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Rally seen in lighter steer and heifer prices, in online trading

From Normanton in QLD’s Gulf Country, this line of 208 4-12 month-old Brahman steers averaging 204kg returned $1410/head or 690c/kg. The same vendor offered a line of 145 heifer sisters averaging 186kg which returned 602c/lg or $1120.

DESPITE clearer conditions, cattle supplies online remained more subdued this week, with AuctionsPlus commercial cattle offerings easing to 17,326 head – back seven percent from the previous week.

Driving the drop in supply has been logistical issues culminating from wet paddocks in some areas, which in turn has led to strong demand from Queensland and…

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