DUE to the Easter break, there was just the one sale this week at Baw Baw Livestock Exchange, Warragul. There were 127 head penned, with good prices for all categories. Quality was mostly above average, and the sale was completed in just over an hour.
Numbers for the sale were 43 vealers, 20 steers, 51 heifers, seven cows, five bullocks and one bull.
The draw for Wednesday 7 and Thursday 8 April is as follows: 1, SEJ; 2, Gibbon; 3, Elders; 4, Landmark; 5, Scotts.
Vealers
Eight, Simm, H. and R. Vierke, Warragul, 179 kilograms, 227.2 cents per kilogram, $407; 6, Angus, First Picot, Strzelecki, 221, 200.6, $443; 1, M/Grey, R. Gerlach, Drouin, 430, 196.2, $843; 1, Hereford, M.J. Lucardie, Warragul West, 280, 185, $518; 1, Angus, M. Calabrese, Traralgon, 390, 180, $702; 2, HerefordX, M.J. Lucardie, Warragul West, 278, 180, $500.
Steers
Five, AngusX, Teroan Park, Drouin West, 513, 182.6, $936.
Heifers
Twelve, Hereford, I.R. Awty, Narracan, 411, 188.2, $773; 1, M/Grey, Benvale Beef, Neerim Junction, 410, 184.2, $755; 26, HerefordX, I.R. Awty, Narracan, 408, 180.1, $735; 5, AngusX, Teroan Park, Drouin West, 502, 170, $853.
Export cows and heifers
Four, AngusX, J. Faithful, Mt View, 458, 117.2, $536.
Bulls
One, Shorthorn, O.J. Schill, Yinnar, 1055, 168.2, $1774.
