Fat Cattle Report
Good morning, this is Hugh Edwards taking a look at the weekly livestock market reports out of Dubbo for the first week of December, 2021. Tallied numbers this week included –
1700 fat cattle
10900 lambs
3200 mutton
Into the cattle pens firstly, where there was a mixed quality yarding on offer with a couple of large runs of Bos Indicus cattle alongside good lines of young cattle for the processors, feeders and restockers with a limited supply of well finished grown cattle and cows penned.
Young kill cattle were 10 cents dearer with prime vealers selling to a top of 540c/kg. Prime steer yearlings brought 480 – 568 cents and the prime yearling heifers made 480 - 596c/kg. Feeder steers and feeder heifers were 10 - 15 cents dearer, with feeder steers selling from 478 - 618c/kg, while the feeder heifers made 450 - 590c/kg. Young restockers were firm to slightly dearer selling to a top of 788c/kg for steers and 722c/kg for heifers. Grown steers and heifers were 5 cents dearer, with prime grown steers selling from 430 - 490c/kg, while prime grown heifers brought 410 - 488c/kg. Cows were dearer, with the medium 2 & 3 score cows selling from 340 - 385c/kg, while the prime heavy weights made 385 - 400c/kg.
Carter Lindsay & Weber sold the following cattle for their clients –
Firstly to Nyngan for the Burley family off “Woodlands Station”, who sold fresh Santa cross steers for 632 cents and weighed in at 336kg coming back at $2125.
To Geurie now for the Tudor family, who sold well finished Angus steers that weighed 400kg bringing 612 cents, making $2448.
Lastly to Yeoval for the Vaughan family off “Iona”, who sold well bred Angus steers for 572 cents, weighing 511kg coming back at $2928.
Fat Sheep & Lamb Report
Into the lamb pens now, where it was a very mixed quality yarding with only a few pens of heavy weight lambs alongside limited well finished suckers. There was still a big percentage of Merino lambs and hoggets throughout. Trade weight new season lambs were $15 - $20 cheaper selling for $146 - $232, with quality and freshness being the factor. Heavy weight lambs were $20 - $25 cheaper with old lambs over 24kg selling from $210 - $280 to average between 810 - 890c/kg. Merino’s were unchanged with trade weights making from $150 -$194.
Carter Lindsay & Weber sold the following lambs for their clients -
Firstly to Baradine for the McConnaughty Family off “Elstow”, who sold Merino wether lambs that were in a 3 score condition with an inch skin that made $199.
Down to Narromine now for the Paine family off “Wongaroo”, who sold heavy crossbred lambs in a 4 score condition to the southern exporters for $257.
Locally for the Kidd family off “Kungee”, who sold fresh crossbred suckers in a 2 & 3 score condition for $170.
Also in the Dubbo district for the Toohey family, who sold well finished crossbred lambs in a 3 score condition, with an 8 week skin for $238.
At Wellington for the Whale family off “Glenroy”, who sold well bred crossbred lambs with a 6 week skin, in a 3 score condition to the domestic kill for $230.
Lastly to Euchareena for Brian Brazier off “Wombang”, who sold fresh crossbred suckers in a 2 score condition, to the restocker orders for $163.
Into the mutton pens now, where most grades we well represented in a fair quality yarding. Lighter weight sheep were slightly dearer while the heavier weights lost $5 - $10. Merino ewes selling from $110 - $207 and the crossbred ewes made $120 - $224 to average between 590 - 610c/kg. Merino wethers sold from $140 - $220.
Just a quick quote this week for the Rees family of “Willis Park” at Peak Hill, who sold heavy Merino ewes in a 3 score condition, with an inch skin to the local exporter for $180.
Well that about wraps it up for this week – just some dates to keep in mind - the last sales for 2021 are as follows –
Store Cattle Sale – Friday 17/12/2021
Sheep & Lamb Sale – 13/12/2021
Fat Cattle Sale – 16/12/2021
First sales back for the New Year are as follows –
Fat Cattle Sale - 6/1/2022
Sheep & Lamb Sale – 10/1/2022
So until next week …………………. Bye.
Just a reminder when completing your NVD - please ensure ALL sections on your NVD are fully completed - most importantly, signature, date, time loaded and transport details.
Please DO NOT SEND any lame or cripple stock, bad eyes (any blood) as they are 100% unacceptable to be sold.
Any stock deemed not sound will be destroyed by the Council and disposal feeds will apply.
If you have any queries relating to this please do not hesitate to call John, Shaun, Matt or Hugh.