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that turned up, mate, so, you know, a lot of travel cattle there, so there was a, you know, compensatory weight gain for the store cattle, and then there was a bit of yield in the, in the kill cattle.

I would quote the Bullocks as easier from the previous week, because we missed a couple of southern processes this week, just with lack of numbers, and the Bullocks were off the pace from last week, but cows were firm, you know, the meat job was solid without being a lot dearer, mate.

It was the store market that, really shone and got up over $7 on the little lightweight steers.

You know, those backgrounder cattle, you know, that were out of condition, that had a big trip under them, there's a fair bit of upside in them.

Mortlake Agents yard at 1631 Head.

Despite the mixing quality, the market was very strong to be 10 to 20 cents a kilo dearer in places over the Bullock grown steers and trade cattle.

Cows, both beef and dairy bred, remained fully firm.

Heavy bulls gained 10 cents with the medium weights easing 10.

Bullock sold to a top of 496 grown steers to 490 and crossbreed steers to 474.

Grown heifers range from $4.60 to $4.95.

Better quality trade cattle range from $4.80 to a top of $5.50.

Feet of steers are $0.06 to $0.13 deer.

Heavyweight yearling heifers to feed made to five hundred and twenty-two to average four hundred and ninety.

Bullocks made to five hundred to average four seventy-eight.

Heavy grown heifers made to four hundred and sixty-eight.

Medium weight two score cows averaged three forty-seven.

These two guys are absolute oxes.

Oxen? Oxen.

It was a slugging match.

Wardley's nose got bust, his eye got bust.

So there can be some variability there, but oftentimes I would view feed conversion as probably our most sensitive number to look at there.

And stepping back and taking a look at this data, how many steers and heifers were going through these feedlots?

Yeah.

So, you know, we always kind of do the compare contrast, right, with the prior months.

So we're August this month.

So relative to the July closeouts, we're down about 3,000 head on the steers.

20,584 was the total marketings in our feedlots and the focus on feedlots for the steers.

18,898.

Vealer rates bounced back 32 to 38 cents, selling at 4.60 to 5.35. Trade steers picked up 14 cents, 4.66 to 5.20. Feeder steers' median weight were firm, 4.70 to 5.18. Feeder heifers are also unchanged, 4.40 to 4.60. Trade heifers were firm, 4.40 to 4.69.

Heavy steers to suit the processes improved $0.03, $4.58 to $4.92. Bullocks jumped $0.24, $4.30 to $4.93.

Heavy heifers slipped back $0.09, quality related, $4.22 to $4.66.

Plenty of weight in the cows, they lifted $0.08, $4.00 to $4.27. Leaner cows under 530 kilos sold $0.12 steerer, $3.75 to $4.02. Leanne Dunks, MLA.

Right.

Okay? Then we go to her house and she gets the giant box truck, and this thing is a beast.

I mean, just this massive, uh, truck.

Wow.

And the, the, the big truck, the big beast.

Yeah.

The box truck.

It has one of those ramps on it.