Inverell Cattle Sale Tuesday 20th August
Inverell penned similar numbers at 1007 very good quality cattle.
This was very noticeable through the yearling cattle with extra weight in the heavier categories.
Cow quality also improved showing good gains in the final results although there were limited cow buyers. Trends were stronger through all categories.
Weaners met with strong demand from restockers 420c/kg the steers and 338c/kg the heifer drafts.
Light steers to background were firm with the heavier drafts seeing rises of 20c/kg.
Medium weights gained 18c/kg topping at 398c/kg.
Heavy yearling feeder steers posted very strong gains.
Yearling heifers sold to mostly dearer trends with light feeders gaining 11c/kg and medium weights also dearer at 332c/kg.
Heavy yearling heifers to process gained 20c/kg.
Heavy grown heifers to process were up to 11c/kg better.
Cows sold to strong trends medium cows dearer and heavy cows 11c to 16c/kg better making 330c/kg.
There were PTIC cows making 238c to 262c/kg.
Heavy bulls slightly dearer selling to 271c/kg.
Stephen Adams MLA
ROMA STORE SALE TUESDAY AUGUST 20
6549 HEAD SOLD. ALL BUYERS WERE OPERATING, A SOLID STRONG SALE.
YEARLING STEERS C2 SCORE
UNDER 200 KGS SOLD TO 420 TO AVERAGE 403
200 TO 280 KGS SOLD TO 418 TO AVERAGE 396 OR $973 280 TO 330 KGS SOLD TO 438 TO AVERAGE 397
330 TO 400 KGS SOLD TO 416 TO AVERAGE 394
OVER 400 KGS SOLD TO 398 TO AVERAGE 383
GROWN STEERS TO PROCESSORS
500 TO 600 KGS C2 SCORE SOLD TO 388 TO AVERAGE 325
500 TO 600 KGS C3 SCORE SOLD TO 339 TO AVERAGE 327
YEARLING HEIFERS C2 SCORE
200 TO 280 KGS SOLD TO 360 TO AVERAGE 314 280 TO 330 KGS SOLD TO 368 TO AVERAGE 308 330 TO 400 KGS SOLD TO 370 TO AVERAGE 344 OVER 400 KGS SOLD TO 352 TO AVERAGE 339
COWS UNDER 520 KGS
D2 COWS SOLD TO 264 TO AVERAGE 252 D3 COWS SOLD TO 285 TO AVE 277
COWS OVER 520 KGS
D2 COWS SOLD TO 270 TO AVERAGE 242
D3 COWS SOLD TO 310 TO AVERAGE 287 OR $1695
BULLS OVER 600 KGS SOLD TO 285 TO AVERAGE 273 OR $2951
THIS IS CHARLES WEYMAN JONES IN ROMA.
What thieves see as the hottest farm commodity and who’s doing the stealing
The hottest farm commodity among thieves is fuel; Landcruisers go walkabout more than any other vehicle and the crime that hurts the most is stolen livestock.
Who is doing the stealing?
Pig shooters and roo hunters, the odd person who just happens to drive by and, unfortunately, farm employees.
These were some of the fascinating insights to come from one of the country’s leading farm surveillance mobs, Land Watch, during a presentation on rural crime at the Australian Brahman Breeders’ Association in Brisbane this month.
Land Watch, run by three brothers John, James and Daniel Hill, has set up surveillance on agriculture properties throughout Australian and New Zealand, with cattle stations the bread and butter of their work.
From installing cameras while watching out for crocodiles in the Kimberley to million-acre stations in Western Australia and amid snow in the high country, the brothers have seen a fair bit in the way of rural crime.
Explainer: where is virtual fencing legislation at in NSW, and what’s next?
Interest in virtual fencing for NSW producers has continued to gain traction, with a motion of support passed by the state’s peak farming lobby group last month and a Gallagher presentation at a recent field day drawing plenty of interest.
But the chairman of the Parliamentary committee investigating possible changes to the legislation has expressed frustration at the length of time it may take to legalise the technology within NSW.
Current legislation does not allow virtual fencing, although it is commercially available in Queensland, Western Australia, and Tasmania.
Member for Orange, Phil Donato, introduced a private bill to enable virtual fencing to be adopted, which was then referred to the Committee on Investment, Industry and Regional Development.
