Elders auctioneer Ronnie Dix reports on day two of the sale with 3600 head yarding comprising 2712 steers which averaged $1289 and 895 heifers which averaged $981.
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00:00We've yarded just under 3,000 steers and just under 900 heifers, so 3,900 in total.
00:06The quality of our yarding is quite exceptional.
00:09We've got some of the Blue Ribbon producers in the area,
00:12a couple of them with consignments of up towards 1,000 litre cattle.
00:16Our cattle were probably presented for a purchaser a lot better than previous years.
00:20They had a very tough autumn, a very tough winter,
00:23and only a very short spring where they've stacked a lot of weight on,
00:26where the majority of our calves were 20-odd kilos,
00:30maybe up to 30 kilos lighter than previous years.
00:33But, I can say on that, it was probably the quietest I've had it the night before drafting for the bellowing.
00:39So, a lot of these cattle, even if they've come straight off mup, were gently weaned,
00:43and they were just walking off and going ahead.
00:46So, we had a period of yarding of cattle I reckon our steers would have averaged probably 330 kilos,
00:51and our heifers probably 390 to 300.
00:54And, if we think about prices, especially on the steers,
00:57I mean, great to see some paws in front of cattle.
01:01What did you think of the steer job there?
01:03The majority of our cattle, irrespective of colour, was $4 or more.
01:08It was a few of our heavy pens right at the start, sort of 370 or 380 kilos through to 432.
01:15They hovered around the $3.80 mark.
01:18We did get the 400 cents on some 385 kilo ones on the lame bills.
01:22We topped here today at $16.50.
01:24So, I think we're probably $300 better off than last year on our calves, even though we're 30 kilos back.