Fat Cattle Reports
Good morning, this is Shaun McHugh taking a look at the weekly livestock markets out of Dubbo for the 4th week of August 2023.
Tallied numbers this week included -
4500 fat cattle
17000 lambs
8000 mutton
Into the cattle pens firstly, where numbers fell and quality dropped with large numbers of yearlings lacking finish. There were a few pens of young cattle to suit the processors along with the odd pen of feeders. Grown steers and heifers as well as cows were well supplied. All regular buyers competed in a dearer market.
Prime yearlings sold from 240 - 340c/kg. Feeder steers sold from 280 - 330c/kg for the better end while feeder heifers sold to a top of 302c/kg. Young cattle to the restockers lifted 20 cents, with the steers reaching 358c/kg and the heifers selling to 234c/kg.
Grown steers also lifted 6 cents, to sell from 246 - 293c/kg. Prime grown heifers sold to a top of 270c/kg. Cows were 13 cents stronger with the better prime heavy cows selling to 245 cents. The best heavy bull reached a top of 244c/kg.
Carter Lindsay and Weber sold the following cattle for some of their clients -
The Deshon Family of ‘Rocklee’ at Wellington, sold Angus cows for a sale topping 245 cents, they weighed 662kg to come back at $1624.
The Vaughan Family of ‘Iona’ at Yeoval, sold Angus steers for 310 cents, weighing 505kg to return $1567.
Peter Hall of ‘Cornucopia’ at Gilgandra, sold Angus steers for 285 cents, weighing a massive 745kg to return $2124.
John and Mary Burley of ‘Woodlands Station’ at Nyngan, sold Angus cows for 233 cents, weighing 587kg to return $1370.
The Dewhurst Family of ‘Elmsley’ at Hermidale, sold Hereford cross steers for 280 cents, weighing 367kg to come back at $1030.
And lastly for the Dunn Family of ‘Bundong Station’ at Coolabah, who sold milk tooth Romagnola steers for 293 cents, weighing 602kg to return $1765.
Fat Sheep & Lamb Report
Into the lamb pens now, where a plainer yarding greeted all regular buyers. We are starting to see a few pens of new season lambs, which are receiving good competition.
Trade weight lambs lost $5 to sell from $55 - $114 with fat cover and skin length the major factor. Trade weight new season lambs $80 - $118. Heavy weight lambs ranged from $102 - $134 with the better prices reflecting lambs with well shorn, short skins. Extra heavy lambs sold from$144 - $180, while heavy new season lambs sold from $120 - $128. Merino lambs were $4 cheaper with the trade weights selling from $55 - $100 with a pen of extra heavies making $115. The best heavy hoggets reached a top of $90.
Carter Lindsay and Weber sold the following lambs for some of their clients -
The Whillock family of ‘Maxland’ at Geurie, sold 2nd cross suckers to the domestic kill for $125.
Col Ryan of ‘Mayfield’ at Gulargambone, sold crossbred lambs in a 3 score condition, with an inch skin for $120.
The Plummer family of ‘Trigoona’ at Tottenham, sold 1st cross wether lambs in a 3/4 score condition, with an half inch skin for $123.
Pete Edwards and Amanda Dunn of ‘Tubbavilla’ at Coolabah, who sold White Suffolk cross lambs in a 3/4 score condition, with a neat short skin for $115.
Into the mutton pens now where limited numbers of good heavy sheep and large runs of plainer sheep were yarded in a cheaper market.
Light ewes sold from $12 - $40
Medium weight ewes sold from $52 - $70
Heavy weight ewes sold from $73 - $99
Light wethers sold from $19 - $35
Medium weight wethers sold from $42 - $68
Heavy weight wethers sold from $75 - $90
Well that about wraps it up for another week, don’t forget if you’re looking for quality Dorset Rams, look no further than the Marocara Dorset Ram Sale on September 5. The sale is on farm at Wongarbon and AuctionsPlus with 180 Rams going under the hammer at 1pm. For further information please contact Shaun, John, Hugh or Campbell.
Also, our next special store cattle sale is scheduled for Friday 15th September.
So until next week …………………. Bye
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