Fat Cattle Report
Good afternoon everyone this is John Lindsay taking a look at this week’s livestock market reports out of Dubbo for the first week of May 2023. Tallied numbers this week included -
5200 fat cattle
12000 lambs
8500 grown sheep and
800 store cattle
Into the cattle pens firstly where it was another large yarding despite some rainfall over the weekend. It was a much more mixed, plainer yarding than previous weeks. The market in general was only just firm for good quality cattle and I mean only just, with any plainer cattle regardless of breed 20-30 cents cheaper and could have been more in places, with light restocker types particularly weaners under 200kg extremely tough.
Lightweight vealer steers were well supplied 200 to 350 cents with plenty in the 250 to 300 cent bracket, with the heifer portion 150 to 300 cents. Yearling steers under 400kg to feedlotters 320 to 350 generally and up to 390 cents for the Angus drafts, with heavier drafts up to 500kg 330 to 370 cents to feed or 350 to 410 to kill. Plain yearling heifers under 400kg to restockers 190 to 220 cents with fresher types to feed 270 to 342 but needed to be forward to get over 300 cents. Heavier drafts over 400kg 330 to 390 cents to kill or 276 to 340 to feed.
To export sales, heavy feeder steers to feed up to 600kg 300 to 358, with kill types 298 to 330 cents for the majority and up to 370 cents for the best. Heavy heifers to kill up to 500kg 280 to 330 with heavy weights 315 to 330 generally and up to 348 cents for the pick. Light boner cows to restockers 110 to 190 cents, medium weights 222 to 275 cents with heavy high yielding cows 260 to 275 cents.
Carter Lindsay & Weber had the following results for clients this week -
Firstly for the Millner family off “Geurie Homestead”, who sold Charolais cross steers to feedlotters for 352 cents they weighed 435kg to return $1532.
To Baradine for the Fitzgerald family off “Carmel”, who sold Charolais cross feeder heifers for 348 cents weighing 380kg to come back at $1325
At lastly to Nyngan for John & Mary Burley of “Woodlands Station”, who sold trim Santa cross cows for 240 cents they weighed 545kg to come back at $1300.
Fat Sheep & Lamb Report
To the lamb pens now where like the cattle despite weekend rain and a smaller yarding, the market was at least $10 cheaper for all categories and could have been more in places on what was a pretty dull market.
Into crossbred sales firstly, with lightweight kill lambs up to 18kg dressed $75 to $88
Light trade weights $91 to $120 with plenty around $100
Medium trade weights $116 to $148
Light export $140 to $176 with a big chunk around $155
Export weights $160 to $190
With super heavies over 30kg dressed $218 to $246.
To Merino’s light weights around 16kg dressed $50 to $65
Up to 18kg dressed $70 to $85
Light trade $85 to $92
Heavy trade $100 to $106
With export weights in short supply but seeing sales up to $150.
Carter Lindsay Weber had the following results for client this week -
Locally for Paul & Carmel Quinn, who sold top White Dorper lambs on a 3 score condition for $143.
And for the George family off “The Corners” at Nyngan, who sold young 1st cross lambs to restockers for $91.
To the mutton pens where all categories were firm on last week’s solid market.
Light boner ewes $46 to $70
Boner ewes $48 to $86
Medium weights $80 to $124 with the majority around the $105 mark
With export weights $116 to $160 for Merino’s or $106 to $148 for crossbreds
With heavy weights $156 to $166 for Merino’s or $155 to $172 for crossbreds.
Boner wethers $56 to $86
Medium weights $120 to $147
With export weights $110 to $160
With some super heavy weight Merino wethers topping at $178.
Just some quick quotes for Carter Lindsay & Weber clients this week -
Locally for the Kelly family at Wongarbon, who sold large framed heavy Dorset ewes with a 6 week skin to the exporters for $146.
On the same truck as the lambs for the George family, large framed Merino ewes in a 3 score condition, with an inch skin to the exporters for $130.
While for a north western vendor, large framed Merino wethers with an inch skin, in a 3 score condition and well rounded to the exporters for $160.
Well that wraps up another busy week in Dubbo and just a quick mention of a special Premier weaner & feeder cattle sale in Dubbo on Friday the 26th of May which is only 3 weeks away and any entries are invited and welcomed. If you would like to know any more please give one of us at Carter Lindsay & Weber a call.
So until next week……………… Bye.
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