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opsmeBY PETER KOSTOS
IF SWEAT equaled dollars,then the SEJ Leongatha an-nual January sale, Monday,was awash with money.
While hot temperaturesprevailed, and the pendingcool and wet change createda very hot and steamy envi-ronment, competition wasequally hot and humid.
No one could discredit thehigh quality of this yarding of3220 head, which includedmany pens of quality year-ling steers and heifers.
The yarding was full to thebrim of producers that spe-cifically target this sale an-nually. Potential buyers werepresented with pen after penof steers weighing over 450kilograms liveweight, andnumerous pens from 420kgandover.Whether it was the pre-
dicted, potential heavy rain,or just the waving away offlies, competition was verygood, encompassing numer-ous feedlot orders, whichclashed with some local bull-ock fatteners.Walking into such a good
quality offering left manywondering how the salewould go. Credit where itis due, and producers got abig tick for the quality, andagents, SEJ, got a big tick forpresentation and hard work.
Showing no disrespect toany other vendors, numer-ous larger lines of steers andheifers displayed fully thesale's strong outcome.
Adval Pty Ltd, Anderson,sold 73 Angus & Herefordsteers, 518-598kg, from$1350-$1560. The largest lineof yearling steers was Spec-trum Finance, Tarwin Lower,offering 273 Angus steers,468-544kg.
Selling mostly to feedlotenquiry, these sold from$1330-$1555. Measuringthese against fat cattle pric-es, the highest price penequaled 292c/kg, well above
Rob Liley with son-in-law, Justin Conlan, and his children, Edward, Amy & Jono. Justin, Mardan Lodge
their value.Most steers over 400kg
lwt, sold from $1200-$1440,Bentcorp P/L, Tyers selling176 steers, 359-456kg, from$1140-$1270.
Reaching prices of old,was Pilkington&Toohey,Sandy Point, selling their 117autumn drop Angus steersfrom $1020-$1230, or 337-373c/kg lwt.
Greenwald Past Co, Fos-ter, sold 337 Angus & An-gus- Herefords steers from$995-$$1085.
R&V Dowell, LeongahtaSouth, sold 95 quality Her-eford steers from $1010-
$1170, or 315-334c/kg lwt.R Boddy&Son, Woodside,
supplied the only youngsteers, offering 248 Angussteer calves. These sold from$680-$845.
Crowd favourites K&LHeggen, sold 120 Red An-gus steers from $990-$1270,and their heifers sold to verystrong competition.
They sold 21 Red Angusheifers, PTIC for their 2ndcalf, from $2400-$2470, andtheir 35 autumn drop heif-ers fetched $980 and $1260,the top price achieved afterstarting at $1000.
Most of the yearling heif-
ers sold between $930 and$1150, which only equaledtheir fat value, or lessat times.
J Tuffin, Toora, sold 76mostly Hereford heifers from$920-$1115.
Specific lines of breedersheifers sold to very strong de-mand, selling for the equiva-lent of 300e/kg or higher.
F&C Cameron, Wild Dog,Phillip Island, sold 45 Angusheifers for $1000, 320-340c/kglwt.
Dry conditions at Gelan-tipy, saw FA&DM Boultonoffer 84 yearling Angus heif-ers, normally sold in March.
David PilkirEales at SE.& Angus-Ho