Fat Cattle Report
Good morning, this is Shaun McHugh taking a look at the weekly livestock markets for the end and start of the financial year.
Tallied numbers this week included -
1200 prime cattle
10000 lambs
3000 mutton and
700 store cattle
Into the cattle pens firstly, where recent rains again reduced numbers. Young cattle to suit the feeders and restockers made up the majority of the yarding with an excellent line of well finished, grain assisted grown heifers. Cows were limited in a firm market.
Prime yearlings and vealers sold from 450 - 542c/kg.
Feeder steers sold to strong demand, ranging from 540 - 606c/kg while the feeder heifers sold from 480 - 566c/kg.
Young restocker cattle were extremely strong on price with a line of Braford steers and heifers selling to 776c/kg.
Grown steers and heifers were dearer by 12 cents, with the steer portion selling to 520 cents and the heifers reaching 490 cents.
Prime heavy weight cows sold from 390 - 430c/kg and the best heavy bull reached a top of 430 cents.
Fat Sheep & Lamb Report
Into the lamb pens now, where numbers remained similar to last week. Trade lambs were well supplied with only odd pens of heavy weights. A line of well finished SAMM lambs were a feature and there was plenty of mixed and secondary lots on offer.
Light lambs to the processors were firm to sell from $180 - $220.
Trade lambs dropped $3 and sold from $255 - $312.
Heavy weights lambs lost $6 to sell from $295 - $350 while the extra heavy lambs sold to a top of $384.
Trade weight Merino lambs were firm and sold from $240 - $293, while heavy Merino’s sold to a top of $344.
Restockers and lot feeders remained active on suitable lines with lambs going back to the paddock from $140 - $260 and feeders selling to $290.
The best heavy hoggets reached a top of $309.
Carter Lindsay & McHugh sold the following lambs for some of their clients -
Matilda Grattan of ‘Pine Park’ at Wellington, sold Dorper lambs in a 4 score condition, to the exporters for $330.
Phillip and Debra Bell of ‘Barney’s’ at Mendooran, sold Dorper lambs in a 3 score condition to the exporters for $294.
The Atlee Family at Binnaway sold Aussie White lambs in a 3 score condition for $250.
The Dewhurst Family of ‘Elmsley’ at Hermidale, sold crossbred lambs in a 3 score condition, with an inch skin for $290.
Karl Bright of ‘Neillys’ at Girilambone, sold crossbred lambs in a trade weight 3 score condition, with an inch skin for $310.
Lastly for The Hoare Family of ‘Bel - Air’ at Miandetta, who sold SAMM lambs in a 4 score condition, with a half inch skin for a breed sale topping $344.
Into the mutton pens now where most grades were $10 - $20 cheaper, however it’s still a very very strong market.
Light ewes sold from $120 - $180
Trade weight ewes sold from $190 - $260
Heavy weight ewes sold from $280 - $340
Light wethers sold from $125 - $165
Trade weight wethers sold from $180 - $230
Heavy weight wethers sold from $250 - $288
Carter Lindsay & McHugh sold the following mutton for some of their clients -
Andrew Long of ‘Nelly’ at Dubbo, sold crossbred wethers with a short skin, in a 4 score condition to the exporters orders for $300.
Lastly for Kate Peffer of ‘Copper Hill’ at Molong, who sold Merino ewes in a 3 score condition, with a 12 month skin for $333.
Well that wraps it up for another week.
So until next week ………………………. Bye.
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