The prime cattle market has found firm ground this week, in the wake of a precipitous slip in prices.

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Reduced yardings across many centres played a part in the surprise price plateau.

Restockers, meanwhile, seem content to sit on their hands and wait for summer storms to deliver.

The sudden dry spring in the north and the realisation that the south won't grow much until autumn, touched a raw nerve in producers who will wait for the right time to buy, while quoting John O'Brien's poem about woeful Hanrahan.

A price demise seemed almost certain, and yet this

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