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Casterton Weaner Sales - Heifers 15/1/10

19-Jan-2010

A large crowd gathered at the Casterton saleyards on Friday the 15th of January and were greeted by a nice line up of 1900 Hereford, Angus, and some Euro X Heifers, put together by Elders Casterton. 

Again we saw a good turn up of buyers compete strongly for the 1900 head on offer. Strong orders from the South East, Elders Charlton Feedlot, Garrison Feedlot as well as various commission buyers saw prices rocket to $1.79, with most other sales selling between $1.60 and $1.79. This was quoted as being 8 to 12 cents dearer than recent store sales in the district, and fully firm on the sale the previous day in Hamilton.
 
The sale followed its usual trend by starting on the Herefords Heifers, and competition was in solid demand from the outset with Heifers weighing 270kg to 320kg selling from $1.58 to $1.76, averaging around $1.69. Lighter Heifers around the 220kg to 260kg sold from $1.63 to $1.76 to average $1.72.
 
Also put under the hammer on the day was an outstanding run of Angus and black baldy Heifers with the cattle presented in good to forward store condition, with some cattle attracting interest from one meat processor. These cattle also sold to similar trends to the Hereford cattle with most sales consistently around the $1.65 to $1.77 for cattle weighing 280kg to 357kg. However as the sale drew to an end rates for the lighter cattle picked up, mainly due to buyers trying to fill trucks, with cattle weighing 240kg to 280kg selling from $1.68 to a sale top of $1.79.

 For more details, click here or contact Rick Smith at Elders Casterton on 0428 545 664 or rick.smith@elders.com.au.

Casterton Steer Weaner Sale (8/1/2010)
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Hamilton Weaner Sales - Heifers 14/1/2010

15-Jan-2010

At the final day of the three day Feature Weaner Calf Sales in Hamilton conjunctional agents Elders and Landmark yarded and sold a total of 3153 head. Elders yarded 2314 of the offering with prices ranging from 1.48 c/kg to 1.92 c/kg with most being between 1.65 c/kg and 1.75 c/kg.

A wonderful line up of Euro and British Bred Heifers were offered and sold to fierce competition which was backed up by a great level of strong buying support.
A broad range of buyers came from Pakenham, Dubbo, Holbrook, Mt Gambier, Echuca, Geelong, Swan Hill and the local branches.
 
For a full price report, click here.
 
For reports on the other Western District weaner sales, follow the links below.
 
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Casterton Annual New Year Store Sale

11-Jan-2010

Monday the 4th of January saw Elders Casterton Agents put together a nice yarding of 8000 local district sheep purposely held for this fixture. A solid crowd gathered around mainly consisting of local buyers and a few from the South East of South Australia, as well as processors keen to bid on older mutton sheep.

A highlight of the sale was the dispersal of Greg Johnsons flock ‘Aaron Lea’. The young Coopworth Ewes were keenly sought after and with most mutton prices now  making around there $80 to $100 further enhanced the job with the 85 coop ewes 2 ½ year olds topping at $143 selling to local grazier, who also bought the 100 3 ½ year olds for $142. Elders Mt Gambier bought the remainder with the 91 5 ½ years selling to $111 and the sound mouth ewes making $92. Other sale highlights were Peter Munro’s ‘Brecon’ 78 Coopworth Ewes 1 ½ yrs $102 to Elders Casterton, with most sales selling between $75 to $143.
 
The 1500 store lambs also sold to strong demand with the South East particularly strong with sales ranging from $84.50 to $66.50.
-         W. Holmberg 86 PD x Lms $84
-         Rosebank 130 1st x Wth Lms @ $84
-         Roseneath 59 ws x Lms @ $77
 
The older X Bred and Merino Ewes which were CFA, sold at very solid rates to the processors with Mick Reinheimer’s 121 X Bred ewes making $96 and Graeme Smith’s wethers making $85.20.
 
Other good results included:
-         Rosebank 79 xbe @ $93.20
-         G. Johnson 42 xbe @ 91.60
-         Rowan 58 xbe @ $90.60
-         J Craig 56 xbe @ 88.60
 
With most sales selling in the X Bred Ewes selling from $96 to $62
 
Best of the Merinos Ewes were:
-         Maurice O’Connell 85 @ $87.20
-         Mick O’Connell 31 @ 85.20
-         R.Munro 106 @ $83
-         Roseneath 103 $ 73.60
 
Most sales in the Merinos sold From $87.20 to $54.
 
For more information, contact Rick Smith at Elders Casterton on 0428 545 664 or rick.smith@elders.com.au.
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Casterton Steer Weaner Sales 8/1/10

11-Jan-2010

Friday the 8th of January saw Elders Casterton host its first weaner sale of the year. A good yarding of 3224 Hereford, Angus, Black Baldy Steers and a few pens of Euro X steers were offered at the Casterton Saleyards. With the recent rains up north we saw a good turn out of commission buyers with good northern orders, as well as local support, to help sell the cattle to slightly dearer rates than earlier sales with most sales selling for $1.72 to $1.84. Despite this there were lighter steers selling to $1.92. An outstanding line-up of Hereford steer calves were put under the hammer and competition for these cattle was solid from the start with the cattle 330kg to 380kg selling from 163 to 185 cent per kg. Cattle from 300kg to 330kg sold from $1.74 to $1.88 and cattle 260kg to 300kg sold from $1.78 to a sale top of $1.92.

Also on offer was a good run of Angus and Black Baldy steer calves with prices for these cattle fluctuating a little, with prices for weaned cattle selling to a 5 to 10 cent premium, mainly due to northern orders. With most sales again selling to slightly dearer trends than earlier sale from $1.65 to $1.78 for steers weighing 330kg to 378kg however demand for the lighter steers was a little stronger due to northern support with cattle 300kg to 330kg selling from $1.70 to $1.86.

For more details, click here or contact Rick Smith at Elders Casterton on 0428 545 664 or rick.smith@elders.com.au.

For reports from the 2010 Hamilton Weaner Sales, follow the links below.

Hamilton Angus Feature Weaner Sale (5/1/2010)
Hamilton Hereford/Euro Feature Weaner Sale (7/1/2010)
Hamilton Heifer Weaner Sale (14/1/2010)

 

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Hamilton Weaner Sales - Hereford/Euro Feature 7/1/2010

8-Jan-2010

Day two of the Annual Feature Weaner Calf Sales in Hamilton, conjunctional agents Elders and Landmark yarded and sold a total of 2567 head. Elders yarded 1943 of the offering with prices ranging from 165 c/kg to 207 c/kg with the majority being between 175 c/kg and 187 c/kg.

The Elders two feature lines of Red Star (Certified Weaned) calves sold to strong competition and topped the overall sale for Thursday. Lochreadl sold at $2.07 and Inverell at $2.00, purchased by a repeat buyer. 

 
The Elders network’s major buying support came from Pakenham and Korumburra. Local branches assisted with the preparation and process of the sale. There was stronger demand for weaned cattle, as they sold to full market competition.
 
For a full price report, click here.
 
For reports of other 2010 Western Districts weaner sales, follow the below links.
 
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