A yarding of just over 4000 head meet a reasonable market on good fat cattle and a tough market on backward condition stores. With only 30 Bullocks over 600kg yarded, the top to156c/kg returned $1175/Hd. Bullocks 500-600kg topping at 153c/kg. A large yarding of feeder weight cattle available but a lot of out of spec cattle held the market back, with the best of the feeders to 164c/kg. A large yarding of 400-520kg cows had a sale high of 133c/kg with cows averaging 122c/kg. Heavy heifers 400kg+ to slaughter made 153c/kg. Large numbers of stores just aching to eat green grass filled the lanes and sold to a tough market with a big percentage of Western Queensland and New South Wales very dry. Very isolated sales in steers made to 183c/kg and heifers to 163c/kg. An aged pen of Brahman Cows with good Calves at foot had a sale of $517.50.
Ray White Longreach Sale Highlights Lindsay Grazing of "Yuruga" Longreach sold Brahman Bullocks to 141c/kg weighing 631kg to return $891. Mt Emu Pastoral off Agistment at "Rio" Longreach sold a number of the few bullocks on offer with a pen of Brahman Bullocks making 148c/kg to weigh 519kg returning $770. Argyle Pastoral Company of "Bimbah" Longreach also sold Brahman Bullocks to 144c/kg weighing 522kg to return $753. Terry Little off agistment at "Clovelly" Ilfracombe sold a pen of Santa Steers fetching the max at 168c/kg to weigh at 347kg returning $584. Waldron Farms Trust sold Brahman Steers to 149c/kg weighing average 467kg to return $697. Lindsay Grazing, "Yuruga" Longreach sold Brahman Steers to 138c/kg weighing 471kg to return $651. A pen of Santa cross Steers on account of Luke Britton and Nicola Jarman, "Mt Landsborough Station" Winton sold to 161c/kg weighing 320kg to return $517. Brahman Steers off agistment at "Rio Station" Longreach on account of Mt Emu Pastoral sold to 138c/kg weighing 406kg to return $561. The Wearing Family of "Elabe Station" Hughenden, sold Droughtmaster steers to 138c/kg weighing 407kg to return $562. Brahman Steers off agistment at "Castle Hill" Winton on Account of Ian Remfrey sold for 155c/kg to weigh 331kg returning $514. Droughtmaster Steers Account same vendor sold to 150c/kg to weigh 272kg returning $409. Tracey Walker, "Newstead" Ilfracombe sold heavy Brahman cows to top at 133c/kg weighing 515kg to return $685. Tracey also sold a pen of Droughtmaster cows to 129c/kg weighing 501kg returning $648. Terry Little off Agistment "Clovelly" Ilfracombe sold a good pen of Santa Cows at 124c/kg averaging at 519kg to return $644. Charolais Cows on account of Supawick Pty Ltd, "Ascot Downs" Barcaldine sold to 103c/kg to weigh an average of 448kg returning $462. Heavy Heifers on account of Supawick Pty Ltd, "Ascot Downs" Barcaldine sold to 137c/kg weighing 474kg to return $650. A run of Heifers were on offer from the Abdy Family Trust "Hillside" Cloncurry with a pen of Brahman Heifers selling to 130c/kg weighing 442kg returning $574. A pen of Charbray Heifers account the same vendor sold to 131c/kg weighing 442kg to return $574. Lindsay Grazing, "Yuruga" Longreach offered a pen of heavy Brahman Heifers to 144c/kg weighing 416kg to return $599. Waldron Farms Trust of "Stormhill" Longreach sold Droughtmaster Heifers to 137c/kg weighing of 427kg returning $586. Goodwood Pastoral Co P/L "Goodwood" Boulia offered a large number of store heifers with a pen of Santa/Hereford cross Heifers topping their run at 152c/kg weighing 286kg returning $436. "Goodwood" Brahman Heifers sold to 136c/kg weighing 313kg returning $426, while their Charolais Heifers sold to 125c/kg weighing 261kg to return $326. Pajingo Pastoral offered a large number of heifers off "Culloden" Muttaburra with a pen of Droughtmaster Heifers selling to 140c/kg weighing 260kg to return $364. Pajingo Pastoral sold a pen of Brahman Heifers to 150c/kg weighing 260kg returning $390. Brangus Heifers sold to 136c/kg weighing 220kg returning $299 for SNR Holdings "Kapunda" Longreach. Charbray Heifers on offer from Clayton Dolgner and Nikki Gay, "Needle Creek" Jundah made to 110c/kg weighing 392kg to return $431. Lindsay Grazing "Yuruga" Longreach topped at 141c/kg with an Angus Bull weighing 720kg to return $1016. Terry Little off agistment "Clovelly" Ilfracombe sold Santa Bull to 140c/kg weighing 825kg to return $1156. Geoff & Linda Wearing "Banjoura" Hughenden sold Droughtmaster cross Bulls to 125c/kg weighing 648kg to return $812. Supawick Pty Ltd, "Ascot Downs" Barcaldine sold a Charolais Bull to 127c/kg weighing 810kg to return $1030. The Abdy Family of "Hillside" Cloncurry sold a pen of Brahman Cross Cows and Calves to Average $517.50/Unit.
Longreach Market Report 14th November 2012 DESCRIPTION Bullocks 500Kg+ Heavy Feeder Steers 4-500Kg Store Steers 3-400Kg Light Store Steers