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 December 2025.
Tallied numbers this week included -
10112 fat cattle
18600 lambs
12725 mutton and
1200 store cattle
Into the cattle pens firstly, where numbers remained strong with another huge yarding, the overall yarding was good quality. The cattle present covered all sections with fair numbers of prime cattle along with good runs of cattle to suit feeders and backgrounders. Most buyers were present and operating creating another solid market.
Young Cattle
Young cattle to the trade were 5 cents dearer with prime vealers and yearlings selling from 425 to 490c/kg.
Heavy feeder cattle saw increases of 8 cents, while lighter feeder cattle were firm to 5 cents cheaper, with the steers selling from 400 to 517c/kg and heifers from 370 to 460c/kg.
Young cattle to the restocker finished 15 cents cheaper, with steers selling to 554 cents and young heifers reached 486c/kgs.
Grown Cattle
Grown steers were 3 to 8 cents dearer and the grown heifers were 5 to 15 cents cheaper, with prime grown steers selling from 442 -485c/kg, while prime grown heifers sold from 400 - 450c/kg.
Cows
2 and 3 score cows were 10 to 12 cents cheaper, selling from 300 – 395 cents, while prime high yielding cows finished firm to sell between 390 and 430c/kg, to average 407c/kg.
Bulls
The best heavy bull reached a top of 412c/kg.
Carter Lindsay & McHugh sold the following cattle for some of their clients -
The McWhirter family of ‘Springfield’ at Tooraweenah, sold Angus cross bullocks for 485 cents, weighing 623kg to return $3020.
The Holland family of ‘Uungula’ at Wuuluman, sold Angus heifers for 423 cents, weighing 574kg to return $2430.
The Millner family at Geurie, sold Angus cows for 422 cents, weighing 800kg to return $3370.
And for The Robinson Family at Dubbo, who sold Angus steers for 516 cents, weighing 350kg to return $1820.
Fat Sheep & Lamb Report
Into the lamb pens now, where the numbers were slightly back from last week. The yarding quality was very mixed with a large number of secondary lambs and hoggets, while the trade weight and heavy weight lambs were in limited supply.
Lightweight lambs sold to processors for $105 to $185, mostly $5 to $10 cheaper.
Trade weight lambs 20kg to 24kg finished up to $25 cheaper to sell from $210 to $294.
Heavy weight lambs over 24kg finishing the day $20 cheaper selling from $250 to $360.
Merino lambs finished the day $10 cheaper with the trade weights for the day selling from $153 - $246.
The best heavy hoggets sold to a top of $328.
In the sheep pens now, where Merino sheep were $8 - $12 dearer and the crossbreds $10 cheaper.
Light weight ewes sold from $70 - $140
Medium weight ewes sold from $140 - $210
Heavy weight ewes sold from $210 - $348
Heavy wethers reached $267
Carter Lindsay & McHugh sold the following lambs and sheep for some of their clients -
The Mannix Family of ‘Gumbooka’ at Bourke, sold heavy weight Dorper lambs for $310.
The Crockett Family of “Nithsdale’ at Bakers Swamp, sold heavy crossbred lambs for $320.
The Kelly Family of ‘Blackdowns” at Wongarbon, sold heavy crossbred ewes for $301.
Lastly The Holland family of ‘Avondale’ at Goolma, who sold a big run of heavy Merino ewes for $236.
Well that about wraps it up for another week.
Some dates to remember - the last fat cattle sale for the year is Thursday the 11th of December 2025 and the last sheep and lamb sale is Monday the 15th of December 2025.
The first sales back for 2026 are Monday 5th January for sheep and lambs and Thursday 8th January for cattle.
So, until next week ……………………… Bye.
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