FIRST-cross ewe lambs ready to join sold to a top of $200 at the Corowa Special Sheep Sale last Thursday.
Paull and Scollard manager Richard Wynne, Corowa, said it was evident that demand was concentrated on the quality end of the 6000 sheep offered.
“It was a sale that saw the quality sheep sell very well, but plain sheep out of condition were hard going,” Mr Wynne said.
Indicative prices included autumn 2015 drop ewe lambs ready to join ranging in price from $148 to $200, while younger ewe lambs sold from $120 to $144.
Older ewes scanned-in-lamb from three-and-half-years-old sold to $186, while four-and-half-year-old ewes made to $182, and older ewes to $146. Representative pens of ewes sold included 58 autumn 2015 drop ewes sold by Whitty and Beesley, from Burrumbuttock for $148, and 80 June/July 2015 drop ewes, September shorn account the Marshall family, “Noorumbah”, Burrumbuttock, which made $142.
Major Ridge Pty Ltd, “Inglebar”, Mulwala, sold 229 April/May 2015 drop, October shorn ewes for $188, and J.W. Boyd, “Uyanyah”, Brocklesby, sold 140 April/May 2015 drop, December shorn ewes for $170.
Big Red Pastoral Company, “Park Hill”, Bungowanna, sold 210 August/September 2010 drop ewes, September shorn and depastured to White Suffolk rams for $131.
Corcoran and Parker manager Clynton Rixon, Corowa, quoted the sale as having “limited competition on late drop ewe lambs and secondary quality sheep”.
Local restockers were active, competing with buyers from central and southern Victoria and Denilquin.
Tamworth’s 430c bragging rights
SCOTT Simshauser from Landmark Tamworth was riding high on bragging rights at Tamworth Regional Livestock Exchange (TRLX) on Monday morning after blowing the 400 cents a kilogram well and truly out of the water with a pen of lightweight vealer steers.
The steers were sold by Agmon Investments and made 430c/kg.
The previous high at TRLX was 400c/kg, also for vealer steers sold by Landmark, just two weeks ago.
At an estimated weight of 170kg the outstanding Angus calves were expected to return $731.
Qld restockers raid Dubbo sale
QUEENSLAND restockers took advantage of the Dubbo market and one of the biggest store cattle sale yardings for several months to secure close to a third of the female offering of 2800 head yarded last Friday.
P.T. Lord, Dakin’s Mark Garland, Dubbo, said steers were firm to a fraction dearer.
“It’s probably the biggest store sale were seen for a good while, but a very solid market,” he said.
Cattle came from mostly far west areas with weaner steers selling from $420 for very light crossbreds to $1000 a head for top quality Angus in good condition to average $732 or 327 cents a kilogram (liveweight). Yearling steers sold from $660 to $1210 while weaner heifers ranged from $445 to $840 and yearling heifers from $690 to $1060. Cows with calves ranged from $860 to $1690 a unit and pregnancy-tested-in-calf (PTIC) cows sold from $700 to $1180. Botobolar Pastoral, Mudgee, sold 23 Angus steers, 10 months, for $975 while Umbanga Pastoral Partnership, sold 35 Hereford steers 12 to 13 months for $1030. Among the cows with calves offering was a line of 16 black baldy mixed-aged cows with calves making $1690 a unit, for Mingunyah Pastoral Company, Dubbo. Ulendeah Pty Ltd, Bellata, sold 23 Hereford cows with calves for $1480 a unit, plus five Charolais cow and calf units, same description, at $1550.
Weaners hit $1010 at Tamworth
NEARLY 900 good quality cattle were yarded for the Tamworth store sale last Friday. There was strong restocker demand, with buyers mainly coming from the Tamworth region and Mudgee. Steers sold from $900 to a top of $1165 for yearling steers from Milton Doyle, "St Kilda", Dungowan.
Weaner steers made between $550 and $1010, with Angus steers sold by Gary and Marilyn Pursehouse, Duri, getting the top price.
Heifers sold from $750 to $1010 for 10- to 12-month-old heifers from McNeil Pastoral, Blackville.