Fat Cattle Report
Good afternoon, this is Shaun McHugh taking a look at the weekly livestock markets out of Dubbo for the first week of July, 2021. Tallied numbers this week included -
2200 fat cattle
12000 lambs
2000 mutton and
1200 store cattle
Into the cattle pens firstly, where a mixed quality yarding gave all buyers an opportunity to fill their orders in a dearer market. Weaners and feeders made up majority of the yarding with cows limited in supply.
Young cattle to the trade were 10 cents dearer as prime vealers reached 534c/kg. Prime steer yearlings sold from 417c to 524c/kg while the heifer portion sold from 408 to 499c/kg. Feeder cattle were well supplied and looked to me to be 6 cents better. Feeder steers ranged from 375 to 516c/kg while the heifers sold from 440 to 496c/kg. Young cattle to the restockers remain strong with the young steers selling to 610c/kg, while heifers sold to 535c/kg.
Grown steers and heifers were 8 cents better as the grown heifers sold from 366 to 417c/kg and the steers ranged from 372 to 420c/kg. Cows also sold to a dearer trend as the prime heavy weights sold from 313 to 336c/kg. The best heavy bull reached a top of 320c/kg.
Carter Lindsay & Weber sold the following cattle for their clients -
The Skinner family of “Wembley Park” at Dubbo, sold Friesian cows for 295 cents, weighing 681kg to return $2010.
The Josephs family at Burraway, sold milk tooth Shorthorn steers for 417 cents, they weighed 496kg to come back at $2072.
Matt & Rachel Adams of “St Louie” at Mendooran, sold Hereford cross 4 tooth steers for 372 cents, weighing 505kg to return $1879.
And lastly for the Weber family of “Chelsea” at Tottenham, who sold Angus Steers for 504 cents, they weighed 421kg to come back at $2124.
Fat Sheep & Lamb Report
Into the lamb pens now were good numbers of heavy weight lambs along with a good selection of trade weight lambs saw the market lift between $8 to $20 in places. Merino lambs were limited as were light restocker lambs.
Trade lambs lifted $20 selling from $168 - $224. Heavy weight lambs were $10 dearer to sell from $190 - $237, while the extra heavy lambs sold from $235 - $284. Merino lambs gained $15 with the trade weights selling from $150 - $201, while the heavy weights sold from $213 - $239. Restockers paid between $80 to $137 for light weight lambs. The best heavy hogget reached a top of $206.
Carter Lindsay & Weber sold the following lambs for their clients -
Locally for Andrew O’Brien of “Glenhaven”, who sold heavy crossbred lambs in a 4 score condition, to the export orders for $236.
To Wellington now for Phil Hubbard of “Kainga”, who sold 2nd cross lambs in a 3 score condition, to the heavy trades for $214.
Matt & Kylie Whale of “Glenroy”, sold trade weight 2nd cross lambs to the domestic kill for $206.
And for Col Ryan of ‘Mayfield” at Gulargambone, who sold 2nd cross lambs in a neat 3 score trade weight condition for $209.
Into the mutton pens now, where all grades were represented in firm market.
Light weight ewes sold from $95 - $125
Medium weight ewes sold from $134 - $178
Heavy weight ewes sold from $190 - $220
Light weight wethers sold from $113 - $140
Medium weight wethers sold from $155 - $170
Heavy wethers sold from $185 - $223
Just a couple of quick quotes this week for our clients -
The Pascoe family of “Pine Hill” at Tomingley, sold crossbred wethers in a 3 score condition for $160.
And for the Butler Family of “Jambaroo” at Girilambone, who sold heavy Merino ewes in a 4 score condition and an inch skin for $190.
Well that about wraps it up for another week.
So until next week ....................... Bye.