SA Livestock Exchange Calf sale - Aug 2
ANOTHER smaller yarding that contained principally store condition, lightweight, pastoral bred calves sold to frenetic bidding from a large crowd of agents, feeder and restocker buyers.
Small butchers and wholesalers were again disappointed for any choice of vealers and store buyers were completely dominant.
Buyers from the Adelaide Plains and Adelaide Hills along with agents from the Mid North and Far North were most prominent and they vied strongly to secure the few numbers available at values hitherto unseen at Dublin.
MJ,PD&PS Brazel, Gidgealpa Station, via Moomba, sold 40 lightweight, mainly Hereford and Angus-cross calves to $525, to average $422.75.
Quotations: Bobbies $15-$130, Light $250-$550, Medium $550-$620, Heavy $620-$800.
