Quality calves keep prices steady at Kyneton despite absence of northern buyers.

Elders auctioneer Dean Coxon says they yarded about 2000 cattle.

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00:00We had a really good sale, we added about 2,000 cattle and we kicked off with a lovely run of

00:04black steers that made anywhere from $3.80 through to early $4. A lot of them going to either

00:09Gippsland or Feedlot. Then we got back into the middleweight wing of black steers, they were

00:14making $3.90 to $4.10 or $4.20 in spots but mostly around the $4 mark. A lot of them stayed local or

00:20down to Gippsland. Top of the heifers very very good as well $3.50 or $0.60 a kilo there with

00:27plenty of weight up towards 400 kilos. When we got into the lighter weight heifers so you know

00:34sub 300 it got a bit tough those cattle are only making $2.50 to $2.80 in step with what's happened

00:40the last couple of weeks.