A WEEK on from Ray White’s record breaking sale Harold Curry has matched it with vendors championing the sale and returns.
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Impending rain threatened to dent the sale but 2100 cattle were yarded, slightly down on expected numbers.
“Twenty – 40mm of rain on the morning prior to the sale saw numbers reduce from the 2300 booked,” Harold Curry director Glen Curry said.
“Harold Curry congratulates all vendors on their efforts in producing the quality stock that were yarded and in particular the condition they were yarded in with such a trying start to the season.
“All vendors were happy to see the increased returns and appreciated what could only be described as solid results,” Glen said.
The market got off to strong start with 35 Lyndale Partnership weaner steers, weighing 353kgs, making 264.2 cents to return $933.38.
Major prize winner on the day was George and Helen Mulherin, taking out the champion pen of Angus weaner steers which weighed 328kgs and sold for 269.2 cents to return $883.75.
The pair also won the champion pen of Angus weaner heifers which topped at $623.96.
“Following another week with little to no rain over a very wide spread area, buyers attended from Southern Queensland, Northern and Western NSW to compete with local competition.
“It saw the market consistent throughout the sale with Angus steers selling from 248 cents to a top of 270 cents for a pen of 51 weaner steers account Geroma Partnership which returned $646.36.
“The broad ribbon winner for the other breeds weaner steers was Col Cowin with a magnificent pen of Poll Hereford steers that sold for 252.2 cents, weighing 330kgs to return $832.26,” Glen said.
In the other breeds heifer section, Ken and Ann Williams backed up their win from last year with a pen of their Red Angus Simmental cross calves weighing 308kgs to return $619.95.
Lex and Lorna Paterson yarded their annual draft of older Angus steers which saw them once again take out the broad ribbon for this section with the prize winning pen returning $947.60.
The next feature sale will be an all agents affair on May 7.
“We can only hope that a wide spread rain event occurs prior to this as each dry week is seeing increased pressure on prices,” Glen said.