LOWER numbers at Mount Gambier's monthly store market saw prices up for the 918 steers offered, selling in line with recent sales in Vic.
Quality heavier Angus steers 400 kg-plus sold at $1.83 a kilogram to $2.03/kg, 10 cents/kg to 20c/kg dearer; 350-400kg at $1.70-$2.12/kg, 10-30c/kg dearer; lighter Angus steers at $1.85-$2.25/kg, 20-30c/kg dearer.
Angus-cross steers were fully firm.
A limited yarding of Hereford steers over 350kg, sold from $1.81-$2.03c/kg with lighter Hereford lines from $1.56-$1.86/kg.
Straight lines of Angus sold more in demand than Angus-cross or Hereford-cross steers.
The top price pen of 22, 12-14 month, Nampara blood Angus steers, average weight 469kg offered by G&D Koenig, sold for $960 or $2.04/kg.
RW&B Passauer sold 11 Angus steers, 14-15 months, av 520kg, sold for $950 or $1.82/kg.
DJ&CG Sims sold 14 Angus-cross steers, av 480kg, sold for $900 or $1.87/kg.
LT&DJ Cooper sold 13 Nampara blood Angus steers, av 418kg, for $845 or $2.02/kg and a second pen of 13 Angus steers, av 398kg, for $845 or $2.12/kg.
Caveton Park sold 49 Angus steers with the top pen of 16, av 366kg, making $745 or $2.03/kg.
Regular vendors, Killarnie, sold 12 Pathfinder blood Angus assured steers, the top draft av 400kg selling for $810 or $2/kg and a second pen av 299kg for $595 or $1.98/kg.
Nallamanna sold 90 Weeran and Stony Point blood European Union-accredited Angus steers, the top draft av 354kg selling to $745 or $2.10/kg.
Volume vendors, Bassano Angus sold 96 Angus steers, the top draft of eight, av 304kg, selling to $570 or $1.87/kg, with a second pen of 38, av 273kg, at $585 or $2.14/kg.
Burgtruss Pty Ltd sold 19 EU, Pathfinder and Weeran blood Angus steers, 9-10 months, at $585.
PL&MR Winser sold 14 Sterita Park and Pathfinder blood Angus steers, av 328kg, for $650 or $1.98/kg.
T Hunt & Son sold six, 8-10 months, Pathfinder blood Angus steers, weaned for 10 weeks for $650 and a second pen of 17 Angus steers av 354kg for $735 or $2.07/kg.
Roxley Park sold 11 Pathfinder blood Angus steers, av 300kg, for $635 or $2.11/kg.
Woollacott Farms sold 10 Angus-cross steers, av 372kg, for $690 or $1.85/kg.
Woollacott Farms also sold 12 Bendulla blood Hereford/Charolais steers, av 398kg, for $720 or $1.80/kg.
Quinlan-Watson & Sons sold 14 Hereford steers, av 440kg, for $815 or $1.85/kg and a second pen of seven Hereford steers, av 372kg for $755 or $2.02/kg.
KJ&CM Nobes offered 12 Angus-Limousin steers av weight 398kg for $550 or $1.38/kg.
Nolyn Rise sold 18 Hereford steers, av 420kg, for $775 or $1.84/kg.
A small yarding of 65 cows and calves were offered, with the top pen of six Simmental cows sold by Six Creek Simmentals, third calvers, with seven calves at foot, running back with a stud bull for four to eight weeks, selling to $1175.
* Full report in Stock Journal, July 17, 2014 issue.
