Strathalbyn returns with plenty of interest

Elders’ Danny Reynolds said the sale was much stronger than the expectations of recent weeks.

“Steers started steady at the heavy end and picked as they went through,” he said.

“Even heifers were a bit doughy but probably 20 cents a kilogram better than where they have been.

“But the highlight was the cow and calf prices.”

Landmark’s Bradley Walker said the first market of the season at Strathalbyn created a lot of interest, with many people looking to gauge market levels.

He said there was a strong buying gallery with agents from the South East, Adelaide Plains and other areas.

He said heavier cattle were following national trends while lighter steers met better competition.

The sale reached $3.35 a kilogram for a pen of 19 March/April-drop Angus steers, 257 kilograms, at $860, from Adelaide Turbo, Currency Creek.

The same vendor also sold a line of seven Angus steers, 226kg, at $710, or $3.14/kg, and seven Murray Grey steers, 259kg, at $765, or $2.95/kg.

SP Estates, Eagle on the Hill, offered 14 Poll Hereford steers, 213kg, which sold at $695, or $3.28/kg, while a line of seven Poll Hereford-Limousin steers, 201kg, sold at $645, or $3.21/kg, with another seven Poll Hereford-Limousin steers, 234kg, at $695, or $2.97/kg.

Griguol Noms, Kangarilla, sold 15 March/April-drop, Boonarkm-blood Angus steers, 221kg, at $710 or $3.21/kg.

DL MacAllan, Woodchester, sold eight black baldies, 276kg, at $790, or $2.86/kg.

RJ Baker, Woodside, sold 15 March-drop Stoney Point-bld Angus steers, 291kg, at $830, or $2.85/kg.

Cowoso, Woodside, sold 13 Angus-cross steers, 306kg, at $850, or $2.78/kg.

Prices came back for heavier steers with the heaviest steers in the sale, a pen on 19, 12-13mo steers, 360kg, from CR&RM Schubert, sold at $860 or $2.38/kg.

HP Harrison, Mount Torrens, sold 10, 10-month-old Angus steers, 350 kilograms, at $870, or $2.48/kg.

Armagh Hills, Lochiel, had eight March/April-drop Angus steers, 339kg, sold at $880 or $2.60/kg, with a second pen of seven steers, 274kg, at $770, or $2.81/kg.

DA&EG Wenham, Yankalilla, sold seven May/June-drop Angus steers, 320kg, at $840 or $2.63/kg.

F D’Antonio, Middleton, had eight 12-13mo Angus steers, 301kg, sold at $820 or $2.72/kg.

The  heifer offering reached $3.07/kg for a line of 169kg Poll Hereford-Limousin heifers, which sold at $520.

Armagh Hills sold a pen of 10 March/April-drop Angus, 234kg, from Armagh Hills, sold at $620 or $2.65/kg.

The tops of the Armagh Hills’ heifer offering sold at $700, of $2.41/kg, for 10 Angus heifers at 290kg.

HP Harrison offered seven December 2017-drop Angus, 325kg, which sold at $700 or $2.15/kg.

JR&IP Fisher, Second Valley, sold 15 March/April-drop Angus heifers, 290kg, at $725, or $2.50/kg.

There was a number of cows with calves at-foot offered, with a pen of seven Angus cows with June/July-drop CAF and running with an Angus bull, from Melou Melou Pastoral, Hahndorf, sold at $1950.

The same vendor had seven Murray Grey-Angus cross cows with seven August-drop CAF, bought at $1700.

GW&RJ Bridgman, Strathalbyn, offered five Murray Grey cows with five CAF, bought at $1750.

RA&JL Farley, Red Creek, sold six cows with six CAF at $1500, with another six cows and six CAF at $1450.  

The next market will be held November 16, numbers permitting.