Fat Cattle Report
Good afternoon, this is Sam Knaggs taking a look at the weekly livestock market reports out of Dubbo for the 1st week of May, 2026.
Tallied numbers this week included-
7180 fat cattle
With no sheep sale to quote due to the long weekend.
Into the cattle pens, numbers were back considerably after last week’s record yarding. The overall yarding saw large numbers of cows along with weaner cattle. The cattle present covered all sections, although there was only a limited number of well finished steers and heifers. There was very strong restocker support predominantly from Southern NSW, Victoria and South Australia.
Young cattle to the trade were firm with prime vealers and yearlings selling to 446c/kg.
Light and medium weight feeder cattle saw increases of 20 to 30 cents, while heavy feeders finish 15 cents softer, with the steers selling from 420 to 528c/kg and heifers from 350 to 482c/kg.
Young cattle to the restocker finished considerably dearer off last week’s market, with steers selling from 390 to 500 cents and young heifers sold from 280 to 430c/kgs.
The limited grown steers and heifers were firm with prime grown steers selling from 420 - 440c/kg, while prime grown heifers sold from 410 - 465c/kg
2 and 3 score cows were 20 – 30 cents dearer to sell from 220 – 333 cents. Restocker cows were in strong demand to finish 55 cents dearer to reach a top of 324c/kg. Prime high yielding cows finished 20 cents dearer to sell between 313 and 365c/kg, to average 342c/kg.
The best heavy bull reached a top of 414c/kg.
Just a couple of quotes for Carter Lindsay & McHugh clients -
The Vaughan family of ‘Iona” at Yeoval, sold Angus feeder heifers for 474 cents, weighing 447kg to return $2120. They also sold prime heifers for 440 cents, weighing 577kg to return $2540.
The Bolam family of ‘Pangee’ at Nyngan, sold Brahman cows for 355 cents, weighing 645kg to return $2300.
And lastly for Judy Donnelly of ‘Kurrajong Park’ at Narromine, who sold Angus steers for 512 cents, weighing 311kg to return $1600.
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Fat Sheep & Lamb Report
Well that about wraps it up for another week, don’t forget our next store cattle sale is scheduled for Friday 5th June, 2026
So until next week ……………………. Bye.
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As you may be aware, a new rebate scheme has recently been announced for hand-held equipment for the NSW Sheep and Goat eID program.
This funding is specific to producers and livestock agents.
All details on the new Rebate Program are now available at -https://www.nsw.gov.au/grants-and-funding/nsw-sheep-and-goat-eid-equipment-rebate-program-for-producers-and-livestock-agents
Please note the applications open on 2 March 2026, and you must have already purchased the equipment before you can apply (this program does not quarantine funds for future purchases).
Equipment can have a purchase date from 3 October 2023.
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