PROCESSORS and opportunistic Hills graziers made up the greater buying gallery at Strathalbyn Feature Cattle Sale on December 13, the last for the year.
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Elders Strathalbyn's Paul Clifford said that from the onset, demand for steers was slightly easier to firm on the previous week's sale.
"Heifers received marginally more interest than of late," he said.
"The quality of the steers kicking off the sale was excellent but bidding was spasmodic to see rates around the $1.60-$1.70/kilogram equivalent for the heavier end."
He said the best lighter steers hovered on the $1.75-$1.90 range.
"It was a really good run of cattle overall," said Landmark Strathalbyn's Bradley Walker.
"Steers were firm to $20 dearer while heifers were $20-$30 cheaper compared to the previous sale."
Best steers made $670 for 11 Angus, averaging 411kg and sold by Leith Eichner, Kangaroo Island.
Cygnet Park Farms, Kangaroo Island, sold 12 Angus steers at $620, and averaged $587 for its 73 April/May-drop steers. Longridge Pastoral, Yankalilla, sold Angus steers at $615 and $560, and D Hurrell, Echunga, sold 12 Angus steers at $610.
Raeburn Rural, Strathalbyn, sold seven Angus steers at $575 while RB Couchman, Kangaroo Island, sold lighter Angus steers, 293kg, at $535. D Hurrell also sold the top heifers, 14 Angus, at $530.
* Full report in Stock Journal, December 19 issue, 2013.
