Quality and well bred cattle saw prices pushed up, at Colac's monthly store sale.

Agents yarded a total of 1724 steers, heifers and cows and calves.

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Jamie McConachie, Charles Stewart, said it was a better quality yarding than last month.

"It was more like a feature sale, and consequently we were happy with the results we achieved, particularly on the heavy steers, at the start, then going down into the steer weaners," Mr McConachie said.

"Lesser type steers were back a long way, very quickly, but then it rebounded, when we came back into quality and breeding.

"It was chalk and cheese, when it came to quality cattle."

South Australia's Creek Livestock was particularly active on the first lanes of cattle.

Heavy heifers, suitable for feed, sold particularly well.

"Where it came unstuck was on heifers not suitable to feed on, or breed from, they got very tough going."

Cows and calves sold to par, while it was pleasing to see joined heifers going for $1500.

"I thought that was outstanding, for cattle that were only two years old, not two and a half years, not big cattle, sold to par again."

He said agents were concerned about the cross-bred portion of the sale, but were pleasantly surprised.

"HF Richardson and several others kept the floor in the crossbreds, we were quite nervous about them, but they sold as well as anything."

Matt Nelson, Charles Stewart, said the feedlotters were very strong on the better, heavier type cattle.

"They were making three dollars, and a little bit more, a kilogram, those feeder type cattle sold very well," Mr Nelson.

"Restockers were paying up to $3.50/kilogram for the really good weaner cattle, the top end sold very well."

He said heifers with weight were sought by feedlots, but once under 300kg, the price eased.

"Most of the competition came from local buyers, with some from Camperdown and Warrnambool," he said.

"We had a good sale last month, on quality, they could have been a little bit stronger today."

"Wider heifers were a bit harder to sell, the competion on them was not as strong."

Shelby Howard, Charles Stewart Dove, Colac, said the quality was a lot better than previous sales.

"We are getting into our weaner cattle, a few early ones came in," Mr Howard said.

"We did see a good run of older, heavier, cattle which sold to high demand from various feedlots and local clients."

Mr Howard said even the cross-breds were of high quality, "fresh over the top, and three quarters done.

"Due to the season, we have had a pretty good run of cattle come through, with quite substantial weight on them," he said

alityCobb Country sold 3 Murdeduke blood Angus steers, 500kg, for $1500, or 300cents/kilogram.

S Dwyer sold 8 Angus steers, 476kg, for $1420, or 298c/kg.

Lemrac Lodge sold 12 Murdeduke Angus/Black Baldy-cross steers, 402kg, for $1200, or 298c/kg.

R&D Sutherland sold 10 Angus steers, 451kg, for $1430 or 317c/kg.

Purumbete South Patoral company sold 16 Coolana-Murdeduke blood steers, 396kg, for $1310, or 330c/kg.

AJ Turner sold 14 Angus steers, Tillabudgery blood, 398kg, for $1205, or 302c/kg.

Spring Valley Farm sold 14 Angus/Murray Grey-cross steers, 379kg, Otway blood, for $1160, or 306c/kg.

GJ Jones also sold 7 Tillabudgery blood steers, 409kg, for $1230, or 300c/kg.

Senglyn sold 16 Murdeduke blood steers, 340kg, for $1040, or 305c/kg, to Landmark International.

L&MS Ham sold 7 Bardwidgee blood steers, 390kg, for $1290, or 330c/kg.

A second pen of 12 steers, 352kg, sold for $1230, or 349c/kg.

Red Rock Company sold 12 Angus steers, Murdeduke blood, 374kg, for $1150, or 307c/kg.

AD Blair sold 11 Angus steers, 353kg, for $1220, or 345c/kg.

V&CR Gannon sold a pen of 9 Murdeduke blood steers, 331kg, for 332c/kg.

Rocks and Reds sold a pen of 10 Claremont blood Red Angus steers, 330kg, for $1160, or 351ckg.

Another pen of 11 steers, 372kg, sold for $1230, or 330c/kg.

Among the heifers, Lemrac Lodge sold 8 Angus/Black Baldy females, 418kg, for $1070, or 255c/kg.

AJ Turner sold 13 Tillabudgery blood heifers, 377kg, for $1120, or 297c/kg.

Martin Place sold a pen of three Poll Herefords, 476kg, for $1260, or 264c/kg.

Frendell Park sold a pen of 20 Tillabudgery blood heifers, 345kg, for $970, or 281c/kg.

S Lapino-Sadler sold 7 Angus heifers, 402kg, for $1190, or 296c/kg.

LG and ME Smith sold 6 Lincoln Red heifers, 272kg, for $790, or 290c/kg.

M&H Lenahan sold 10 Angus heifers, 335kg, for $860, or 256c/kg.

Corangamite Park sold 9x10 Charolais composite cows and calves for $1700.

Loch Farming sold 13x13 Angus cows and calves for $1625, a pen of 11x11, for $1500 and 5x5 Angus/Hereford cross for $1690.

Mingawalla sold 10 PTIC heifers for $1525.