The numbers at Gunnedah stock sales rebounded from last week's near record low.
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There was a good supply of young cattle and cows. The quality of the offering was mixed, mostly good, with some fairly plain quality cows and yearlings.
There was reduced competition from all sectors. Despite the reduced gallery of buyers, demand remained high for the most part.
The increased supply impacted both average quality and price change.
The increased supply impacted both average quality and price change.
Varying trends through the young cattle with light and medium weight vealer steers to restockers selling to a significantly dearer trend.
The heifer portion saw a cheaper trend.
There were firm to dearer trends through all classes of yearling steers to restock and feed.
Yearling heifers to restock and feed saw a firm to cheaper market trend, numbers and quality a factor in price changes.
Heavy trade heifers met keen demand to sell firm to dearer with some breed specific increases.
Despite the reduced processor competition demand was high and there was some improvement in quality through the plainer condition cows.
Market trends were firm to dearer on those plainer condition cows.
The well finished heavy weights experienced little but a quality related price change.
Vealer Steer: 0-200kg RS C1 536c RS D1 570c
200-280kg RS C2 470.3c
280-330kg RS C2 461.1c
330kg+ RS C2 458c
Vealer Heifer: 0-200kg RS D1 480c
200-280kg RS C2 406.4c
280-330kg FD C2 397c PR C3 396c RS C2 409.4c
Yearling Steer: 0-200kg RS D2 450c
200-280kg RS C2 434.8c RS D2 324.3c
280-330kg FD C2 379c RS C2 411.5c RS D2 350c
330-400kg FD C2 399.1c FD C3 388c PR C2 384c RS C2 418c
400kg+ FD C2 403.1c FD C3 409.8c PR C3 393.9c
Yearling Heifer: 0-200kg RS D2 326c
200-280kg RS C2 363.5c RS D2 287.8c
280-330kg PR C2 320c RS C2 370.6c
330-400kg FD C3 386.4c PR C2 348c PR C3 385.9c
400kg+ PR C3 382.9c PR C4 398c
Grown Steer: 0-400kg FD C2 389c FD D2 390c RS D2 353c
400-500kg FD C2 294c RS D2 293.8c
Grown Heifer: 0-540kg PR C2 280c PR C3 348.5c PR C4 386c PR D2 268c PR D3 304c RS C2 372c RS D2 325c
540kg+ PR B3 332c
Cows: 0-400kg PR D2 260c
400-520kg PR D2 277c PR D3 285.2c RS D1 276c RS D2 278.5c
520kg+ PR C3 296.3c PR C4 285c PR C5 280c PR D2 293c PR D3 289c PR D4 266.2c
Bulls: 0-450kg RS C2 418c RS D1 255c
600kg+ PR B2 312.3c PR D2 258c
