Dry weather has certainly settled in and with cold mornings and our first frost. I’m told by an expert rain predictor that moisture is due on Thursday week.
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Dubbo last Thursday 4300 prime cattle penned in a fair quality yarding with far western cattle present in large numbers. It was a cheaper market. Trade young cattle fell 15 cents, young feeder steers lost 18 cents with the feeder heifers only down 7 cents.
Restockers were cheaper topping at 429 cents. Heavy steers dropped 14 cents heavy heifers were 3 cents cheaper, cows were 10 to 14 cents cheaper.
Quotations: calves 410, steer vealers 300 to 429, heifer vealers 278 to 375, steer yearlings 301 to 360, heifer yearlings 270 to 356, heavy steers 266 to 348, bullocks 231 to 328, heavy heifers 250 to 322, light cows 155, medium cows 180 to 238, heavy cows 200 to 246, bulls 220 to 388.
Friday at Dubbo 4150 store cattle penned in a good quality yarding, which included a dispersal of 1170 principally Santa cows and 800 mixed sexed weaners A/c Pentdal Nominees of Quambone. The steer market was $10 to $15 cheaper.
Steer weaners sold from $570 to $1090 to avg $830 or 357 cents per kg, heifer weaners were dearer trading from $565 to $970 to avg $765 or 328 cents per kg, yearling heifers realised $590 to $1260 to avg $978. One pen of PTIC heifers made $700, PTIC cows sold from $1030 to $1850 for a pen of Santas, cows and calves were limited ranging from $1650 to $2040, unjoined cows traded from $745 to $1250.
At Dubbo on Monday 20700 lambs penned in a fair quality yarding in a fairly solid market.
Processor light lambs fell $3, trade lambs were firm to $4 cheaper, heavy lambs lost $3 to $4, a limited selection of Merino lambs were down $8 with trade types ranging from $112 to $149 and a single pen of heavies made $155.
Restockers paid $175 for 1 st x ewe lambs and hoggets topped at $156.
Quotations: light lamb $72 to $119, medium lamb $115 to $143, heavy lamb $124 to $148, supermarket lamb $142 to $175, export lamb $170 to $212.
8720 mutton penned in a good quality yarding. Light and medium sheep gained $5, heavy weights improved $12 due to the better quality.
Quotations: light ewes $50 to $102, medium ewes $90 to $141, heavy ewes $114 to $184, light wethers $95 to $105, medium wethers $112 to $140, heavy wethers $133 to $183, rams $97 to $140.
Schute Bell report that last week’s wool market rebounded with strong gains made over both selling days. The offering of 39000 bales was the lowest since last October.
The 19, 20 and 21 micron indicators all closed at fresh 20 year highs with the 21 micron eclipsing its June 2011 high point.
36567 bales were sold with a passed in rate of 4.5% competition at auctions between buyers has been reported as fierce with only the broader crossbred types being partly neglected. Demand appears extremely robust at the moment and barring any moments of madness around the globe the wool market is shining brightly.
The Northern Regional Indicator closed at 1639 cents per kg clean, a rise of 42 cents.
