Fat Cattle Report
Good afternoon, this is Shaun McHugh taking a look at the weekly livestock markets out of Dubbo for the 2nd week of November.
Tallied numbers this week.
5000 fat cattle
14500 lamb
11000 mutton
Into the cattle pens firstly, where there was an increased demand from feeders and processors were selective. There were good lines of heavy cows as well as better numbers of grown steers and bullocks.
The market was dearer across most grades and cheaper in the cow category.
Feeder steers lifted 20 cents to sell from 350c - 390c/kg.
Feeder heifers were also dearer, up 12 cents and sold from 280c - 323c/kg.
Grown steers looked a little stronger to sell from 312c to 340c/kg.
Grown heifers sold from 290c - 328c/kg.
Cows lost 25 cents this week, with the better D3/4 ranging from 258c - 285c/kg.
The best heavy bull reached a top of 270 cents.
Carter Lindsay & Weber sold the following cattle for some of their clients:Locally for Stan Noonan of ‘Retford Park’ who sold Angus steers for 390 cents, they weighed 359kgs to come back at $1401.
Sam & Phoebe Maroulis of ‘Riverbend’ who sold Angus x steers for 340 cents, weighing 360kgs to return $1224.
The Prendergast Family of ‘Fairview’ at Wellington sold Angus cows for 280 cents, weighing 662kgs to return $1856.
Jade Miller of ‘Hillview’ at Geurie sold xb steers for 340 cents, they weighed 400kgs to return $1360.
The Altus family of ‘Albion Hill’ at Wongarbon sold Angus steers for 365 cents, weighing 425kgs to return $1555.
And lastly for The Weston Family of ‘Nihill Gully’ at warren who sold Angus steers 355 cents, weighing 446kgs to return $1583 .
Fat Sheep & Lamb Report
Into the lamb pens now, where numbers eased and quality remained the same. Large runs of Dorper were yarded as were Merino hoggets. Well presented shorn xb lambs were in short supply in a market that was firm to dearer on the heavy weights and cheaper on the lightweights.
Trade weight new season lambs sold from $139 - $175, while heavy weight new season lambs which are becoming limited in number and sold from $192 - $255.
Old trade lambs remained firm and sold from $140 - $170, still with presentation and short skins impacting the price.
Heavy lambs lifted $7 to sell from $185 - $219 while the extra heavy weight also lifted in price, up to $8 better and selling from $255 - $280.
Hoggets remained firm with the heavy weights selling from $135 - $170
Carter Lindsay & Weber sold the following lambs for some of their clients,Locally for Ben & Anne Kidd of ‘Kungee Station’ sold xb suckers in a 3 score condition for $190.
The O’Connor family of ‘Warren Downs’ at Wongarbon sold shorn xb suckers in a 4 score condition to the kill for $255.
And lastly for the Edwards Family of ‘Acme Downs’ at Bollon who sold dorper suckers in a 3/4 score condition to the export orders for $225.
Into the mutton pens now where numbers lifted and quality was good.
Light ewes sold from $32 - $54
Medium eight ewes sold from $65 - $91
Heavy weight ewes sold from $101 - $128.
Light wethers sold from $56 - $72
Medium weight wethers sold from $81 - $104
Heavy weight wethers sold from $115 - $134.
Carter Lindsay & Weber sold the following mutton for some of their clients.The Edwards family of ‘Westcourt’ at Wellington sold Merino Ewes in a 4 score condition with a 2 inch skin for $120.
To Nyngan now for the Butler family of ‘Jambaroo’ who sold Merino ewes in a 3 score condition with a 2 inch skin for $95.
And for The George Family of ‘The Corners’ sold Merino ewes in a 3/4 score condition with an inch skin for $112.
Well that about wraps it up for another week………………………………… bye.
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