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Australia: Young bullocks dominate yarding at Warwick cattle sale

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Published Feb 22, 2023

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A total of 1248 head were yarded for Tuesday's sale.

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Picture: File NUMBERS rose at this week's Warwick cattle sale as local agents entered 1,248 cattle, which was up by 256 from last week. The yarding was dominated by well-finished young bullocks, cows and heavy feeder yearling steers and heifers. The light weight yearling cattle was mixed in type with prices reflecting the quality on offer. With the absence of two major processors, heavy bulls and cows eased in price by 11 cents a kilogram to 14c/kg, however young bullocks remained firm on last week. Yearling steers and heifers mainly sold to improved prices depending on type and quality. Read Also: Light weight yearling steers to restockers sold to 598c/kg and averaged 540c/kg with those weighing in the 200 kilogram to 280kg range averaging 457c/kg and selling to 510c/kg. Yearling steers weighing over 280kg selling to backgrounders made 456c/kg to average 414c/kg. Yearling steers to feed for the domestic market made 435c/kg to average 394c/kg with heavy yearling steers to feed ...
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