Mortlake store sale | October 17, 2024 | Stock & Land - video Dailymotion

Charles Stewart and Co auctioneer Matt Baxter, Mortlake, talks about trends at the Mortlake store sale. Video by Andrew Miller.

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00:00Matt, today how did you view the Moortlake market?

00:02Yeah, I think it was a pretty solid result, followed other centres, good yarding of cattle,

00:085,100 cattle, a lot of autumn drop calves hit the market a bit earlier than what we

00:12have seen due to conditions locally, and they've met reasonable demand, yeah, I think it'll

00:18be a bit softer than last month, but still a pretty solid result.

00:23So when you say it's a little bit softer, what sort of prices are we talking about?

00:27I'd say it'll be 15 to 20 maybe, in spots 30 cents cheaper than what we've seen previous

00:34months, last month was a pretty solid sale, and I think people would be reasonably happy

00:39with the result, they were coming open minded and, you know, weaner steers topped at $4.85

00:46or $6 and the heifers, we had a good run of weaner heifers made $3.90 for some good calves,

00:50so they came out to be pretty reasonable money, yeah.