Towers steers to 289c

The prime cattle consisted of 172 bullocks, 20 heifers, 688 cows and 41 bulls.

Store cattle yarded: 486 steers, 287 heifers and 28 x 26 cows and calves.

Cattle comprised of good lines of heavy bullocks and cows with isolated pens of plainer cows.

The yarding was drawn from Cloncurry, Mt Garnet, Hughenden, Normanton, Croydon local and coastal areas.

Bullocks were quoted 5c easier, heifers were 12c easier, cows were 10-12c easier and bulls were 15c easier, on last week’s rates.

A run of bullocks A/c Matthew Cattle Pty Ltd topped at 244.2c to average 240c comeback to avg 673kg for a return of $1617.

Best priced trade heifers were presented on A/c MC Vicary, that sold for 207c and weighed 440kg to return $911 p/hd.

The top pen of cows were sold by M&T Toohey for 186c and weighed 571kg to return $1062 per head.

Bulls sold on A/c KLD Pastoral topped at 283c and weighed 765kg to return $2,166 per head.

Store cattle consisted of quality local steers and heifers with lighter runs from the north. Store cattle were back across the board despite a spirited buying panel.

A pen of 4 Brahman steers A/c CC&T Archer made 289c and weighed 213kg returning an average of $615 p/hd.

A pen of 19 steers A/c D.A.F.F Wambiana, avg 380kg, sold for 246c to reach $934.

A good pen of heifers A/c GJ Price and Son weighed 312kg, sold for 183c returning $571

A good pen of 4 heifers on A/c CC&T Archer made 200c, weighed 165kg returning $330.

Cows and calves made from $610 to $1220 a unit.