Fat Cattle Report
Good afternoon everybody, this is John Lindsay taking a look at the weekly livestock market reports out of Dubbo for the third week of September, 2026. Tallied numbers this week included –
5700 fat cattle
26000 lambs and
5000 mutton
Into the cattle pens firstly, where there was a larger number on offer with all categories represented. The market however was 10 to 20 cents cheaper on most categories, with secondary heifers up to 30 and 40 cents cheaper.
Vealer steers to restockers 470 to 630 cents, with very few managing to get over 600 cents.
Vealer heifers to restockers 420 to 550 cents, but most sales around the mid 400’s.
Crossbred yearling steers under 400kg 470 to 520 cents, with the Angus portion 530 to 560 cents, with heavier drafts over 500kg for crossbreds 490 to 520 cents with an isolated sale over 530 cents, with the Angus drafts 530 to 560 cents.
Yearling heifers under 400kg to feed now these were the hardest hit and if they weren’t preg tested empty they were hit even harder - 400 to 500 cents, but most sales were around 430 to 450 cents. Drafts over 400kg to feed 370 to 440 cents on the secondary types or 450 to 490 cents for the fresher types, with an isolated sale up to 500 cents – but there wasn’t very many of them, but generally seeing most sales around the 450-460 bracket.
To export sales, with limited numbers to quote with heavy weight heifers to kill 440 to 470 cents,
To cows, medium weight cows 365 to 380 cents, with heavy weight cows 370 to 406 cents with most sales just shy of 400 cents.
Carter Lindsay & McHugh sold the following cattle for some of their clients –
Locally for The Vaughan Family of “Iona” at Yeoval, who sold prime Angus cows that weighed 575kg for 395 cents and these top cows returned $2270.
Kim Grattan sold young Angus steers to backgrounders for 628 cents, they weighed 285kg and these tidy young steers came back at $1780.
The O’Malley Family at Narromine, sold fresh Santa cross heifers to feeders for 480 cents, they weighed 370kg and these top young heifers came back at $1780.
For the Carlow Family at Gilgandra, who sold prime Angus heifers to the trade kill that made 450 cents and weighed 550kg and these top heifers returned $2475.
To Baradine for The Fitzgerald Family of “Carmel”, who sold a very nice line of Charolais cross heifers, with the lead draft making 480 cents, they weighed 385kg and these top heifers returned $1850.
While at Nyngan for the Young Family of “Pinegrove”, who sold Angus feeder steers that weighed 415kg for 576 cents and they came back at $2400.
Fat Sheep & Lamb Report
Into the lamb pens now, where like the cattle there was a larger number on offer with the market in general $10 to $20 cheaper – regardless of breed but bearing in mind we were coming off the back of a very good market last week and I believe still a strong market.
Into young crossbred lambs firstly or suckers, lightweights up to 18kg dressed to restockers $150 to $220
Light trade $228 to $265
With heavy trade $232 to $276 with the pick getting to $290
With export weights seeing sales up to $280
With drafts up to 30kg dressed seeing sales between $297 and $326 but mainly around the $300 mark
Into older crossbred sales, lightweights up to 18kg dressed $190 to $206
Light trade $190 to $208
Medium trade $217 to $254 but mainly around the $230 mark
Heavy trade or light export $235 to $296
With drafts up to 30kg dressed $303 to $350
With super heavies over 30kg dressed $330 to $286
To Merino’s light weights up to 16kg dressed $155 to $164
Up to 18kg dressed $178 to $190
Light trade $185 to $215
Medium trade $200 to $237
Heavy trade or light export $240 to $277
With drafts up to 26kg dressed $241 to $293
Carter Lindsay & McHugh sold the following lambs for some of their clients –
Locally for The Whillock Family, who sold light export 2nd cross unshorn suckers, in a 3 score condition and these top lambs made $280.
Greg & Sally-Ann Whillock, also sold light export weigh 2nd cross unshorn suckers and they made $277.
To Nyngan for The Hoare Family of “Bel-Air”, who sold SAMM lambs with a ½ inch skin, in a 3 score condition and these well rounded lambs made $288.
To the Marra for Richard & Dixie Stendell of “Ben Avon”, who sold Merino lambs to the light exporters, with an 8 week skin and in a 3 score condition and they made $254.
To Girilambone for The Elder Family of “Woorndoo”, who sold fresh Aussie White suckers in a rock hard 3 score condition and these top young lambs made $250.
The Dewhurst Family of “Elmsley”, sold light export weight 1st cross lambs, in a 3 score condition and they made $232.
While at Tottenham for The Plummer Family of “Trigoona”, who sold tidy Merino lambs in a 3 score condition, with a ½ inch skin and they made $240.
To the mutton pens, where the market in general was $10 to $15 cheaper for all categories and like the lambs was still a very good market.
Boner ewes $150 to $162
Medium weights $180 to $240 for the Merino’s with sales around the $210 mark
With export weights up to 30kf dressed $225 to $288 for the Merino’s with most sales around the $270 mark, with the crossbreds $246 to $300 with most sales around $250
Super heavies over 30kg dressed saw the crossbred portion $273 to $345, with the Merino’s $250 to $300 and mainly around that $280 mark.
Wethers were in short supply, with the medium weights $200 to $215
With export weights up to 30kg dressed $275 to $285, with an isolated super heavy sale up to $310.
Well that about wraps it up for this week.
So until next week ………………………….. Bye.
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