Agents Hayes & Co had a larger yarding of 683 cattle on October 12 at Silverdale, which saw restocker and feeder cattle extremely strong and sought after with a handful of new buyers operating for the first time.
Quality veal and export cattle remained fully firm while plainer export types eased slightly.
C Smith sold Charbray cows for 271.2c/kg to return $1672. Coochin Coochin sold Droughtmaster cows for 269.2c to return $1804.
DJ&JL Wearing, Jimboomba, sold Friesian dairy culls for 254.2c to return $1455.
Simmons and McNellee of Kalbar sold a Simmental bull for 298.2c to return $2803.
Denco Qld, Redland Bay, sold lines of Droughtmaster bullocks for 327.2c to return $1832. DC Harsant of Harrisville sold Angus pasture steers for 357.2c to return $1652.
MS Williamson sold Droughtmaster feeder steers for 358.2c to return $1684. LG&DT Klibbe, Lowood, sold Droughtmaster feeder steers for 358.2c to return $1552.
WMR Callinan of Esk sold top quality lines of Santa Gertrudis weaner steers for an average of 375.3c or $1006 with the top pen making 375.2c to return $1093.
TD&SM Whitehall, Mt Berryman, sold top quality line of Santa Gertrudis feeder heifers for 356.2c to return $1313.
AE Gilliland, Kilcoy, sold lines of yearling steers for 375.2c to return $1137.
Gilliland also sold lines of vealer steers for 407.2c to return $727.
CI&GJ Wieland, Allandale, sold lines of Limousin restocker steers for 400c to return $900. A line of Charolais vealer steers from Mt Beppo sold for 400c to return $908.
CI&GJ Wieland also sold yearling heifers for 388.2c to return $873. D&G Kirchner, Templin, sold Brahman vealer heifers for 383.2c to return $781.