Fat Cattle Report
Good morning everybody, this is John Lindsay taking a look at the weekly livestock market reports out of Dubbo for the first week of Autumn 2023. Tallied numbers this week included –
3800 fat cattle
24200 lambs and
12000 mutton
Into the cattle pens firstly, where it was another decent number of cattle yarded with most categories well represented. The market in general was firm for most, however heifers this week regardless of weight were hit hard by up to 20 cents and could have been more in places for crossbred types.
Light vealer steers to restockers 420 to 470 cents, with some well bred drafts making up to 490 cents – but only light, with the heifer portion 350 to 420 cents. Yearling steers under 400kg to feedlotters 316 to 414 cents with a big majority in that 380 cents bracket, with heavier drafts over 400kg to feed 330 to 360 cents for the crossy types or 380 to 410 cents for the better British drafts – but they had to be good to get over 400 cents. Yearling heifers under 400kg to feed 270 to 310 cents for the crossy types, with the better British drafts making up to 360 cents with a big majority in that 330 cents bracket. Heavier drafts over 400kg 302 to 350 cents, with the majority in the 320 cents bracket.
Into export sales, heavy feeder steers over 500kg 350 to 368 cents, with kill types seeing very similar values. Boner cows 210 to 232 cents, medium weights 270 to 290 and up to 310 cents, with heavy high yielding cows seeing most sales between 280 and 295 and up to 302 cents.
Carter Lindsay & Weber sold the following cattle for their clients –
Firstly locally, for the Lawson Family of “Monte Carlo” at Stuart Town, who sold prime Santa cross cows for 295 cents, they weighed 695kg and these top cows came back at $2050.
For a local vendor, Hereford Simmental cross weaners, straight off the cows, in fresh condition, with the steer portion weighing 240kg, and made 500 cents to come back at $1200.
Randall & Kylie Carlow at Gilgandra, sold trim Angus cows for 288 cents, they weighed 630kg and these top cows came back at $1820.
At Warren for Jeremy & Audrey Weston, who sold heavy Angus cows that weighed 790kg for 298 cents and these prime cows came back at $2350.
Lastly, for a Western client – beautifully bred Santa weaners with the steer portion making 375 cents, weighing 380kg to return $1420. While the heifer portion being beautiful types making 460 cents, they weighed 310kg, definite future breeder options making $1420.
Fat Sheep & Lamb Report
Into the lamb pens now, where most categories were well represented and like previous weeks good quality kill lambs regardless of weight remained firm, with any secondary lambs only just managing to stay firm to $5 cheaper on what was a smaller yarding.
Into crossbred sales firstly, light kill types up to 18kg dressed $65 to $96
Light trade $112 to $140
Medium trade $126 to $170 with plenty around that $150 mark
With heavy trade or light export $175 to $205 but needed to be very good to get over $200
With export weights $200 to $216 with drafts up to 30kg dressed $215 to $263 with a big chunk around $240
With super heavies $256 to $285 – over 30kg dressed.
Into Merino sales, kill drafts up to 18kg dressed $60 to $80
Light trade $95 to $110
Medium trade weights $110 to $128
With heavy trade in short supply seeing sales up to $160 but they were good
With a good crossbred hogget $110 to $130
With a good Merino hogget $66 to $95
Carter Lindsay & Weber sold the following lambs for their clients –
Locally for The Whillock Family of “Maxland” at Geurie, who sold export weight 2nd cross lambs, with an inch skin and a 4 score condition and these top lambs made $255.
Matt & Kylie Whale of “Glenroy” at Wellington, sold light export 2nd cross lambs with a 4 week skin, in a very trim 3 score condition and these top lambs made $197.
For The Millner Family of “Geurie Homestead”, who sold export weight 1st cross lambs with a 1 inch skin, in a 4 score condition and these top lambs made $269.
Paul & Carmel Quinn of “Caroo” at Dubbo, sold export weight White Dorper lambs in a beautiful 3 score condition and these top lambs made $180.
At Baradine, for The Finlay Family of “Kinross”, who sold White Dorper lambs in a 3 score condition to the light export orders for $185.
And for The Horder Family of “Cartref”, who also sold export weight Dorper lambs in a 3 score condition and they made $175.
Into the mutton pens now, where it was a good quality yarding of mutton with the market firm for all categories, with the medium weight sheep possibly a little bit dearer.
Light boner ewes $20 to $51
Boner ewes $39 to $77
Medium weights $83 to $100 for crossbreds or $62 to $96 for Merino’s with a big majority around $80
With export weights $76 to $120 for crossbreds or $108 to $130 for Merino’s
With super heavy weights over 30kg dressed up to $140 for Merino’s or $110 to $142 for crossbreds.
Wethers were in short supply, with medium weight crossbred wethers $95 to $108, with Merino’s $62 to $93, with export wethers $106 to $130 for Merino’s or $110 to $125 for crossbreds.
Carter Lindsay & Weber sold the following mutton for their clients –
To Coonamble for The Goldsmith Family of “Urungie”, who sold large framed Merino ewes in a 3 score condition to the exporter for $120.
To Tottenham for Brad & Sophie Cook of “Donola”, who sold large framed Merino ewes with an 8 week skin, in a 3 score condition to the exporters and these top ewes made $130.
While for a Western vendor, large framed Merino wethers with a 1 inch skin, in a 3 score condition and they made $120.
Well that about wraps it up for another week, don’t forget our next special store cattle sale is scheduled for Friday 17th March, 2023.
So until next week …………………. Bye.
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