Fat Cattle Report
Good afternoon, this is Sam Knaggs taking a look at the weekly livestock market reports out of Dubbo for the 4th week of January, 2026.
Tallied numbers this week included -
7880 fat cattle
15305 lambs &
12681 mutton
Into the cattle pens firstly, where numbers remained strong with another large yarding, the overall yarding saw large numbers of cows along with weaner cattle due to the dry conditions in the surrounding areas. The cattle present covered all sections although there was only a limited number of well finished steers and heifers.
Young cattle to the trade were slightly cheaper with prime vealers and yearlings selling from 370 to 425c/kg.
Most feeder cattle saw increases of up to 7 cents, except heavier feeder heifers which finished 5 to 10 cents cheaper, with the steers selling from 410 to 513c/kg and heifers from 388 to 447c/kg.
Young cattle to the restocker finished dearer, with steers selling to 525 cents and young heifers reached 460 c/kgs.
Grown steers and heifers were up to 20 cents cheaper in places, with prime grown steers selling from 372 -440c/kg, while prime grown heifers sold from 385 - 424c/kg.
Cows 2 and 3 score held firm this week selling from 260 – 365 cents, while prime high yielding cows finished 10 cents cheaper to sell between 360 and 395c/kg, to average 380c/kg.
The best heavy bull reached a top of 398c/kg.
Just a couple quotes for Carter Lindsay & McHugh clients -
The Denston family of ‘Bowen Park’ at Warren, sold Angus steers for 513 cents, weighing 458kg to return $2350.
The Millner family of ‘Geurie Homestead’ at Geurie, sold Charolais steers for 507 cents, weighing 465kg to return $2350. They also sold Charolais heifers for 433 cents, weighing 464kg to return $2000.
Lastly for Lance Carter of ‘Wongal’ at Brewarrina, who sold Santa cows for 360 cents, weighing 441kg to return $1600.
Fat Sheep & Lamb Report
Into the lamb pens now, where the numbers slightly back from last week. The yarding quality was very mixed with a large number of secondary light weight lambs. There was a good supply of heavy weight lambs, while the trade weight lambs were limited in supply.
Lightweight lambs sold to processors held firm to sell from $130 to $198, trade weight lambs 20kg to 24kg finished up to $10 dearer to sell from $215 to $260.
Heavier weight lambs over 24kg finished the day $10 dearer selling from $245 to $324.
Merino lambs finished the day firm to $5 dearer selling from $118 to $256.
The best heavy hoggets sold to a top of $295
In the sheep pens the mutton yarded was mixed but prices remained strong.
Light weight ewes sold from $85 - $130
Medium weight ewes sold from $130- $190
Heavy weight ewes sold from $200 - $291
Heavy crossbred wethers reached $309
Merino wethers topped at $235
Carter Lindsay & McHugh sold the following lambs and sheep for some of their clients -
The Walters family of ‘Plain Creek’ at Wongarbon, sold well presented heavy crossbred lambs for $288.
Kelvin Baker of ‘Ercildoon’ at Narromine, sold heavy Australian White ewes for $245.
The Toohey Family from Dubbo sold heavy crossbred lambs for $282.
Lastly a Northern client sold light trade weight Dorper lambs for $214.
Well that about wraps it up for another week, but don’t forget there is NO sheep sale this Monday 26th of January, due to the Australia Day long weekend and the cattle sale Thursday the 29th January will start at 7am, due to the extreme heat.
So until next week………………….. bye
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