Fat Cattle Report
Good morning, this is Hugh Edwards taking a look at the weekly livestock market reports out of Dubbo for the 3rd week of February 2022. Tallied numbers this week included –
3400 fat cattle
12000 lambs
4000 mutton and
1200 store cattle
Into the cattle pens firstly, where there was a good quality yarding on offer with good lines of young cattle for the processors and feeders, with still a large percentage of Bos Indicus cattle throughout the yarding.
Young kill cattle were 10 cents dearer with prime vealers selling for 635c/kg. Prime steer yearlings bringing 570 – 580 cents and the prime yearling heifers made 460 - 560c/kg. Feeder steers and feeder heifers were 5 cents dearer with feeder steers selling from 469 - 619c/kg, while the feeder heifers made 402 - 596c/kg. Young restockers were 10 cents dearer with young steers selling for 550 – 772c/kg and young heifers sold from 420 – 825c/kg.
Grown steers were 5 cents dearer while grown heifers were slightly cheaper. Prime grown steers made 420 – 446c/kg, while prime grown heifers sold from 400 – 436 cents. Cows were unchanged, with the medium 2 & 3 score cows selling from 280 - 369c/kg, while the prime heavy weights made 344 - 404c/kg to average around 383c/kg.
Carter Lindsay & Weber sold the following cattle for their clients –
Firstly to Girilambone for the Klante family off “Yarrendale”, who sold Charolais cross 2 & 4 tooth steers for 443 cents, they weighed in at 675kg coming back at $2994.
Now locally for the Koerstz Family of “Warrie” at Dubbo, who sold Angus Santa cross steers that weighed 610kg and made 464 cents to bring $2835.
To Geurie now for a line of agistment Droughtmaster calves that saw the lead pen weigh 199kg bringing 752 cents and making $1497.
Lastly in the same district for the Perry family off “Allandale”, who sold Brahman cross heifers for 474 cents that weighed 382kg coming back at $1813.
Fat Sheep & Lamb Report
Into the lamb pens now, where it was a good quality yarding with good numbers of heavy lambs throughout but only limited number of trade lambs and a better supply of Merino lambs.
Trade weight lambs were unchanged with old lambs selling for $145 - $217 averaging around 790 – 830 cents. Heavy weight lambs up to 30kg were $10 dearer with the lambs over 30kg being up to $15 dearer. With 24kg – 30kg lambs selling from $197 - $245 to average between 800 - 830c/kg, while the lambs over 30kg brought $254 - $280 averaging 785c/kg. Merino’s were unchanged with trade weights making from $144 -$200.
Carter Lindsay & Weber sold the following lambs for their clients -
Firstly to Bourke for the Mannix family off “Gumbooka”, who sold Dorper lambs in a fresh 3 score condition for $195.
To Nyngan now for the Ben Bright, who sold fresh Aussie White suckers in a 3 score condition for $200.
To Dubbo now for the Yeo family off “Lambar”, who sold well bred crossbred lambs in a 3 score condition to the domestic kill for $228.
Lastly too Geurie for the Whillock family off “Maxland”, who sold heavy crossbred lambs with an inch skin to the southern exporter for $256.
Into the mutton pens now where most grades were represented in a mixed yarding. Merino sheep were $5 cheaper while the crossbreds were up to $10 dearer. Merino ewes sold from $130 - $221 and the crossbred ewes made $132 - $213. Merino wethers sold from $135 - $193.
Well that about wraps it up for another week.
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.