UNE receives $3 million to continue methane reduction research in sheep
A $3 million grant from the Australian government’s Methane Reduction in Livestock Program has been awarded to the University of New England (UNE) to continue work leading the National Sheep Methane Project aiming to make low-methane feed additives more accessible to sheep producers.
Will we be running on electricity rations within the next 50 years?
We will be running on electricity rations within the next 50 years.
This sounds like the punchline for the closing scene of an apocalypse cartoon. But this concept – a possible future reality – came up in a conversation at a reunion.
As coal-fired power stations are already being mothballed (prematurely for some), our energy sector is well down this road.
Whether or not energy would have to be rationed would, of course, depend on how well we set up new energy generation infrastructure from here on in.
The immediate question being whether or not we’re also already locked into a certain amount and timeframe of where renewables generation will have to be the backbone of our energy generation.
Early sowing an option as research shows sorghum’s versatile window
While it may not suit all farming systems or paddocks, early sowing of grain sorghum has become a real option for growers in northern NSW.
Previously, soil temperature at 16-18 degrees (sowing depth at 8am) was considered acceptable but summer grains research agronomist Loretta Serafin, NSW Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD), advocates – with care and planning – sorghum can be planted much earlier at 13 degrees, provided soil temperatures are rising and seedbed moisture is adequate.
This view is based on five years of detailed research in the Liverpool Plains and north west areas from Moree and Mungindi to Emerald in central Queensland.
The research was conducted by the University of Queensland, NSW DPIRD and Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries.
Ms Serafin stresses these findings provide growers with a wider range of sowing options to suit the season and starting soil moisture
Lucrana Simmentals achieves full clearance on increased offering
Buyers didn’t shy away at the increased offering of bulls at Lucrana Simmentals sale which was recently conducted at Texas with the stud achieving a full clearance.
Prices opened up at $14,000 at the beginning of the sale, while staying strong throughout the offering making $15,000 at the back of the draft, with all 70 bulls selling to an average of $11,314.
Two bulls sold for the top-price of $18,000.
New season lambs perform as predicted, edging towards 900c/kg.
More than a month on from new season lambs hitting the market across NSW selling centres, prices have performed as predicted, edging towards 900 cents a kilogram.
Wagga Wagga set the bar last Thursday with 7150 suckers yarded, a 4300 head increase on last week which will only continue to rise.
With a big crowd of buyers in attendance, Meat and Livestock Australia reported prices lifted $10 a head for the top pens while lambs 20kg to 26kg sold from $158 to $225.
As for the bulk of the offering, MLA reports said many sat about the 860c/kg to 880c/kg mark.
The ABS numbers that spell out why beef is the best game to be in right now.
The degree to which processors are absorbing the heavier supply of cattle and working to take full advantage of red hot overseas demand for beef has been spelt out in the latest quarterly figures on livestock slaughtered from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
Cattle slaughtered in the June quarter lifted 17 percent to 2.1 million head, the highest since the drought-induced massive sell-off during 2019.
That high number of cattle on offer paved the way for the amount of beef Australia has packed to rise 19pc on quarter two figures last year to be the largest quarterly production total since 2015 and the fourth largest ever on record.
That the cattle market is rising against that background of increased supply is being heralded as evidence beef has an incredibly strong future.
No Brisbane Ekka for two years possible under Olympics scenario.
Queenslanders face the possibility of not being able to shop for showbags or snap up a strawberry sundae for two years, in the lead-up to, and in the year that the Olympic Games are held in Brisbane.
It’s been understood that since the Brisbane Showgrounds was announced as the venue hosting equestrian events for the 2032 Brisbane Olympics, that the Ekka wouldn’t proceed in its normal format that year, according to RNA chief executive Brendan Christou.
Mr Christou says the Ekka not going ahead in 2032 was announced four years ago when the nominated Olympic venues were announced by the government.
He says that’s because the games are scheduled to occur when the Ekka would normally be held, meaning the grounds will be in use through that period.
However, Queensland Ag Shows general manager Trevor Beckingham, who served as secretary-general of the Queensland Olympics Council for many years, said it was his understanding there would be no show in Brisbane for two years.
He says the games will be run in 2032, but there’s a requirement to run test events one year prior to the games, which means there would be nothing in 2031 either.
