THE market was described as firm at Shepherdson and Boyd’s Toogoolawah store cattle sale on Friday.
Droughtmaster steers 20 months from Glendale Partnership sold for $1500. Charbray steers 18-20 months from Wade Vicary realised $1450. Cole Country Trust sold Santa-cross steers 20-24 months for $1470. Neil Hobart sold Charolais-cross and Droughtmaster-cross steers 18 months for $1290 and $1260. Ann Tre Enterprises, Moore, sold Droughtmaster steers 22 months for $1200 and Angus-cross steers for $1210.
Peter and Janelle Heath sold Droughtmaster steers 16 months for $1250. Pryde Pastoral Co sold Santa-cross steers 16 months for $1140. Trax Lok Industries, Biarra, sold Droughtmaster steers 20 months for $1310. Charolais-cross and Murray Grey-cross steers 18 months from L&L Williams sold for $1200 and $1160. Gavin Wolff sold Charolais-cross steers 14 months for $1050 and $1040.
Quality weaner steers held their values with Charolais-cross calves from Fernvale Pastoral Co selling at $1000, while Syd Beutel’s steers sold for $940. Gerald and Jan Ryan, Linville sold Charbray steer calves for $880 while Barraclough Partnership sold Charolais-cross steer calves for $810. BJ Luck sold Angus-cross steer calves for $910. Neil Tate, Maleny, sold a great line of Droughtmaster steers six to seven months for $900. Wayne Stark, Crows Nest, sold Droughtmaster steer calves for $915. R&B Turkington sold Angus-cross steers 10 months for $960. SM Mallet, Maleny, sold Droughtmaster steers 10 months for $1000.
Store cows were in great demand with Santa/Charolais-cross cows from Jimna Grazing Co selling for $1290. Russell Gray sold light condition Santa cows PTIC for $1230 and empty light condition cows for $1100. Pat and Roslyn McCarthy sold empty store cows for $1110 and $1050. David and Elizabeth Spring sold young Droughtmaster cows and calves for $1680. McCarthy family sold light Droughtmaster cows and calves for $1230.
Feeder heifers continued at very good rates, while those attracted as breeder replacements continued to sell exceptionally well. Merv Burow sold Charolais-cross heifers 20 months for $1265. Two Tons Pastoral Co, Linville, sold Droughtmaster heifers 20 months for $1260. Selwyn Stark of Crows Nest sold a top line of Angus-cross heifers 20 months for $1330 and $1290. Deborah Thorne, Maleny sold Charolais-cross heifers 16 months for $1070. Richter Family sold Droughtmaster heifers 18 months for $1070. Ron and Copie Hall of Cloncurry sold Droughtmaster-cross heifers 16 months for $990 and $860. P&E Costello of Maleny sold a quality line of backgrounder Angus-cross heifers 14-16 months for $1050, $910 and $900.
Neil Tate sold weaner Droughtmaster heifers for $750. Thornton and Hutchinson sold 10 months Charolais-cross heifers for $740. Syd Beutels’ weaner heifers realised $790. Barraclough Partnership sold weaner heifers Charolais-cross for $800. Gerald and Jan Ryan sold Charolais-cross heifer calves for $700. Peter and Brenda McGreevy sold Angus-cross heifers 10-12 months for $720. R&B Turkington sold Charolais-cross heifers 18 months for $1100 and 15 months for $1020. Luck Farming sold Charolais-cross heifers eight months for $880. Don Skopp sold Angus-cross heifers 10 months for $850.
A quality Droughtmaster bull 23 months sold by David and Elizabeth Spring, Colinton, sold for $3000.
