THE monthly store cattle sale held in Euroa on Wednesday, July 5 was a “very mixed yarding”, according to Elders Euroa auctioneer and livestock manager Joe Allen.
Mr Allen said with about 700 cattle yarded, prices were lower than last month’s two sales, reflecting the higher quality of the cattle that were available at the large, end of financial year sales.
The weather also contributed to lower prices at the recent sale.
“It was definitely cheaper right across the board and that's to do with quality that was presented of the cattle and the time of the year – everyone's a bit soaked and wet, and probably not as many people are keen to go out and purchase cattle to put on their property as yet,” Mr Allen said.
“But as we start to see the days getting longer now, we'll start to see more growth and we'll see more demand for the sort of store cattle we sell in Euroa."
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Mr Allen said good quality Angus weaner steers over 400kg sold for about $1500, which was about 20 to 30 cents lower than their price at last month’s sales.
But he said some lighter Angus steers sold “quite well” at a price on par with last month’s sales.
The next cattle sale at the Euroa Saleyards will be on the first Wednesday of August.
