Fat Cattle Report
Good afternoon, this is Hugh Edwards taking a look at the weekly livestock market reports out of Dubbo for the 4th week of March 2021. Tallied numbers this week included –
430 fat cattle
2,500 lambs and
500 mutton
Into the cattle pens firstly, where it was a rain affected market which resulted in a very small yarding with only a few pens of cattle to suit the feeders and processors.
Young kill cattle were firm with prime vealers selling to a top of 460c/kg. Prime steer yearlings brought 377 – 450 cents, while prime heifer yearlings made 370 - 430c/kg. Feeder steers were dearer and heifers were stable. Feeder steers brought 379 - 475c/kg while the feeder heifers made 370 - 441c/kg.
Young cattle to restock were dearer with steer weaners selling for 600c/kg while young restocker heifers sold to 575c/kg. Grown steers and heifers were firm, with prime steers selling from 370 – 375 cents, while prime grown heifers brought 345 - 368c/kg. Cows were 5 cents dearer, with the medium 3 score cows selling to 292c/kg while the prime heavy weights made 305 - 313c/kg, finishing the day averaging 310c/kg.
Carter Lindsay & Weber sold the following cattle for their clients –
Firstly to Nyngan for John & Mary Burley off ‘Woodlands Station’, who sold well finished Santa cross heifers for 410c/kg weighing in at 375kg making $1537.
Lastly for a local vendor who sold a well bred line of Angus steers that weighed 409kg making 475c/kg bringing $1947.
On the same truck as the steers were the heifer portion that sold for 441c/kg and they weighed 397kg and came back at over $1752.
Fat Sheep & Lamb Report
Into the lamb pens now, where again it was a rain affected market which limited the numbers of sheep able to make it to market and therefore drove prices up. It was a good quality yarding with a good selection of some well finished heavy weight lambs and only the odd pen of trade weights.
Trade lambs were $12 - $15 dearer selling from $150 - $210 to average around 810- 850c/kg. Heavy weight lambs were $10 - $20 dearer with the lambs 24kg - 30kg bringing $203 - $231 averaging about 805 - 822c/kg, and the over 30kgs bringing $245. Limited pens of Merino lambs were dearer with trade weight lambs selling from $149 - $183 while one pen of heavier weights over 24kg made up to $223.
Now in the mutton pens, where it was a mixed yarding where all grades were $20 dearer. Merino ewes made from $100 - $215, while crossbred ewes sold for $148 - $250. Merino wethers sold from $155 - $235 while a pen of crossbred wethers topped at $204. Most of the sheep averaged between 660 - 720c/kg.
Well that about wraps it up for another week, please note Carter Lindsay Weber will be conducting a clearing sale on Saturday, April 10 at “Inverness” Hermidale commencing at 9.30am. For further information please go to our Facebook or web page for a full list of items as well as keeping an eye out in The Land newspaper.
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So until next week ........................................ Bye.