Fat Cattle Report
Good afternoon, this is Hugh Edwards taking a look at the
weekly livestock market reports out of Dubbo for the 1st week
of March 2021. Tallied numbers this week included –
2300 fat cattle
7,400 lambs and 2,500 mutton
Into the cattle pens firstly, where it was a good quality yarding
with runs to suit both the feed orders and the processors.
There was a fair selection of grown steers and limited numbers
of grown heifers along with a better selection of cows.
Young kill cattle were 10c - 15c cheaper with prime vealers
selling to a top of 460c/kg. Prime steer yearlings brought 382c
- 450c while prime heifer yearlings made 374c - 442c/kg.
Feeder steers and heifers were 5c - 10c cheaper. Feeder steers
brought 362c - 467c/kg while the feeder heifers made 356c -
447c/kg. Young cattle to restock were 20c dearer with steer
weaners selling for 678c/kg while young restocker heifers sold
to 594c/kg. Grown steers and heifers were 10c/kg dearer, with
prime steers selling from 335c - 390c while prime grown
heifers brought 333c - 397c/kg. Cows 5c dearer, with the
medium 3 score cows bringing 278c - 295c/kg while the prime
heavy weights made 293c - 320c/kg finishing the day
averaging 308c/kg.
Carter Lindsay & Weber sold the following cattle for their
clients –
Firstly to Nyngan for John & Mary Burley off ‘Woodlands
Station’ who sold a nice line of Murray Grey heifers for
428c/kg weighing in at 287kg making $1230/head.
Over to Tooraweenah now for the McWhirter family off
‘Springfield’ who sold well bred heavy Angus/Santa cross
steers for 378c/kg weighing 652kg coming back at over
$2467.
Down to Yeoval for the Atkinson family off ‘Wonga’ who sold
well finished santa cows weighing 776kg making 315c/kg
coming back at $2448.
Lastly to the Geurie district for the Whillock family off
‘Maxland’, who sold a line of well bred Angus feeder steers
that made 466c/kg and they weighed 445kg coming back at
over $2076.
Just down the road for Matt & Kylie Whale off ‘Glenroy’, who
sold well presented heavy Angus cross feeder steers that
weighed 487kg and made 440c/kg making $2143.
Fat Sheep & Lamb Report
Into the lamb pens now, where it was a good quality yarding
with a good selection of some outstanding well finished heavy
weight lambs and only the odd pen of trade weights. Trade
lambs were $8 - $11 dearer selling from $160 - $210 to
average around 860c- 890c/kg. Heavy weight lambs were $6 -
$10 dearer with the lambs 24kg - 30kg bringing $209 - $265
averaging about 860c - 885c/kg, and the over 30kgs $280 -
$286. Merino lambs were $5 dearer with trade weight lambs
selling from $160 - $175 while the heavier weights over 24kg
made up to $189.
Carter Lindsay & Weber sold the following lambs for their
clients –
Firstly to Bourke for Ben & Liarne Mannix off ‘Gumbooka’ who
sold fresh dropper suckers in a 3 & 4 score condition for $219.
To Dubbo now for David Hearn off ’San Diego’ who sold heavy
crossbred lambs with a big skin to the exporters for $200.
In the same district for the Campbell family, who sold well
bred crossbred lambs with a 1/2 inch skin in a 2 & 3 score
condition for $195.
Lastly to the Geurie district now for the Beard family, who sold
Merino hoggets with a inch skin for $202.
Now in the mutton pens, where it was a mixed yarding that
saw light and medium weight sheep $5 cheaper while the
heavy weights lost up to $15 in places. Merino ewes made
from $95 - $222, while crossbred ewes sold for $154 - $240.
Merino wethers sold from $140 - $210 while crossbred wethers
topped at $235. Most of the sheep averaged between 630c -
685c/kg.
Carter Lindsay & Weber sold the following mutton for their
clients -
On the same truck as the lambs for David Hearn who sold
crossbred ewes in a 4 score condition with a 2 inch skin to the
exporters for $239.
Also on the same truck as the lambs for the Beard family who
sold Merino ewes in a 4 score condition with an inch skin for
$190.
Just a quick reminder that Dubbo will be holding a store cattle
sale on Friday the 19th of March.
Reminder - LPA NVDs
From 1 January 2021, only the updated versions of all NVDs (0720) will be accepted for all species.
A reminder to order NVDs now as delivery can take up to 6 weeks.
New NVD books can be ordered through the LPA service centre, using LPA log in details.
As part of the MLA Accelerated Adoption Initiative announced in November 2019, there is no cost for LPA NVD books until 30 June 2021.
For instructions on how to complete the new version (0720) NVDs, visit the ISC website.
For simple step-by-step instructions on how to use the eNVD platform, watch this video.
So until next week ........................................ Bye.