Fat Cattle Report
Good afternoon, this is Sam Knaggs taking a look at this week’s livestock markets out of Dubbo for the 1st week of November 2026.
Tallied numbers this week included -
9100 Fat Cattle
17000 Lambs
7000 Sheep
Into the cattle pens firstly, where numbers increased by 2400 this week. The yarding quality this week saw outstanding lines of feeder cattle along with big runs of heavy cows. There were also good runs of backgrounder cattle to suit restockers from the far west. All buyers were present and operating, along with a strong buyer panel from the north.
Young Cattle
Young cattle to the trade were mostly firm with prime vealers and yearlings selling to 500c/kg.
Feeders steers this week finished 5 to 10 cents dearer, while feeder heifers finished the day 5 to 15 cents cheaper, with the overall feeder steers selling from 515 to 614c/kg and the feeder heifers sold from 440 to 528c/kg.
Young cattle to the restocker finished very strong, with steers selling to 648c/kg and heifers 556c/kg.
Grown Cattle
Grown steers and heifers were firm to 5 cents dearer, with prime grown steers selling 430 to 510 cents, while prime grown heifers sold from 420 - 494c/kg
Cows
2 and 3 score cows finished 2 to 5 cents dearer selling from 380 to 402c/kg and prime high yielding cows sold between 395 and 432c/kg, to average 414c/kg.
Bulls
The best heavy bull reached a top of 467c/kg
Carter Lindsay & McHugh sold the following cattle for some of their clients -
The Atlee Family at Geurie sold feeder Angus steers for 583 cents, weighing 461kg to return $2700, they also sold PTE feeder heifers for 510 cents weighing 382kg to return $1950.
Keighan Hall of ‘Sungai’ at Burroway, sold feeder Shorthorn steers for 589 cents, weighing 400kg to return $2350.
A local vendor sold Angus steers for 640 cents, weighing 307kg to return $1950.
Sunrise Pastoral of ‘Collerina’ at Bourke, sold PTIC Angus cross cows for 406 cents, weighing 495kg to return $2020.
Lastly for The Vaughan Family of ‘Iona’ at Yeoval, who sold Angus cows for 416 cents, weighing 554kg to return $2308.
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Fat Sheep & Lamb Report
Into the lamb pens, where the quality remained fair, with numbers increasing from last week. There were some good runs of well finished trade lambs with very few heavy weights on offer. There was also a large supply of secondary merino lambs and hoggets. With the overall market firm to slightly cheaper across the board
New season trade lambs sold from $211 to $294 to sell from 1110c/kg cwt to 1175c/kg.
Old trade weight lambs 20kg to 24kg finished firm to sell from $200 to $288.
Heavy weight old lambs finished the day $8 cheaper selling to $390, while new season lambs over 24kgs sold from $272 to $345.
Trade weight Merino lambs this week sold from $175 to $274 - $7 cheaper on last week and the heavy weight Merino lamb sold out to a top of $317.
Restocker and feeder lambs sold from $150 to $270
Hoggets sold to $302
In the sheep pens now, where the mutton yarded covered most categories with sheep selling up to $10 cheaper.
Light weight ewes sold from $130 - $170
Medium weight ewes sold from $170 - $220
Heavy weight ewes sold from $220 - $340
Carter Lindsay & McHugh sold the following lambs and sheep for some of their clients -
The Mannix Family of ‘Gumbooka’ at Bourke sold fresh Dorper suckers for $287
The Bannon Family at Dubbo sold crossbred suckers for $302
The Steele Family of ‘Mundadoo’ at Girilambone sold heavy Merino ewes for $277
And lastly for The Toohey family at Dubbo, who sold trade weight crossbred lambs for $306
Well that about wraps it up for another week.
Please remember the sheep sale now starts at 10am and the cattle sale at 7:30am
So until next week …………………….. Bye.
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Reminder - LPA NVDs
DESCRIPTION OF THE LIVESTOCK:
• Number of livestock head must be provided
• Breed and Sex of the livestock must be provided –
• PLEASE NOTE THAT EURO, XB OR CROSSBRED ARE NOT A BREED OF CATTLE
• MIXED IS NOT A SEX – THE CATTLE MUST BE BROKEN UP TO WHAT HAS BEEN CONSIGNED EG # HEIFERS, #STEERS, #COWS, #BULLS
• The Year Born on Sheep Declarations must be provided
• A brand must be provided for Cattle if they have one
• PIC OR BRAND ON EAR TAGS MUST BE PROVIDED FOR SHEEP IF THEY ARE NOT VENDOR BRED
• The total number of head needs to be written down (located at the bottom of the table provided)
When filling out your NVD please ensure you complete and answer each question - please also ensure you sign and date the NVD.
If you make a mistake please initial it.
It is a legal requirement that the NVD is filled out correctly each time you sell livestock.