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.