MOUNT PLEASANT
Yarding: 900 sheep and lambs, 58 cattle
Crossbred lambs to $230
Steers to $2500
Yesterday's Mount Pleasant market maintained lamb prices, keeping them firm with the fortnight prior and is inline with other markets.
Nutrien Fawcett's Ashley Fawcett said the better lines of lambs made good money.
"We had some good well finished lambs with good competition on them from processors," he said.
"Small butchers and processors were providing good competition for killable lambs.
"(There was) still good demand for store lambs both through feedlotters and graziers and selling quite firm.
"Mutton was quite tough, well finished hoggets and good rounded ewes are still selling okay.
"But anything not carrying much cover is copping a bit of a hit obviously due to the processors ongoing situation with COVID."
The top-priced pen offered by AG&BA Loffler, Mannum, who fetched $230 for a pen of 15 crossbred lambs.
AK&SA Day, Nairne, sold 32 lambs for $215, while Keywyn Farms, Angaston, made $202 for 15 lambs.
A pen of seven lambs offered by M Roberts, Paracombe, sold at $200, while M&T Saegenschnitter, Nuriootpa, made the same for 26 lambs.
P&H Foletta, Mount Pleasant sold four lambs for $184, while P Raison, Mannum, made $182 on nine lambs and $154 on four hoggets.
A run of 26 hoggets offered by SD Matchet & R Wright, Eden Valley, made $162, with the same vendor making $156 from a further 26.
KL Borchadt, Karoonda, offered four ewes which made $150, while RS&SM Cox, Palmer, sold one ewe at $144.
Meanwhile Mr Fawcett said the cattle market was quite firm with steers and heifers still selling "quite well".
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"The cow job is back slightly due to issues with processors but otherwise the market was quite firm with prices quite good for steers and heifers," he said.
A Murray Grey steer offered by K Walker & M Frost, Springton, topped the cattle offering at $2500.
Rachel Barnett, Oakbank, sold a Black Baldy steer at $1920 and also sold a Hereford which made $1840.
AG&BA Loffler, Mannum, sold a Murray Grey and a Murray Grey-cross heifer both at $2480, while WB&SJ Hern, Craneford, made $2100 for an Angus heifer.
Making $1800 was a Poll Hereford cow from Poonawatta Nominees, Angaston.
A Hereford with a Speckle Park calf-at-foot from RJ&KF Zadow, Tailem Bend, made $1700.
The next Mount Pleasant market is on February 10.
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Kiara Stacey
Journalist for Stock Journal. Kiara was in classified sales at Stock Journal before joining the editorial team in 2021. Kiara completed a Bachelor of Communication (journalism) at Deakin University the year prior.
Journalist for Stock Journal. Kiara was in classified sales at Stock Journal before joining the editorial team in 2021. Kiara completed a Bachelor of Communication (journalism) at Deakin University the year prior.
