Numbers dropped this week with 1800 cattle penned at Emerald on April 28.
An average quality line up however all classes well represented, with a much bigger percentage of cows in the yarding than normal.
Again, all categories lost further ground on last week, slaughter descriptions easing by around 20c/kg.
Store steers declined from 10c to 25c/kg, majority of the heifer portion losing from 10c to 15c/kg, the lightest of the weaners up to 30c cheaper. Steers 400-500kgs topped 276c to average 247c, 320-400kg steers reached 280c and averaged 255c while steers in the weaner weight ranges peaked at 337c, and they averaged in the early 290kg range.
Heavy cows over 520kg lost a little over 20c/kg to top at 204c and average 195c.