The continuing wet conditions reduced the penning at the NRLX cattle sales in Casino to 860 head.
The yarding contained a good mix of vealers suited to restockers along with several pens of yearling steers and heifers which sold to dearer trends.
Lightweight vealer steers to restockers made 428c to average 390c/kg.
Vealer steers over 200kg to background made 448c to 403c/kg.
Lightweight vealer heifers to restockers sold to 332c and averaged 295c/kg.
Vealer heifers over 200kg to background made 354c to average 317c/kg.
Yearling steers in the 200–280kg range returning to the paddock made 434c to average 399c/kg.
Lightweight yearling heifers to background made 318c with those to processors at 330c to average 285c/kg.
A handful of grown steers to processors sold to 300c and averaged 293c/kg.
Lightweight plain conditioned cows to restockers sold from 170c to 246c/kg with the better finished lines to processors at 250c to 259c/kg.
Heavy plain conditioned cows to processors made 249c to average 235c/kg.
The best heavy cows sold to 275c and averaged from 257c to 268c/kg.
Heavy bulls topped at 270c/kg.
Report by Errol Luck for Meat & Livestock Australia