Yarded cattle have halved since February, with about 2000 going under the hammer on Tuesday.

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Hart Rural Agencies' Charlie Hart said prices could continue to rise if there was follow-up rain.

"Our best cow three weeks ago made $1.40 a kilo and today they'll make $2.50 a kilo, so its a $1.10 difference," Mr Hart said this morning.

"A cow could make close to $3 and a yearling could make well over $3 ... so there's potential for the market to be up higher if we were to get follow-up rain.

"It's great to see people get a few dollars in their pocket after such a tough time."

The quality of the offering at the sale was very mixed, with large numbers of 1 and 2 score cattle penned and limited supplies of well-finished young cattle.

Trends were mostly dearer through the young cattle but some plain quality and condition yearlings experienced difficulty in attracting interest and sold accordingly.

Medium and heavy weight yearling steers sold to a dearer trend of 25c to 30c a kilo due to increased competition and stronger demand.

Increased supplies of light and medium weight cows sold to dearer trends mostly, which brought about some variation in quality and had a negative effect on some averages.

Well-finished cows met with weaker demand to sell to a cheaper trend. Only a few of the best cows managed to remain firm.

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