Victoria’s cattle selling powerhouse emerges
One saleyard is emerging as the biggest in Victoria and is on track to become one of the nation’s powerhouse selling centres.
One saleyard is emerging as the biggest in Victoria and is on track to become one of the nation’s powerhouse selling centres.
Northern buyers were active at the Wangaratta store cattle sale, helping underpin solid prices leading into the Christmas break.
Vendors continued to sell earlier than usual at Ballarat’s store cattle sale, but they were “well paid” for it. See the full results, photos and video here.
Rain in the past fortnight boosted weaner prices to more than 400c/kg at the Euroa special weaner sale. See the full sale report.
Mark Jacobs has sold his weaner cattle at Colac Regional Saleyards’ feature sale for forty years. Discover why he is selling one month early.
The once-a-year store cattle sale in Victoria’s North East is targeting a premium market, in an Australian first that could lead to handy returns.
A decisive move for weaner vendors to sell early proved a good one at Wodonga on Thursday. See the full sale report.
Nearly 3000 weaner cattle were sold at Yea where buyers from northern Victoria and NSW snapped cattle up.
Steers and heifers might have sold $100 a head less than at previous markets, but green feed and strong throughput is sheltering the region from volatility.
Prices for weaners were reasonable at the Ballarat store cattle sale with one vendor saying he was pleased, despite “one of the hardest seasons we’ve ever seen”.
It’s not often buyers and sellers both walk away happy after a store sale, but there were winners on both sides today. Read the full sale report.
A lack of widespread rain is impacting cattle demand but there was an unexpected surprise at Wodonga’s store cattle sale on Thursday.
Large numbers of cattle continue to be yarded at the Leongatha livestock facility, with midweight steers and heifers the highlights at Thursday’s sale.
Prices hit 500c/kg at Yea’s store market in a vote of confidence by producers. See our analysis of the sale.
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