Inverell Cattle Sale Tuesday 29th October.
Inverell penned 942 good quality cattle attended by regular buyers.
The resulting trends sold in the positive some considerably so.
Light restocker steers were considerably dearer with heavier types as much as 39c/kg better selling to 388c/kg.
Medium backgrounders lifted 18c/kg selling to 372c/kg. The feeder drafts gained 4c/kg 330c to 392c/kg.
Heavy yearling steers made to 312c/kg to be 6c/kg better.
Light heifers to background substantially dearer 284c to 348c/kg.
Medium feeders were much dearer selling 298c to 346c/kg.
Drafts of the heavy yearling heifers gained 6c/kg and made to 312c/kg.
Heavy grown heifers lifted 26c/kg and the steer portion made to 310 to be 5c/kg dearer.
Cows rallied with medium weights 12c/kg better and the heavy cows 8c to 13c/kg dearer 250c to 286c/kg.
Heavy bulls in the positive up 7c/kg 270c to 300c/kg.
Stephen Adams MLA
Roma Cattle Sale Tuesday 29th October.
5700 HEAD SOLD YESTERDAY. QUALITY WAS BACK ON LAST WEEK RESULTING IN LOWER AVERAGES QUALITY IS STILL IN STRONG DEMAND.
YEARLING STEERS C2 SCORE
200 TO 280 KGS SOLD TO 426 TO AVERAGE 390 OR $1007
280 TO 330 KGS SOLD TO 396 TO AVERAGE 361
330 TO 400 KGS SOLD TO 393 TO AVERAGE 367
OVER 400 KGS SOLD TO 380 TO AVERAGE 362
GROWN STEERS
500 TO 600 KGS C2 FEEDERS SOLD TO 368 TO AVERAGE 333
600 TO 750 KGS C3 GRAINFED SOLD TO 330 TO AVERAGE 312
YEARLING HEIFERS C2 SCORE
200 TO 280 KGS SOLD TO 312 TO AVERAGE 295
280 TO 330 KGS SOLD TO 330 TO AVERAGE 302
330 TO 400 KGS SOLD TO 310 TO AVERAGE 276
OVER 400 KGS SOLD TO 326 TO AVERAGE 312
COWS UNDER 520 KGS
D2 COWS SOLD TO 266 TO AVERAGE 236
COWS OVER 520 KGS
D3 COWS SOLD TO 298 TO AVERAGE 278 OR $1626
BULLS OVER 600 KGS SOLD TO 301 TO AVERAGE 277 OR $2999
THIS IS CHARLES WEYMAN JONES IN ROMA.
Does 32 years on Piedmont Station make INXS’s Andrew Farriss a Barraba local?
Andrew Farriss’s love of his land includes a respect for the history of Piedmont Station, Barraba – a property he bought 32 years ago.
The name Andrew Farriss is recognisable for his association as a senior songwriter and member of the Australian rock group, INXS.
He and his two brothers, Jon and Tim, along with Michael Hutchence, Garry Beers, and Kirk Pengilly, were international stars.
According to Wikipedia, INXS has sold over 75 million albums worldwide, making them one of Australia’s highest-selling music acts of all time.
These days, Andrew and his wife Marlina, who is also his business manager, are committed beef producers.
In 1992, they bought historic Piedmont Station from the Yantsch family, which ran Willgoose Hereford Stud
He said that his family’s association with Piedmont since its purchase is enduring, and the inclusion into and friendship from the Barraba district has been a major highlight.
The big squeeze: Why rural property prices are slowing
Reduced access to loans is a key to the cooling of rural property prices across the nation.
Increased rural debt helped fuel the property price boom on the back of good seasons and high commodity prices but no more.
Falling farm incomes have seen property prices level out in the past year, according to the latest analysis of property sales released from Elders Real Estate.
Elders’ experts said the increased willingness to lend to the rural sector was prompted by a lift in farm incomes through the early part of the decade.
The report found that this growth plateaued in 2024 as commodity prices waned in the second half of 2023, reducing farm incomes and negating the ability of farm businesses to continue to strengthen balance sheets.
Sammon secures Warwick Gold Cup
Beaudesert’s Kimberley Sammon has become the third lady in the history of the Warwick Gold Cup to take the honours riding SDP Scott David on behalf of owners Sam and Sarah Campbell, claiming her first victory of the coveted event.
Winning connections collected $35,000 prize money plus the Gold Cup made by silversmith Trevor Young and sponsored by Black Toyota, and a Bernie Brady trophy saddle.
Telopea Downs completes clip of 100,000 sheep, one of Australia’s largest
Victorian woolgrower giant Telopea Downs completed a clip of almost 100,000 sheep last week at its properties at Eureka, Blue Hills and Glen Alpine.
A team of 18 shearers alongside a dozen wool handlers and 13 of the farm’s staff worked from 7am to 5.15pm over the course of nearly 40 days to shear 98,570 sheep.
At their peak, they burst through 3600 sheep a day and in total, filled 2184 bales of wool.
All the shed hands were female.
The wool, all supplied to AWN, will be drip fed into various markets over the coming months.
New renewable powers a start but more needed to help farmers | Behind The Lines
NEWS last week the NSW energy ombudsman’s powers will now extend to renewable energy projects is a welcome development for farmers who have been significantly overwhelmed and under-supported in the nation’s transition to net zero.
Navigating the minefield that is a renewable energy or transmission line contract requires skills and expertise most farmers have not had to call on before, with the legal and financial know-how needed to inform these complex land access negotiations immense and incredibly specialised.
Making things more overwhelming has been the added barrier of confidentiality agreements which have often prevented farmers from speaking out or seeking advice from other landowners.
The NSW energy and water ombudsman will now have powers to offer independent advice and dispute resolution services to landholders affected by new energy developments, and particularly those landowners hosting the projects.
Vale to a stalwart of the Santa Gertrudis breed
The Santa Gertrudis Breeders’ (Australia) Association has paid tribute to the life and service of former president, patron, respected Santa Gertrudis stud breeder and NSW Supreme Court judge, the Honourable James Moreton Neville Rolfe KC, who died on Saturday aged 85.
The founder of Hardigreen Park in 1972 in the Southern Highlands of NSW, later relocated to its present site at Wallabadah near Tamworth, where it continues to be managed by Col and Dion Patterson, Mr Rolfe served as a Santa Gertrudis councillor from 1984-1999, with a term as deputy president from 1991-93 and president from August 1993 to August 1995.
ALP’s rural Qld decimation suggests urban dependency as fed poll nears
The Labor party was hammered in regional Queensland last weekend as the LNP won seats with double-digit swings while claiming others that have historically been federal electoral barometers.
While a law and order focus was a key for the “decisive” victory, particularly in areas where youth crime is a problem despite overall rates declining across Queensland, there are clearly bigger issues at play, underlined by Labor losing the seat of Mackay for the first time in 100 years, along with other former strongholds like Rockhampton and Maryborough.
Regional MPs are also expected to dominate what is expected to be a 19-member Crisafulli-government cabinet when it is announced later this week, the contrast will be stark, and a different animal for the Albanese government to deal with, after the previous Steven Miles-led government only boasted four MPs from regional areas.
