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Market report for 20th and 21st July. Wednesday Fat Sale 386 head. Thursday Cow Sale 10 Bulls, 467 Cows.

A larger number of stores on Wednesday lifted numbers by 150 head this week, with restockers paying up to 421.2 cents per kilo for pen lots of store steers and heifers. Processors in the heavier vealer pens paid to 386.2 cents for well finished head. Bullock numbers were back with only three yarded. In the heifer section numbers were up by 150% and saw the top price lift by 20 cents, although weights were lighter which attracted several restockers and feedlots. A similar number of steers were yarded and demand and quality was improved on recent weeks pushing the average price per head up $220 to $1503, with feedlots prominent. Also penned were 40 light weight stores sold to open auction making to a top of $550. The yard average this week was up 14 cents to 328.5. 3 bullocks made to 355, and averaged 339.5. 41 heifers topped at 365, up 20 and averaged 325.2, up 13.

31 steers topped at 355, up 10, and averaged 326.8, up 52.

271 veal topped at 386.2, up 12, and averaged 333.3, up 6.

Strong demand and the return of buyers absent last week resulted in good gains on Thursday for the bull and cow sale. There were less beef types and more dairy and several pens of bullocks on offer. Bulls made to a top of 313.2, and although this was back slightly, the average was up 10 cents to 270.4. The average cow weights were similar to last week and the best made to 304.6 cents with the average improving by 16 cents to 233.5, and of the 12 bullocks on offer the top was 308.6, with an average of 256.9 cents. The yard average made to 235.3, up 17 cents.