There was a small increase in supply to 208 head at Monday's Toowoomba cattle sale. Young cattle continued to dominate the selling pens, with no grown steers or bullocks penned and only a handful of cows.
A fair panel of buyers was present and operating. A lift in the standard of the light weight yearling steers to restockers improved average prices. Yearling steers to feed sold to a similar trend. Light and medium weight yearling heifers experienced very little change in price. Cows were too small in numbers to reliably quote.
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Light weight yearling steers returning to the paddock made to 562c to average 498c/kg. Yearling steers in the 280 to 330kg range also returning to the paddock averaged 500c and made to 542c/kg. Medium weight yearling steers to feed averaged 506c and sold to 526c/kg. Heavy weight yearling steers to feed made to an isolated 458c to average 428c/kg.
Light weight yearling heifers returning to the paddock made to 420c to average 399c/kg. Yearling heifers to feed for the domestic market averaged 401c and made to 442c/kg. The occasional heavy weight yearling heifer sold to the trade at 506c/kg.
Best cows a/c KD and PM Roache, Rosalie Plains, sold to $1821. Angus feeder steers a/c Daniel Polzin, Plainby, returned $2040.
Heavy heifers a/c Pidgeon & Co, Pilton, sold to $1785. Trade heifers a/c Greg Rigney sold to $2075 reaching 506c/kg.
A line of 20 Angus steers a/c Lionel Moore, Pittsworth, averaged 325kg reaching 562c/kg, topped at $1872.
