Consignments ease
Throughput in Victorian saleyards slipped 11% week-on-week, to 9,154 head.
Trade cattle prices jump
Heavy C2 vealer steers to slaughter reached 346.6¢ and averaged 320.8¢, to be 1¢ easier, while C3 heavy weight vealer heifers lifted 7¢ to 328.1¢/kg.
Heavy weight C2 yearling steers to feed were 4¢ cheaper on 329.2¢, while C3’s to slaughter gained 7¢, to return 331.6¢/kg. Medium weight yearling heifers to the trade reached 333.2¢ and averaged 312.3¢, up 1¢ and heavy weights gained 3¢, to average 319.4¢/kg.
Heavy grown steers in the C3 category to processors lifted 6¢, selling between 294¢ and 349.2¢, to average 325.2¢/kg. Most C3 and C4 bullocks to slaughter averaged 314.6¢ and 327.1¢, up 5¢ and 12¢/kg, respectively. Light grown heifers lifted 7¢ and 26¢, to 302¢ and 314¢/kg for C3 and C4’s respectively. Most D1 and D2 dairy manufacturing steers averaged between 265.8¢ and 269¢, to be 16¢ to 17¢/kg dearer.
Dairy cows to slaughter in the heavy weight D1 category reached 250¢ and averaged 219.3¢, up 4¢, while D4 beef breed cows lifted 263.2¢, to be 2¢/kg dearer.
Note: All yardings and prices referenced from MLA’s National Livestock Reporting Service (NLRS) reported saleyards.