Weekly Reports

Fat Cattle Report

Good morning, this is Campbell Rose taking a look at the weekly livestock market reports out of Dubbo for the last week of August 2025.

Tallied numbers this week included –

6100 fat cattle 
20000 lambs &
5000 mutton

Cattle numbers increased by 2500 this sale, with a total yarding of 6170 head. The yarding was mixed in quality but included a good supply of prime cattle across all categories, including a large consignment of 100-day grain-fed grown steers.  There were also good numbers of young cattle suitable for feeders and backgrounders, along with a noticeable presence of Bos Indicus types.

  • Young cattle to the trade were mostly firm, with prime vealers and yearlings selling from 454 to 512c/kg.

  • Feeder steers:

  • Light and medium weights were 4 to 12 cents cheaper.

    1. Heavy weights were dearer.

    2. Overall, feeder steers sold from 450 to 541c/kg.

  • Feeder heifers remained firm, selling from 390 to 492c/kg.

  • Restocker young cattle held steady, with:

  • Young steers selling up to 614c/kg.

    1. Heifers selling up to 496c/kg.

  • Grown steers and heifers were 17 to 30 cents cheaper.

  • Prime grown steers sold from 425 to 490c/kg.

    1. Prime heifers ranged from 420 to 470c/kg.

  • Cows:

  • Secondary types were dearer.

    1. Prime heavy cows were firm.

    2. 2 and 3 score cows sold from 310 to 382c/kg.

    3. Prime heavy cows ranged from 376 to 415c/kg, averaging 395c/kg.

    4. Restocker cows sold from 215 to 406c/kg.

  • Heavy bulls held firm, selling to a top of 412c/kg.

 

Carter Lindsay and McHugh sold the following cattle for some of their clients -

 Firstly, The Lawson & Quirk Family of ‘Monte Carlo’ at Stuart Town, sold heavy Angus cows for 396 cents, weighing 795kg and returning $3148. 

 Daniel Bynon of ‘Bombowlee’ at Dubbo, sold feeder Angus steers for 528 cents, weighing 390kg and returning $2059.

 Judy Donnelly of ‘Kurrajong’ at Narromine, sold heavy Angus feeder steers for 515 cents, weighing 527kg and returning $2715.

 And lastly, The Young Family of ‘Pinegrove’ at Nyngan, who sold Angus feeder steers for 519 cents, weighing 412kg and returning $2140.

Fat Sheep & Lamb Report

Into the lamb pens now where the lamb yarding dropped by 16,000 to a total of 20,660 head — the smallest sale in some time.  Overall quality was fair, with a good mix of well-finished trade and heavy weight new season lambs, plus some pens of tidy old season lambs.  Merino lamb numbers remained high.

However, not all regular buyers were present, with a major supermarket and some southern export processors absent.

  • Lightweight lambs (12–18kg, 2 score) sold to processors were $10 cheaper, ranging from $124 to $169

  • Trade lambs started off weaker but gained momentum during the sale

  • New season trade lambs ended up $3 cheaper, selling from $200 to $290

    1. Old trade lambs were $15 cheaper, selling from $200 to $275

  • Heavy weight lambs saw mixed results:

  • Old lambs over 24kg sold from $256 to $420, with the best holding firm, but most were up to $15 cheaper.

    1. Heavy weight new season lambs sold to $328.

  • Merino lambs were $8 to $12 cheaper:

  • Trade weights ranged from $166 to $261

    1. Heavy weights sold up to $300

  • Restocker lambs held firm, selling between $88 and $230

  • Hoggets sold to a top of $308.

Mutton:
5,070 mixed sheep were yarded.

  • Light and medium weight sheep were $7 to $9 dearer.

  • Heavy weight sheep were $4 cheaper.

  • Merino ewes sold from $80 to $258.

  • Crossbred ewes sold from $73 to $250.

  • Merino wethers ranged from $148 to $240, with most sheep selling between 690 and 750c/kg cwt.

 

Carter Lindsay and McHugh sold the following lambs and sheep for some of their clients - 

 Firstly, The Whillock Family of ‘Maxland’ at Geurie, sold vendor bred 2nd cross suckers for $280.

Paul & Carmel Quinn of ‘Caroo’ at Dubbo, sold trade weight Dorper lambs, in a 3 score condition, for $250.

Cody Kirk of ‘Warramunga’ at Peak Hill, sold trade weight Australian White lambs for $240.

And lastly, The Plummer Family of ‘Trigoona’ at Tottenham, sold trade weight Merino lambs for $238.

Well that about wraps it up for another week, BUT If you’re looking for quality Dorset Rams look no further than the Marocara Dorset Ram Sale being held on Tuesday September 9th on farm at Wongarbon and on AuctionsPlus commencing at 1pm.

For more information, please contact any one of the team here at Carter Lindsay & McHugh.

Also our next store cattle sale is scheduled for Friday 5th September.

So, until next week ……………………… Bye.

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