Fat Cattle Report
Good afternoon, this is Hugh Edwards taking a look at the weekly livestock market reports out of Dubbo for the last week of July 2023. Tallied numbers this week included –
3600 fat cattle
21300 lambs
7300 mutton
Into the cattle pens firstly, where it was a good quality yarding with some good pens of well finished grain fed yearlings for the processor alongside a good number of young cattle suiting feed orders. There was a good supply of cows as well as grown steers and heifers.
Young kill cattle were dearer with quality being the factor, with prime yearlings selling from 270c - 354c/kg. Feeder steers and heifers were unchanged with feeder steers selling from 300 - 358c/kg while the feeder heifers made 210c - 324c/kg. Young restockers were unchanged selling to a top of 370c/kg for steers and 325c/kg for heifers. Grown steers were 5 - 10c cheaper with the prime grown steers making 262c – 307c/kg while the heifer portion 10c dearer and sold from 235c – 290c/kg. Cows were 15c dearer, with the medium 2 & 3 score cows selling from 100 - 227c/kg while the prime heavy weights made 220 - 250c/kg to average around 236c/kg.
Carter Lindsay & Weber sold the following cattle for their clients –
Firstly to Coolabah for the Dunn family off ‘Bundong Station’, who sold, prime condition Romagnola cows that weighed 692kg making 260c/kg coming back at $1801.
Now to Nyngan for the Burley family off ‘Woodlands Station’, who sold, well bred Angus steers straight off the cow to the restocker orders weighing 211kg and making 344c/kg bringing $728/head.
Lastly to Stuart Town for the Lawson family off ‘Monte Carlo’, who sold, Santa feeder heifers in good condition for 297c/kg and weighing 461kg making $1372/head.
Fat Sheep & Lamb Report
Into the lamb pens now, where it was a good quality yarding with good runs trade and heavy weight lambs alongside a fair number of secondary types. There was also a fair portion of Merinos penned.
Trade lambs were $10 - $20 cheaper making $56 - $125/head averaging around 365c – 435c/kg. Heavy weight lambs were $10 - $15 cheaper 24kg – 30kg lambs selling for $98 - $140 averaging around 450c.
Lambs over 30kgs sold from $140 - $160 averaging 460c/kg. Merino lambs were $10 - $15 cheaper with trade weights selling for $44 - $110 while heavy weight Merinos sold from $114 - $125.
Carter Lindsay & Weber sold the following lambs for their clients -
Firstly to Nyngan for the Hoare family off “Bel-Air”, who sold, well bred crossbred lambs freshly shorn in a 2 & 3 score condition to the northern exporter for $94.
In the same district for the Hoare family off “Karabran”, who sold, heavyweight SAMM lambs with an inch and a half skin in a 3 & 4 score condition for $118.
To Geurie now for the Millner family off “Geurie Homestead”, who sold, heavyweight 2nd cross lambs in a 3 & 4 score condition with a inch skin for $129.
Lastly to Wellington for the Whale family off “Glenroy”, who sold, well bred 2nd cross lambs to the trade orders for $115.
Into the mutton pens now, where it was a plainer yarding then weeks prior, with all grades finishing $10 - $15 cheaper. Merino ewes sold from $50 - $110 while the crossbred ewes brought $62 - $120 and the Merino wethers topped at $110/head. With most grades of sheep averaging between 295c – 345c/kg.
Well that wraps it up for another week.
So until next week …………………….. Bye.
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