Inverell Cattle Sale – Tuesday 8th April.
There was a few more cattle yarded this week for a total of 987 head.
The yarding consisted of a good supply of yearlings and there was also a fair penning of cows.
The offering of young cattle consisted of several pens of well-bred and well finished yearling steers and heifers suitable for backgrounders and feeders.
Restocker and background buyers were active in the market resulting in yearling steers selling 20c dearer, ranging from 374c to 420c, while feeder heifers sold firm to 10c dearer depending on weight and quality, most sold from 330c to 368c, and trade heifers sold to 352c/kg.
There were only a few grown steers, and they reach a top of 356c to process and feeder steers sold to 388c/kg.
Grown heifers sold from 300c to 346c/kg.
The cow market was back by 20c with 2 scores selling from 230c to 268c, while 3 score cows averaged 282c and 4 score cows ranged from 289c to 315c/kg.
Restocker cows toped at 270c/kg.
Heavy bulls reached a top price of 315c/kg.
Inverell Sheep & Lamb Sale – Tuesday 8th April
Total Yarding: 2122 (-1021) | Sheep Yarding: 978 (-936) | Lamb Yarding: 1144 (-85)
There was a good yarding of mutton and lambs, which included 1,144 lambs.
Quality of the lambs was good with several consignments supplementary fed, and there was a large percentage of heavy trade and extra heavy lambs offered.
Competition was strong with trade lambs selling from $146 to $187 while heavy trade weights ranged from $189 to $235/head.
Heavy and extra heavy lambs sold from $248 to $262/head.
Dorper lambs reached a top price of $230.
Hoggets toped at $196/head.
There as a good yarding of mutton which consisted of increased numbers of wethers.
Demand was keener than the previous sale with light ewes selling from $108 to $155, while heavy ewes sold from $150 to $165/head. Wethers $140 to $172/head.
Doug Robson Reporter
ROMA STORE SALE Tuesday 8 April 2025
2218 HEAD SOLD YESTERDAY. EXTREMELY LOW NUMBERS, SO THE RESTOCKERS AND FEEDLOTS PUSHED THE MARKET
YEARLING STEERS C2 SCORE
200 TO 280 KGS SOLD TO 468 TO AVERAGE 433 or $1144
280 TO 330 KGS SOLD TO 462 TO AVERAGE 436
330 TO 400 KGS SOLD TO 422 TO AVERAGE 405
OVER 400 KGS SOLD TO 404 TO AVERAGE 380
GROWN STEERS C3 SCORE TO PROCESSORS
600 TO 750 KGS SOLD TO 374 TO AVERAGE 368
YEARLING HEIFERS C2 SCORE
200 TO 280 KGS SOLD TO 368 TO AVERAGE 345
280 TO 330 KGS SOLD TO 380 TO AVERAGE 348
330 TO 400 KGS SOLD TO 382 TO AVERAGE 364
COWS OVER 520 KGS
D3 COWS SOLD TO 314 TO AVERAGE 302 OR $2030
BULLS OVER 600 KGS SOLD TO 323 TO AVERAGE 303 OR $3336
THIS IS CHARLES WEYMAN JONES IN ROMA, REPORTING FOR RESONATE REGIONAL RADIO
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