GOOCH Agencies held its special female sale last Friday, February 28.
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Approximately 460 cattle were yarded including 270 cows and calves, 120 pregnancy tested and joined heifers and cows and 70 unjoined yearlings and weaner heifers.
The market was firm to $50 dearer for better quality and conditioned heifers and calves as well as cows and calves.
However, most lines of plainer condition and quality cows and calves were from $150 to $200 dearer than any previous district sales with a 95 per cent clearance overall.
H and H Yates from Bowman Farm, Gloucester, sold a pen of Angus heifers and calves to Craig Robson, Booral, for $900.
Brailes Investments, Booral, sold a pen of Angus heifers and calves to John Stidolph, Bulahdelah, for $900.
Cows and calves sold to a top of $780.
Gloucester Resources with a pen of Angus cows and calves and A and P Tynan of Waukivory with a lot of Devon cross cows and calves took top dollar.
Most lots of cows and calves reached between $590 and $600.
Pregnancy-tested cows sold to $600 for CT Schubert of Coolongoolook.
A pen of Devon-Santa cows from Ron Hicks, Nowendoc, sold for $490 with most sales between $400 and $460.
Joined heifers sold to $470 for Charolais cross heifers from S Hamberger, Gangat.
Unjoined yearlings and weaner heifers sold to $425 with most sales between $325 and $400.