While the mart scene has been steady again in the past week, mart managers have commented that the numbers of forward store cattle, particularly in the south and east, are now in short supply. In the west, smaller numbers of forward stores are present also and feeders continue to be active. In the south, cull dairy cows numbers continue to lift as farmers dry off. Feeding and fleshed cows have remained firm, with more factory agent activity for fleshed types in some areas.