AGENTS penned 124 cattle at the Manjimup combined agents store cattle sale last week with a small gallery of buyers present to compete on the yarding.
Quality was mixed, with some heavy cows the standouts.
Beef steers sold to $1120 and 288 cents a kilogram, while heifers made up to $920 and 235c/kg.
A large portion of the yarding were yearling bulls, these selling to $1000 and 278c/kg.
Cows sold consistently to reach $1566 and 204c/kg.
Landmark started the sale with 43 cattle all being from one vendor, S & V Danti, Manjimup.
The first animal offered, an Angus steer weighing 510 kilograms, sold for $1122 and 220c/kg when bought for Western Meat Packers (WMP).
Greg Jones then bid to 160c/kg for 11 Angus heifers at 367kg, spending $588.
Several pens of yearling bulls were all bought by Brett Chatley, Landmark Manjimup, for Landmark International, paying to $886 and 278c/kg.
Several cows in the offering went to WMP, with two weighing 617kg topping at $1260 and 204c/kg.
Other cows in the draft sold for $940, $1026 and $1244 between 180-204c/kg.
Three Angus steers from Killarney Instant Lawn Farm got the Elders section moving when Mr Jones paid $963 at 274c/kg for the 351kg steers.
Another three weighing 268kg were bought for Manjimup Bakery for the top of 288c/kg, costing $773.
A grey steer sold by J & DL Borgoais also went to the Manjimup Bakery for $729 and 270c/kg.
Two Murray Grey bulls from Nangara Grazing, Yornup, which weighed 382kg were bought for Landmark International at $941 and top price of 246c/kg.
Mr Jones then secured seven Murray Grey heifers weighing 312kg from J & DL Borgoais for $718, followed by three Angus sold account Killarney for $663, with both selling for 230c/kg.
All but one of the cows in the Elders catalogue were from MO & M Puttick, with a heavy Simmental cow at 870kg topping the day at $1566 and 180c/kg.
Three lighter cows sold for $1163 at the equal top of 204c/kg, with these all going to WMP.
The one exception was a Charolais cow from Killarney Instant Lawn that made $1420 when the 710kg cow went on the truck to WMP.
Primaries started with a single heifer from AJ Giblett that weighed 460kg and was knocked down to WMP for $920 and 200c/kg.
Several pens of cattle from JD Phillips saw two Angus steers weighing 490kg make $1009 when bought for WMP at 206c/kg.
The Hettner family, Kojonup, had several pens of Murray Grey yearling bulls with all going to DJ Shine, Roelands, through Landmark.
These topped at $676 with a pen of five lighter bulls making $429 at 268c/kg.
Mr Jones took a grey heifer at $684 with Rodney Musulin paying up to $430.
The heavy beef cows from M Levi, Dardanup, were all bought for WMP, with a cow weighing 630kg, selling for the top of $1285 and equalling the 204c/kg.
Osterly Farming, Boyup Brook, sold a Lincoln Red cow tipping the scales at 615kg for $984 when WMP bid to 160c/kg.
Several ex-pastoral types failed to excite buyers, with WMP taking these out of the system for little money.
