Quality could not be faulted in the Wodonga agents F1 female sale on Wednesday.
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Only a small offering of 132 calved females, 184 PTIC heifers, and 60 unjoined heifers, were presented at Barnawartha’s NVLX.
As the past few years have gone, fewer dedicated vealer producers have held onto this prime market, of European cross vealers.
Gino and Rita Mizzi, of Genrik Park, Benalla, continue to produce a very good article, and they were awarded with the markets top price.
Hereford-Friesian heifers were again the preference choice for some buyers, which saw Genrik Park heifers, two-and-a-half years, with Limousin calves at foot two-six weeks, sell to $2625. Their prices started at $2200 for Hereford Friesians, and a pen of 10 Angus-Friesian heifers sold for $2150.
It is fair to say that numerous pens of two-and-a-half-year old heifers weighed in excess of 600 kilograms with the heaviest pen over 700kg liveweight.
Charlock Partnership, Charleroi, sold seven Angus-Friesian heifers, with Limousin calves, for $2425, and their Hereford-Friesians made $2600.
Most of the PTIC heifers were two-and-a-half years, with calves, and sold between $2120 and $2625. Everton’s Paul Hourigan sold 33 heifers from $2340-$2540.
Moving onto PTIC heifers, again mostly two-and-a-half years, and in calf to Limousin bulls, competition was quite good. Charlock Partnership sold 78 Angus-Friesian heifers from $1880-$2280, to snaffle the top price. The Hourigans sold 17 Angus-Friesian heifers from $2060-$2130.
Three pens of heifers, just over two years, of Mark Larkin, Kergunyah, sold from $1910-$2120. He also sold 11 PTIC heifers, two years, from $1860-$1910.
Despite being hard to find with fewer dairy farmers using beef bulls, unjoined heifers sold to restricted competition.
Selling to the best competition were 14 Angus-Friesian heifers of the Kirleys at Dederang. Their top pen sold for $1010. Some heifers were a shade younger, and not in quite as good condition, and prices ranged from $760-$980 for the balance of the small offering.