Smaller yarding doesnât dampen buyersâ spirits Monty Wilson, Elders, with 70 No 0 Brahman Heifers which topped at 395c/kg. Picture: Contributed
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A smaller yarding at the Central Queensland Livestock Exchange Prime and Store Cattle Sale on Wednesday didnât dampen buyersâ spirits with high bids for quality cattle.
More than 2280 went under the hammer from as far west as Clermont.
TopX Gracemere Brad Mulvihill said better pens were rewarded with the high rates of the previous week.
âSlaughter cattle went well at about five cents dearer, but the real highlight were feeder heifers,â Mr Mulvihill said.
Feeder steers in high demand at CQLX this week Top X Gracemere agent Brad Mulvihill, with clients Andrew and Nancy Creed, of Creed Grazing Company, and their Brahman steers which reached 440c/kg, weighed 412kg to return $1700/head.
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Feeder steers peaked at 440c/kg at the Central Queensland Livestock Exchange (CQLX) Prime and Store Cattle Sale on Wednesday, where a Red Brahman offering of 287 European Union accredited stock was snapped up by lot feeders and restockers alike.
The quality line, from Andrew and Nancy Creed, of Creed Grazing Company, Raglan, averaged 412kg and returned $1700/head.
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Steer prices smashed records at the Central Queensland Livestock Exchange Prime and Store Cattle Sale on Wednesday.
A Droughtmaster cross pen fetched 710.2c/kg, breaking the facility’s cents per kilo record.
The record-breaking pen, offered by Dean Wyatt and Nicole Marsh from Mount Martin, weighed 137.5kg to return $976/head.
Ray White Rural Gracemere livestock agent Trevor Humble said competition was running strong among the buying panel, particularly for lighter lines of cattle which helped push the price past 700c/kg.
“Lighter cattle have been a little hard to find, and this week there were three active buyers all chasing stock within that weight range,” Mr Humble said.
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