Inverell Weekly Cattle Sale – Tuesday 4th February
Inverell offered 1197 mixed cattle 195 less from last sale.
Minimum export buyers with two major operators absent and a heavy cow buyer not operating.
Backgrounders and feeders competing to subdued trends.
Weaners to cheaper trends steers to 404c/kg and heifers to 340c/kg with both categories going to restockers.
Light yearling steers to feed and to background both sold to considerably cheaper trends. Similar sales for medium feeders 290c to 358c/kg and same weight steers to background significantly cheaper 328c to 376c/kg.
Heavy yearling steers to process slipped 37c/kg and similar feeders to negative trends 300c to 344c/kg.
Heifers reacted to similar trends restockers back 25c/kg, medium feeders back 27c/kg selling 232c to 328c/kg.
Heavy feeders did sell to a dearer trend 327c to 339c/kg.
Grown steers to process 260c to 285c/kg and similar heifers to 280c/kg.
Heavy cows slipped up to 23c/kg 260c to 272c/kg with three scores selling to 269c/kg.
Stephen Adams MLA
ROMA STORE SALE TUESDAY FEBRUARY 4
4444 HEAD SOLD YESTERDAY. A STRONG SALE MAINTAINING VALUES ON A COOLER OVERCAST DAY.
YEARLING STEERS C2 SCORE
200 TO 280 KGS SOLD TO 468 TO AVERAGE 426 OR $1068
280 TO 330 KGS SOLD TO 436 TO AVERAGE 401
330 TO 400 KGS SOLD TO 424 TO AVERAGE 395
OVER 400 KGS SOLD TO 381 TO AVERAGE 363
YEARLING HEIFERS C2 SCORE
200 TO 280 KGS SOLD TO 314 TO AVERAGE 287
280 TO 330 KGS SOLD TO 348 TO AVERAGE 305
330 TO 400 KGS SOLD TO 34O TO AVERAGE 313
OVER 400 KGS SOLD TO 320 TO AVERAGE 306
COWS OVER 520 KGS
D2 COWS SOLD TO 275 TO AVERAGE 254
D3 COWS SOLD TO 285 TO AVERAGE 275 OR $1717
BULLS OVER 600 KGS SOLD TO 274 TO AVERAGE 270 OR $2973
THIS IS CHARLES WEYMAN JONES IN ROMA, REPORTING FOR RESONATE REGIONAL RADIO
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