MOUNT PLEASANT
Yarding: 1052 sheep and lambs, 59 cattle
Lambs to $256
Steers to $2680
PRICES were strong at the Mount Pleasant market on Thursday last week, with processors and smaller butchers pushing bids up during the sale, according to Nutrien Mount Pleasant livestock agent Ashley Fawcett.
"We has a good run of good heavy lambs to go to the processors, which brought good prices, demand and competition," he said. "Some of our top lambs went for around the $250 mark, which is slightly above the average at the moment I would say."
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He said numbers across lamb and mutton were up, while yarding for cattle was down for the week, but prices were still solid.
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M&T Saegenschnitter, Keyneton, offered a pen of 10 lambs, reaching the days top price of $256.
Jojaz Pastoral, Mount Pleasant, sold 25 lambs at $252, while NR&DP Formby, Mannum, had six sell for $245.
RA Watson offered 15, which were knocked down at $242, with RW&DE Slater, Woodside, reaching $240 for a pen of 10.
Two hoggets from Scott Rasmussen, Hartley, were knocked down at $160, while one from A Geytenbeek was sold for the same price.
In the wethers, six from Gordon AE&EH, Williamstown, made $140, with four reaching $130 from AM Carter, Murray Bridge.
A pen of 31 ewes offered by B Gilbert, Encounter Bay, were knocked down at $148. LJ&LJ Rowley, Myponga, also sold five to $140.
One sheep was sold by P&R Vivian, Gawler, for $150, while B&L Schmaal, Mannum, sold seven to $142.
In the cattle pens, D&M&C Schultz, Cambrai, sold one Charolais-cross heifer for $2300. Lumley Park, Gumeracha, offered one Murray Grey, which was knocked down at $2220.
AG&BA Loffler, Mannum, sold an Angus steer for $2680, while D&M&C Schultz also offered an Angus and a Charolais-cross, which sold for $2660 and $2540 respectively.
One Murray Grey cow from Cromer Fields Farming, Linden Park, sold for $1600.
Mount Pleasant will host its special store cattle sale today, with its next regular market on March 10.
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