Fat Cattle Report
Good afternoon, this is Shaun McHugh taking a look at the weekly livestock market reports from the Dubbo Saleyards for the last week of January, 2021.
Tallied numbers this week included -
2000 fat cattle
5700 lambs and
3700 mutton
Into the cattle pens firstly, where numbers lifted and on offer was some good runs of grown heifers and steers along with yearlings to suit the processor and feeder. A full field of buyers were operating in a dearer market.
Young cattle to the trade were 18 cents dearer with vealers selling to 474c/kg. Prime heifer yearlings sold to 454c/kg while the steer portion sold from 400 to 458c/kg.
Feeder steers remained strong, selling from 374 to 483c/kg with breed and age the factor. Feeder heifers were up to 20 cents better, selling from 380 to 469c/kg. Young cattle to the restockers are still very strong with young heifers selling to 565c/kg and young steers making 631c/kg.
Grown steers and heifers were 10 cents dearer with the steers selling from 362 to 389c/kg, and the heifers sold from 328 to 384c/kg. Cows were limited but sold to the dearer trend, with the D3/4 cows 6 cents better this week to range from 270 to 285c/kg. The best heavy bull reached 318c/kg.
Carter Lindsay & Weber sold the following cattle for their clients -
Locally for George & Harry Kidd of “Kungie”, who sold Angus bullocks for 400 cents, they weighed 528kg to return $2116.
Ross Pedrana of Rawsonville sold Angus bullocks for 390 cents, weighing 542kg to come back at $2118.
The Deshon Family of “Rocklee” at Wellington sold a wonderful run of Angus steers for 453 cents, weighing 476kg to return $2157.
And for Bezuma Pastoral Co of Cloncurry, who sold 2 tooth Brahman heifers for 356 cents, weighing 535kg to return $1905.
Fat Sheep & Lamb Report
Into the lamb pens now, where trade and heavy weights made up the majority of the yarding with limited pens of light or stores on offer. All regular buyers were operating in a slightly softer market.
Medium and heavy trade weight lambs eased $6 to sell from $182 - $200.
Heavy weight lambs looked to be $8 cheaper to me, selling from $195-$210
while the extra heavy weights sold from $210 - $254
Store lambs were limited but did have plenty of interest selling from $152 - $163.
The best heavy hoggets sold to a top of $206.
Just a quick quote this week for Craig & Kerry Walters of “Plain Creek” at Wongarbon, who sold 2nd cross lambs in a 3 score condition, with an inch skin for $225.
Into the mutton pens now, where quality was generally better than last week with prices holding firm to slightly dearer.
Light ewes sold from $96 - $101
Medium weight ewes sold from $123 - $169
Heavy weight ewes sold from $174 - $210
Light weight wethers sold from $99 - $133
Medium weight wethers sold from $153 - $185
Heavy wethers sold from $190 - $218
Carter Lindsay & Weber sold the following mutton for their clients -
The Edwards Family of “Catombal Park” at Dripstone, sold Merino ewes in a 3 score condition with a 1 ½ inch skin for $168.
The Cook Family of “Glenidol” at Tottenham, sold heavy Merino ewes in a 3 score condition with an inch skin for $185.
The Gough Family of “Keewong” at Coonamble, sold Merino wethers in a 4 score condition with a 12 week skin for $205.
And for Jon & Helen Matchett of “Budgery Station” at Hermidale, who sold heavy crossbred wethers in a 4 score condition, with an 8 week skin for $218.
Well that about wraps it up for another week, don’t forget our next store cattle sale will be held on Friday the 19th of February.
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.