Fat Cattle Report
Good morning, this is Shaun McHugh taking a look at the weekly livestock markets out of Dubbo for the 1st week of May, 2024.
Tallied numbers this week included –
2500 fat cattle
14000 lambs
8000 mutton
1500 store cattle
Into the cattle pens firstly where we saw plenty of feeder and heavy grown cattle on offer as well as good runs of cows. Light weight weaner steers and heifers were limited in a dearer market.
Feeder steers lifted 15 cents to range from 299 - 385c/kg for the medium weights, while the heavy weight feeder steers sold to a top of 373c/kg. Feeder heifers also lifted 15 - 20 cents to sell from 278 - 338c/kg.
Grown cattle were well supplied and sold to strong demand, with heavy steers selling from 293 - 338c/kg, breed and age the factor in price variation, and heavy heifers sold from 270 - 310c/kg.
Cows had the biggest lift this week, lifting 25 cents in places with the better D3/4 cows selling from 220 - 264c/kg. The best heavy bull reached a top of 230 cents.
Carter Lindsay and Weber sold the following cattle for some of their clients -
Ben & Cloe Lawson of ‘Monte Carlo’ at Stuart Town, sold Charolais cross heifers for 280 cents, weighing 530kg to return $1484.
The Hall Family of ‘Mount Marion’ at Binnaway, sold Devon cows for 248 cents, weighing 621kg to come back at $1543.
The McKay family of ‘Winnabri’ at Trangie, sold Shorthorn heifers for 315 cents, weighing 513kg to return $1618.
The Plummer Family of ‘Trigoona” at Tottenham, sold Red Angus steers for 346 cents, weighing 480kg to come back at $1661.
Lastly for Nugget and Kay Carter of ‘Birrimba’ at Nyngan, who sold Santa Gertrudis steers for 330 cents, weighing 460kg to return $1520.
Fat Sheep & Lamb Report
Into the lamb pens now where we saw a lift in competition at the rail, with quality improving from last week’s sale, which flowed into a price lift across all grades.
Light weight processing lambs were $13 dearer and sold from $56 - $116. Trade lambs were $10 better, those with the short skins attracting the most competition to range from $140 - $175. Heavy trades lifted $8 to sell from $164 - $191. Heavy weight lambs had gains of $12 to range from $180 - $226 with the extra heavy weights topping out at $256. The best heavy hoggets reached a top of $148.
Carter Lindsay & Weber sold the following lambs for some of their clients -
The O’Connor family of ‘Warren Downs’ at Wongarbon, sold 2nd cross lambs in a 4 score condition with an 8 week skin for $200.
Ben Doherty of ‘Bundarra’ at Tullamore, sold Merino lambs in a 3 score condition with an inch skin for $140.
To Nyngan for The George Family of ‘The Corners’ who sold crossbred lambs in a 3 score condition with an inch skin for $166.
Anthony and Kate Gibson of ‘Wilgadale’ at Girilambone, sold Merino lambs in a 2/3 score condition with an inch skin for $94.
Lastly for The Edwards Family of ‘Acme Downs’ at Bollon, who sold Dorper lambs in a 3 score condition to the domestic kill for $164.
Into the mutton pens now where prices also lifted $7 - $12 across all grades.
Light weight ewes sold from $31 - $48
Medium weight ewes sold from $55 - $76
Heavy weight ewes sold from $81 - $110
Light weight wethers sold from $41 - $58
Medium weight wethers sold from $62 - $79
Heavy weight wethers sold from $86 - $105
Carter Lindsay & Weber sold the following mutton for some of their clients -
Locally for The McFetridge Family of ‘Tathra’, who sold 1st cross ewes in a 3 score condition, with a 2 inch skin for $66.
And for Richard & Dixie Stendell of ‘Ben Avon’ at Brewarrina, who sold Merino ewes in a 3/4 score condition with an inch skin for $90.
Well that wraps it up for another week, don’t forget our next store cattle sale is scheduled for Friday 7th June, 2024.
So until next week ………………… Bye.
eID Tag Discount for sheep and goat producers in 2025
The NSW Government has announced a tag discount program that will assist farmers as the sheep and goat industry transitions to the use of eID tags from 1 January 2025.
The new tag program will provide a discount to 2025 NLIS-accredited white eID devices when purchasing from the retailer or manufacturer. This includes eID tags and leg bands.
The tag discount amount will be $0.76 per tag applied to eligible eID devices purchased between 1 November 2024 to 31 October 2025 or until funds are exhausted.
What do I need to do to get the discount?
Once the tag discount program is in place, producers will not have to complete any additional paperwork to participate in accessing discounted tags. Just purchase your NLIS-accredited white eID device for 2025 lambs and kids between 1 November 2024 and 31 October 2025. More details will be available shortly on the DPI website.
If you would like to learn more about the implementation of sheep and goat eID in NSW visit our webpage at www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/eid
Reminder - LPA NVDs
When filling out your NVD please ensure you complete and answer each question - please also ensure you sign and date the NVD.
If you make a mistake please initial it.
It is a legal requirement that the NVD is filled out correctly each time you sell livestock.