There were 915 head yarded at the Monto selling complex for Monto's fortnightly Fat and Store sale last week. Cattle were drawn from Calliope, Harrami, Boyne Valley, Mundubbera, Eidsvold and Monto districts. Rates slipped about 10 cents on prime cattle, while feeders and stores also reduced.
Ewan and Sandra Hendren sold Brangus bullocks 640kgs for 253c/kg or $1620. Tony Brazel also penned quality Brangus bullocks 730kgs which returned $1810 or 248c/kg. Phil and Shirley Morgan's 615kg Brahman cross bullocks sold to $1542 or 251c/kg.
Rudd Property Trust sold a run of Charbray cross cows to top @ 218c/kg or $1230. Odd heavy cows throughout the yarding sold to 233c/kg. Wayne and Julie Roger sold Santa cross cows 580kgs for 210c/kg or $1220. Matt and Rowena Clarke's Droughtmaster cows sold to $1100 or 209c/kg. Les and Anne Marshall, "Greenfields" Jambin penned Charbray trade heifers 480kgs to return $1210 or 252c/kg. Bev Marbach's Charbray cross 463kg heifers sold for 250c/kg or $1158.
Monto's first time selling EU accredited cattle saw Doug and Juanita Birch continue their support of Monto cattle and Country by consigning 18 No 5 Droughtmaster steers 304kgs which sold to $915 or 301c/kg and 340kg Droughtmaster heifers which sold to 251c/kg or $857. Also consigning EU cattle was Crabby Mountain partnership which sold 46 Charbray Brahman weaner steers to average 330c/kg or $787 and 38 weaner heifers to average 264c/kg or $581.
JC Cattle sold Droughtmaster No 4 steers 421kgs for 273c/kg or $1150 and 355kg Senepol cross steers for 272c/kg or $968. Ross and Karen Holden's Brangus steers 433kgs sold to 275c/kg or$1192. Nikki Iversen's crossbred No 4 steers 469kgs sold to $1286 or 274c/kg. Peter Hammond's 406kg Brangus cross steers returned $1115 or 274c/kg. Australian Runze Agriculture sold a run of Brahman cross steers 387kgs to average 264c/kg or $1020.
Ian Mclaughlan sold 315kg Droughtmaster No 5 steers for $918 or 291c/kg. Wayne and Julie Roger's 286kg Charbray cross weaners sold to $800 or 280c/kg. Charbray weaner steers 236kgs account Ross and Karen Holden sold to $723 or 306c/kg. GT and BM Fort sold Brahman cross weaner steers for $722 or 297c/kg.
JA and DJ Graving sold Braford No 4 heifers 387kgs for 2245c/kg or $950. MD, RJ and WJ Brown sold Charolais Droughtmaster cross No 5 heifers 350kgs for 263c/kg or $920. Barry Bleys and Jeni Hyland sold Droughtmaster cross heifers 354kgs for 262c/kg or $930. Geoff Downie's Brangus cross No 5 heifers 377kgs sold to $942 and 311kg heifers for $780 or 250c/kg . JA and DJ Graving's No 5 Braford heifers sold for 256c/kg or $800. George and Inga Augenstein's 215kg sSimbrah weaner heifers sold for $560or 260c/kg . Wayne and Julie Roger’s Charbray cross weaner heifers sold for 265c/kg or $670. Matt Vince sold 276kg Brahman cross heifers for 259c/kg or $715 and Droughtmaster cross heifers 288kgs for $765. Ross and Karen Holden's Charbray weaner heifers 215kgs sold for $570 or 265c/kg.
Monto's next sale is on Wednesday May 11 followed by the Charbray & Charbray infused sale on Thursday May 26.
