At Dubbo last Thursday 5,950 prime cattle penned with dry weather forcing more cattle to be yarded. Cows and young cattle were again in the majority however there was a reasonable selection of grain assisted trade cattle and heavy steers. Trade young cattle fell 16 cents, heavy feeder steers and heifers were firm to 3 cents cheaper, the lighter end lost ten to 16 cents, feeder steers sold from 200 to 281 cents, feeder heifers ranged from 178 to 240 cents per kg. Restocker young cattle were down by up to 35 cents with steers trading from 96 to 261 and heifers realising 100 to 230 cents per kg. Heavy steers were firm to two cents cheaper, heavy heifers dropped 15 cents, plain conditioned cows lost 25 cents while the finished cows were 18 cents cheaper.
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Quotations calves 75 to 250, steer vealers 132 to 265, heifer vealers 100 to 255, steer yearlings 96 to 281, heifer yearlings 140 to 250, heavy steers 164 to 240, bullocks 216 to 263, heavy heifers 112 to 248, light cows 40 to 105, medium cows 60 to 175, heavy cows 124 to 193, bulls 127 to 235.
Friday at Dubbo 1,350 store cattle penned with weaners making up the bulk of the yarding with 2 feature lines of 230 and 440 coming from Mendooran and Carinda properties. All sections were cheaper due to drought and the previous days prime market. Steer weaners lost $40 selling from $175 to $640 to average $397 or 206 cents per kg. Heifer weaners also lost ground ranging from $100 to $440 to average $243, a few pens of yearling heifers traded from $180 to $760 to average $423. PTIC cows realised $290 to $800 to average $532, cows and calves made from $620 to $925 to average $795, unjoined cows sold from $190 to $535 to average $402.
Dubbo on Monday 20,650 lambs penned in a mixed quality yarding with some top heavies along with a good selection of trade weights and of course the usual large percentage of light weights. Processor light lambs fell $2 to $5, trade lambs lost $8, heavy lambs finished $4 to $9 cheaper. Merino lambs were down $5 to $8 with the trade weights selling from $110 to $138, restocker lambs rose ranging from $72 to $147, feeder lambs traded from $110 to $147, hoggets topped at $145.
Quotations light lamb $44 to $117, medium lamb $109 to $135, heavy lamb $118 to $147, supermarket lamb $143 to $166, light export lambs $170 to $198. 14,175 mutton penned in a fair quality yarding with only odd pens of prime sheep. It was an erratic market with most grades falling $10 to $13. Quotations light ewes $20 to $94, medium ewes $57 to $117, heavy ewes $86 to $130, light wethers $30 to $75, medium wethers $76 to $105, heavy wethers $116, rams $52 to $99, ram lambs $61 to $120.
Schute Bell report that last weeks wool market followed the tone set in the western region the previous week. Losses were experienced across the board on the opening day, however, the mOOd shifted with the final day producing gains. The 11 cent weekly fall was the first downward movement since resumption of sales in January. If this weeks market follows the closing sale of Freemantle it could be a good market. 44,846 bales were sold with a passed in rate of 8.4% AWTA test data showS a 11.2% drop in the weight of wool tested for the season to date. The northern region indicator closed at 2,063 cents per kg clean a fall of 11 cents.
