Heavy cows sell to $2 per kg

SEVENTY scale cattle and 200 store cattle were yarded for the Cooma monthly cattle sale in late June.

Heavy cow in limited supply sold to $2.00 per kg with middle weights ranging from $1.60 to $1.80 again on limited supply. No bulls for this sale.

Store cattle saw lighter mixed age Hereford PTIC cows sell to$1100. Store steers sold to a top of $1020 for 9-10 month old Angus weaners. Most sales of steer weaners ranged from $800 - $950, with lighter younger steers in and around $650-$750.

Store heifer weaners were not showing much weight and were harder to sell ranging between $600$650 while lighter weights sold from $450-$500

Next Cooma cattle sale is July 21.

Total Yarding: 29000 (-14750) | Sheep Yarding: 5000 (-6750) | Lamb Yarding: 24000 (-8000)

Numbers fell on the back of last week’s price correction. The market fluctuated wildly at times across trade weight categories.

A major supermarket did not operate while another key domestic processors only purchased the very best lambs weighing from 23kg to 27kg carcass weight.

Generally both export and domestic buyers were selective when bidding. There was a good line up of heavy export lambs grain assisted however not all processors were in attendance due to winter maintenance.

Trade competition was infrequent and prices fluctuated around quality, with recently shorn lambs paid premium prices.

Trade lambs 21kg to 26kg sold from $114 to $166 to average 530c to 537c/kg cwt. Light weight lambs to the processors ranged from $29 to $88/head.

Merino lambs sold from $86 to $128/head. In the heavy export market weight continued to be the driving force behind any bursts of bidding. The bulk of the heavy export lambs sold up to $10 cheaper. Lambs 26kg to 30kg sold at $141 to $168/ head. Over the 30kg made from $160 to $200/head to average 511c/kg cwt.

Only a few buyers operated in the sheep market, with a major processor only bidding on recently shorn pens.

Heavy Merino ewes and wethers sold from $90 to $125/head. Heavy Crossbred ewes made from $92 to $135/head. Trade sheep with cover averaged 325c to 352c/kg