Fat Cattle Report
Good afternoon everybody, this is John Lindsay with a look at this week’s livestock markets out of Dubbo for the third week of August 2020. Tallied numbers this week included –
2600 fat cattle
11500 lambs
1700 mutton and
700 store cattle
Into the cattle pens firstly, where it was a mixed yarding of cattle this week, with most categories represented, however I don’t think there was as many heavy kill cattle this week. The market in general was firm for most categories, with yearling feeder steers and heifers 8 to 15 cents dearer with quality definitely a help, with the older feeder steers firm, with young light restocker cattle still in strong demand.
Light vealer steers to restockers 422 to 530 cents, with vealer heifers also to the restockers on the lighter end 436 to 506 cents, with suitable kill drafts over 300kg in short supply 410 to 434 cents.
Yearling steers under 400kg to feedlotters 386 to 415 cents, with fresh restocker drafts 416 to 506 cents – up to 300kg, with heavier drafts 440 to 447 cents and mainly being Angus drafts. Heavier drafts over 400kg to feedlotters 370 to 425 cents, with kill drafts 370 to 426 cents.
Yearling heifers under 400kg to feedlotters 380 to 398 cents generally and up to 406 cents, with some lighter drafts 400 to 420 cents, with heavier drafts over 400kg to kill 365 to 421 cents.
Into export sales, with heavy feeder steers over 500kg 366 to 390 cents generally and up to 400 cents, with kill drafts 350 to 380 cents on the younger drafts, with the older drafts 345 to 365 cents.
Onto cows which were 4 to 6 cents cheaper – but still strong, boner cows 268 to 280 cents, medium weights 276 to 290 cents with heavy high yielding cows 280 to 300 cents generally and topping at 305 cents.
Carter Lindsay & Weber sold the following cattle for their clients –
Firstly locally for Elwyn & Rachel Perry at Geurie, who sold 4 tooth Brahman heifers in fresh condition, off the crop for 307 cents, they weighed 430kg and came back at $1325.
At Gulargambone for Steven & Amanda Spinks, who sold Angus cross bullocks for 379 cents, they weighed 510kg and these top steers returned $1940.
To Narromine for the Moody Family, who sold Limo cross steers, off the crop to the trade butchers for 423 cents, they weighed 450kg to come back at $1795.
At Nyngan for John & Mary Burley, who sold fresh Angus vealer heifers for 415 cents, they weighed 290kg to the kill orders and they came back at $1150.
While the Dewhurst Family, sold 2 tooth Angus cross steers to the feedlotters for 380 cents, they weighed 440kg and returned $1325.
Fat Sheep & Lamb Report
Into the lamb pens now, where it was a smaller number on offer with a rain affected weekend, but still very close to the drawn number, however the market was cheaper once again of mainly $10 to $12 for all categories.
New season lambs or suckers firstly, with mostly being trade weights $136 to $148
Into older crossbred sales, light kill types up to 20kg dressed $118 to $130
Medium trade $130 to $136
Heavy trade $125 to $147
With export weights $142 to $170
With super heavies well in excess of 30kg dressed and closer to 40kg dressed $170 to $200
Light kill weight Merino lambs $114 to $134
With heavy weight Merino lambs $145 to $153
Just some quick quotes for our clients this week –
For a local client – heavy trade weight 2nd cross lambs with a 1 inch skin, in a 3 score condition and they made $146.
While for Scott Howe of “Newark” at Baradine, who sold heavy trade weight crossbred lambs with a 6 week skin, in a well rounded 3 score condition off the crop and they made $143.
Into the mutton pens now, where it was a much smaller yarding on offer due to the weekend rain and was $4 to $8 cheaper.
Light boner ewes $70 to $80
Medium weights $110 to $133 for Merino’s
Export weights $124 to $155 for crossbreds or $135 to $154 for Merino’s
With some super heavy weights over 30kg dressed and mainly being crossbreds seeing sales up to $165.
Some good wethers yarded and mainly in the middle weights and being Merino’s seeing sales between $110 and $140 and topping at $154.
Just a quick quote – For the McConnaughty Family of “Elstow” at Baradine, who sold large framed Merino wethers with a 6 week skin to the export orders for $144.
Well that about wraps it up for this week – just some dates to keep in mind Carter Lindsay & Weber will be conducting their annual Marocara Dorset Ram Sale on Tuesday 8th September offering 140 top quality rams and we will also be conducting a working dog auction at Geurie on Saturday 26th September at the Geurie Showground – entries will be taken until the 1st September.
So until next week ........................... Bye.