Market Report 30 June 2020

Cattle– 812

Numbers were similar to last sale, with a slight reduction in the cow offering. The regular buyers attended to offer a cheaper market through drafts of the younger cattle. Cows saw firm trends for the most part, with only a few sales slightly dearer. Weaner steers and heifers saw dearer trends to restocker competition, the steers up 22c, the heifer portion experiencing a rise of 15c/kg. Yearling steers under 280kg sold to significant rises to restocker interest, as did the feeder portion under 330kg. Medium weight steers to feed saw cheaper trends owing to a decline in quality, back 7c/kg. Similarly, the heavy drafts of feeder steers sold to cheaper trends of 13c/kg. The yearling heifer drafts also saw a reduction in trends, the light feeders marginally cheaper, back 4c, with the medium weights down 9c/kg. The lighter drafts of grown steers to feed sold to a reduction of 15c/kg. Heavy grown heifers to the trade sold to a cheaper trend, back 20c/kg owing to a quality variation. Medium weight cows saw only a token reduction in trends. Heavy D2 cows were firm and the D2 cows only marginally dearer.