Strathalbyn steers reach $4.50/kg

Nutrien Strathalbyn's Bradley Walker said there was a sense of "bidding urgency" across the entire sale.

"Lighter steers always sell well, but it was pleasing to see from start to finish, the heifers, the heavier steers, there really was plenty of interest on each pen," he said.

Elders Strathalbyn's Danny Reynolds said improved conditions in SA contributed to the sale's success.

"It was a very strong sale which was a mirror image of what is happening across the country in wake of the recent rains," he said.

Kicking off the sale were nine 418-kilogram, March/April-drop Angus-cross steers from Heinrich and Place, Echunga, that made the top price per head in the steer offering, being knocked down at $1580 or $3.78/kg.

DW&DP Docking, Karoonda, sold two 418kg Murray Grey steers at $1540 or $3.68/kg.

CJ&KM Stapleton, KI, received the highest price/kg for steers and heifers, making $935 or $4.50/kg for 12 Angus steers weighing 208kg, and $880 or $4.02 for 24 August-drop Angus heifers weighing 219kg.

OG Auto, Mount Torrens, sold eight 219kg Angus steers at $940 or $4.29/kg, and another 10 Angus heifers weighing 197kg at $760 or $3.86/kg.

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RP,LP&DA Howard, KI, sold 11 Murray Grey steers weighing 198kg at $830 or $4.20/kg, and another 12 weighing 235kg at $970 or $4.13/kg. The same vendor also sold 16 Murray Grey heifers weighing 195kg at $730 or $3.74/kg.

SJ Gardner, Macclesfield, made the top heifer price per head, selling five 443kg Angus heifers at $1520 or $3.43/kg.

WJ&LR Duncan, Strathalbyn, sold a line of nine Angus-Friesian heifers, 418kg, at $1450 or $3.47/kg.

Rock Maple, Strathalbyn, sold 10 Angus heifers weighing 360kg at $1395 or $3.88/kg, as well as three Murray Greys weighing 293kg at $1100 or $3.75/kg.

Middlegrove Props, Strathalbyn, sold six 345kg Angus heifers at $1290 or $3.74/kg, and as well as 13 black baldy heifers, 311kg, at $1130 or $3.63/kg.

A line of 10 pregnancy-tested in-calf Angus cows from Bailey Family Trust, Ashbourne, made $1600, with another 10 from the same vendor making $1560.

Sunny Morn Dairies, Birdwood, sold 20 Angus cows with 20 September/October-drop calves at-foot at $1800, while SP&C Ollett, Murray Bridge, sold four Murray Grey cows with five Angus CAF at $1800, and another three, with three CAF, at $1550.