SOME 1400 head were yarded at the monthly store cattle sale at the Wangaratta livestock exchange on Friday as cattle farmers continue to find "money in the mud".

AWN stock agent Peter Dargan said spring and market conditions had seen the sale swell from the 750 head yarding advertised a week earlier.

"It was a good, solid yarding with alot of mixed cattle...it reflected a good spring and solid prices," he said.

"With the wet spring and alot of feed around you've got alot of local buyers, and you've also got alot of producers keen to sell with prices so good."

Friday's sale saw steers 250–300kg make 630–650 c/kg, 300–350kg make 620c/kg, and 350–400kg make 580c/kg, while heifers were about 20c/kg lower.

"Most of the cattle came from the local area and most were bought by buyers within the North East, with a couple of feedlots buying some of the heavier cattle," Mr Dargan said.

Paul Hourigan and his son Lachie were at the sale with their 22 Angus heifers ranging from eight to 12 weeks and two and half years old, with the fully grown cattle averaging 420 kilograms.

Mr Hourigan's cattle went for $4100 per head, exceeding his expectations.

"It's excellent, but input is dear also so prices have to be up around where they are to make everything work," he said.

"It was a real good return, happy days."

Mr Hourigan said the wet spring has brought good feed at his property at Everton, but has also meant the work has been difficult in the rain.

"Hopefully it kicks on for another couple of weeks and we can have a pretty good harvest," he said.

"But it has been uncomfortable, definitely hard work, it'd be nice for it to ease off a little afterwards so we can get a harvest, a bit of silage, a bit of hay done.

"We'll be trying to get as much hay done as we can, make hay while the sun shines, if it ever shines.

"That's the plan and the weather gods will have to sort that out for us."