Prices soar $300 at Yea as vendors rewarded for putting in the 'hard yards'

Bill and Sally Diamond, Howes Creek, Mansfield, sold 10, Banquet-blood, 7-8 months, 216kg, Angus steers for $1440 or 667c/kg.

by Barry Murphy

Cattle prices soared by as much as $300 a head for some classes of stock at the Yea store sale on Friday.

Vendors, many of whom have held on to cattle through tough conditions this year, were rewarded with a sizeable price lift compared to last month's sale.

Nutrien was the sole agency to yard stock with approximately 1950 head offered, and a number of larger feature lines.

"It was a fantastic result for the people that have held on," Nutrien Yea branch manager Tyson Bush said.

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