Fat Cattle Report
Good afternoon everybody, this is John Lindsay with a look at this weeks’ livestock markets out of Dubbo for the second week of November 2024.
Tallied numbers this week included:
4100 cattle
16000 lamb
8000 sheep
Into the cattle pens firstly, where is was a slightly smaller number yarded this week with all categories represented. The market in general was slightly cheaper for most categories, with any plainer, dryer cattle regardless of breed up to 20c cheaper.
Vealer steers were shorter supplied and mainly to restockers, seeing sales between 312 and 330 cents, with an isolated sale up to 360 cents for the fresher types, with the heifer portion also mainly to restockers 170 – 290 cents with plenty around that 230 cent mark.
Yearling steers under 400kg to feedlotters 270-340 cents for the majority, but had to be forward and fresh to be over 300 cents with any plainer types seeing sales between 230 and 270 cents, and they all mainly went back to the paddock. Heavier drafts over 400kg 330-350 cents with the top end being the angus drafts making up to 363 cents, majority being around that 330 cent mark. With kill drafts seeing sales between 310 and 360 cents, but mainly around that 340 cents mark.
Yearling heifers under 400kg 260 to 330 cents, but like the steers had to be good to get over 300 cents, but the majority made between 280 and 290 cents. Heavier drafts over 400kg to feedlotters 270 to 310 cents, but mainly either side of 300 cents, with kill types 275 to 330 cents and mainly around 320 cents.
Into export sales, young bullocks 306 to 360 cents but mainly seeing sales around that 330 cent mark, with mature aged bullocks 290 to 320 cents.
Boner cows 120 to 200 cents, medium weights 190 to 245 cents for the plainer types, or 250 to 280 cents for the fresher types, with heavy high yielding cows 280 to 300 cents with the majority around 290 cents.
Carter Lindsay & Weber had the following cattle results for their clients this week:
At Warren for Jeremy and Audrey Weston who sold angus feeder steers that weighed 53kg for 337 cents, and these top steers returned $1,780.
At Nyngan for John and Mary Burley off “Woodlands Station” who sold angus cows for 270 cents they weighed 570kg and these top cows came back at $1,530.
For Robert and Janet Machin who sold Hereford cows for 284 cents, they weighed 590kg and these top cows came back at $1,680. While bullocks on the same truck made 318 cents they weighed 820kg and these top steers came back at $2,600.
While for a western vendor, Hereford cows to restockers that weighed 420kg for 249 cents and these cows came back at $1050.
Fat Sheep & Lamb Report
Into lamb pens now, where all categories were represented with the market firm to dearer for good quality lambs with shorter fresh skins, with the secondary lambs firm to $10 cheaper, with the lighter lambs fully firm.
Into XB sales firstly, with light kill drafts up to 18kg dressed, $115-130. Light trade weights $118-130, Medium trade $155-180, heavy trade/light export $180-215 with the majority around that $200 mark, with export weights $185-230, with the super heavies up to 30kg dressed $240-260 with this week’s top price getting to $280 for a pen of 2nd X lambs, estimated to weigh over 30kg dressed.
To Merino sales, with light kill types up to 18kg dressed $70-110, up to 20kg dressed $115-130, medium trade $130-160 but mainly around that $150 mark, with heavy trades $189-210, with export weights up to 26kg dressed $185-230 but bearing in mind what was yarded in this weight was very good.
Carter Lindsay & Weber had the following results for their clients this week:
Locally for the Whillock Family off “Maxland” at Geurie who sold trade weight unshorn 2nd X suckers for $180.
For the Koerstz family who sold light export weight Aussie white lambs in a 3 score condition and these top lambs made $198.
While at Bourke for Ben and Liarne Mannix off “Gumbooka” who sold export weight Dorper suckers in a top 3 score condition and these top suckers made $238.
Into the mutton pens now, where the medium weight sheep were up to $5 dearer and the export weights just managing to stay firm.
Boner ewes $30-60, medium weight ewes $60-90 and mainly around that $75 mark, with export weights $65-95 for XB or $86-115 for Merinos and topping at $135 with the help of a big skin.
Boner wethers $55-60, medium weights $70-95 with export weights $88-120 with the majority around the $105 mark, but I must say what was yarded was very good.
Well that about wraps it up for this week, and there has been a store sale booked in Dubbo for Friday the 22nd November with some good quality cattle already booked in.
So until next week ………………………….. Bye.
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