattle offered was up 25% year-on-year, at just under 70,000 head. This week’s AuctionsPlus offerings are still comparatively high for late winter, again signalling the seemingly unbreakable desire of producers to capture the record high prices.
Pre-auction enquiries in the last 24 hours continue to be very high for the lighter steer and heifer lines. Last week’s 200-280kg categories reporting a 97% and 90% clearance rate for steers and heifers, respectively, with a combined 2,581 head offered. With another geographically dispersed offering this week, lots to watch include:
Weaner & Yearling Sale 1 (commencing 9am EST)
Lot 362 – 365 – 494 weaned steers and 150 weaned heifers from Longreach, Western Queensland offered by “Baratria Pastoral Company”. These Angus/Droughtmaster cross weaned steers, offered across three lots, are 204kg and 198.7kg liveweight and range 3 – 6 months in age. The heifer portion average 193kg liveweight and are also 3 – 6 months of age.
Lot 387 – 89 feeder Charbray & Charbray cross heifers from Springsure, Central Queensland. These EU feeders average 365.3kg liveweight and are 14 – 18 months of age.
Lot 487 – 7 Limousin yearling steers from Wallarobba, Hunter, NSW. These yearling steers are 372.2kg liveweight and are 15 – 16 months of age.
Weaner & Yearling Sale 2 (commencing 10am EST)
Lot 587 – 74 Angus weaned heifers from Mannus, Riverina NSW. These heifers average 254.5kg liveweight and are 11 – 12 months of age.
Lot 608 – 24 NSM future breeder Angus heifers from Laceby, N/E Victoria. These EU Dunnon blood Angus heifers are 400.3kg liveweight and are 15 – 16 months.
Lot 664 – 8 unweaned Angus mixed sexes from Ungarra, West Coast S.A. These mixed sexes are 301.6kg liveweight and are 10 – 11 months of age.
Eastern States Cattle Sale (commencing 11am EST)
Lot 700 – 28 PTIC Brangus heifers from Hughenden, North Queensland. These PTIC heifers have been continuously joined to Brangus bulls, average 361.6kg liveweight and are 20 – 30 months of age.
Lot 773 – 800 – “Narranmore Angus” from Elong Elong, Central West NSW, are offering a dispersal of 42 station mated heifers and calves across 10 lots and 85 station mated cows and calves across 18 lots. The Angus heifers are 3 years of age and range in weight between 462.9kg and 510.7kg liveweight. The cows are 4 – 7 years of age and range in weight between 663.3kg and 630.1kg liveweight.
Lot 855 – 29 PTIC Hereford cross heifers from Echuca, Northern Victoria. These heifers are 551.8kg liveweight, joined to Amaroo Angus bulls and are 551.8kg liveweight.
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