Inverell Prime Cattle Sale – Tuesday 14th January.
Inverell numbers increased by almost 1000 head to offer 2192 good quality cattle with young cattle in the majority.
Regular buyers attended and the market resulted in positive trends for most categories.
Limited steer weaners to 474c/kg and heifers 396c/kg all to restockers.
Light background steers much dearer 396c to 438c/kg the feeders cheaper 334c to 424c/kg.
Medium feeders were dearer 380c to 410c/kg and similar weight backgrounders also gained ground 400c to 436c/kg.
Feeders over 480kgs gained trends 348c to 412c/kg.
Light feeder heifers moderately dearer to 338c/kg and same weight processors 328c/kg. Medium feeders gained 14c/kg and heavy feeders dearer selling 348c to 369c/kg.
Heavy grown heifers sold up to 22c/kg better.
Cows were dearer throughout with three and four score types 264c to 310c/kg.
Cows to feed on 272c/kg.
Bulls were dearer the heavy drafts 285c to 318c/kg and medium weights 292c to 314c/kg.
Stephen Adams MLA
Inverell Sheep & Lamb Sale Tuesday 14th January.
Inverell penned 745 lambs and 859 grown sheep a decrease of 193 from last sale. It was as a slightly dearer sale for the limited well finished lambs.
Grown sheep were mixed in weight with heavy ewes and wethers selling to cheaper trends.
The regular buyers attended and operated.
Young lambs saw competition from processor and restocker alike.
Processing lambs $200 to $205/head the restocker grades up to $152/head. Light two score lambs to process $45 to $72/head.
Trade lambs $119 to $150/head and heavy trades $155 to $210/head.
Heavy lambs made to $228/head and extra heavies $235/head.
Hoggets made to $120/head.
Light ewes $15 to $52/head medium weights $62 to $72/head and heavy ewes $78 to $180/head.
Best wethers to $106/head.
Stephen Adams MLA
ROMA STORE SALE TUESDAY JANUARY 14
4982 HEAD SOLD YESTERDAY IN A STRONG SALE, WITH ALL BUYERS IN ATTENDANCE. YEARLING STEERS C2 SCORE
UNDER 200 KGS SOLD TO 514 TO AVERAGE 494
200 TO 280 KGS SOLD TO 518 TO AVERAGE 472 OR $1243
280 TO 330 KGS SOLD TO 518 TO AVERAGE 468
330 TO 400 KGS SOLD TO 486 TO AVERAGE 451
OVER 400 KGS SOLD TO 422 TO AVERAGE 420
YEARLING HEIFERS C2 SCORE
200 TO 280 KGS SOLD TO 368 TO AVERAGE 347
280 TO 330 KGS SOLD TO 378 TO AVERAGE 358
330 TO 400 KGS SOLD TO 378 TO AVERAGE 370
COWS OVER 520 KGS
D3 COWS SOLD TO 278 TO AVERAGE 257
D4 COWS SOLD TO 321 TO AVERAGE 303 OR $1988
BULLS OVER 600 KGS SOLD TO 326 TO VERAGE 300 OR $3290
THIS IS CHARLES WEYMAN JONES IN ROMA, REPORTING FOR RESONATE REGIONAL RADIO
Indo’s free meal program kicks off, 2m more head of imported cattle needed
The extent of the opportunity unfolding in Australia’s largest live cattle market, Indonesia, has been made clear with the country’s agriculture leaders confirming the aim is to import an extra two million head of dairy and beef cattle in the next five years.
The cattle will be needed to deliver on President Prabowo Subianto’s free nutritious meal program, which promises to feed nearly 90 million children and pregnant women.
The program kicked off last week with 570,000 meals distributed to schools across the country.
This year the plan is to bring in an additional 200,000 beef cattle and the same number of dairy cattle this year alone, with the numbers ramped over over the coming years.
A Guyra Stock agency was amongst the major buyers at the 2025 northern Victoria weaner sales?
Elders Guyra territory sales manager Craig Waters and Elders Guyra agent Miles Williams bought almost 11 B-double truckloads of cattle, totalling 1200 mainly Angus steers, for grass background clients in the Guyra area, with one client further west in northern NSW.
The Guyra agents were operating across all five days of the northern Victoria weaner sales but bought the majority on Wednesday at Wodonga and Wangaratta when they secured 600 head, including 150 head of the feature line of Davilak cattle from Mansfield at the Wangaratta sale.
“The Queenslander blokes have had a great season, but we’re still a bit dry where we are, but we have clients that still need cattle, and the feeder job seems to be getting stronger,” Mr Waters said.
On Farm Connectivity Program to open again with $20 million in funding
The federal government has confirmed it will open up a third round of funding for the hugely popular On Farm Connectivity program.
Through the program, producers are eligible for a 50 per cent rebate on approved tech equipment.
In November, round two of the program closed for applications almost as soon as it opened, with the funds fully subscribed within a week.
The first round of the scheme was open for seven months, but many more suppliers were eligible to take part in the second round, with more than 300 signing up, compared to the first round’s 79 suppliers.
Major changes in round two of the program included $18 million of funding rather than $15m, a higher $4 million revenue cap – averaged over the past three financial years – and lower $1000 minimum rebate amount, down from $3000.
Bureau hoses down La Nina claims, saying thresholds have not been met
The national weather forecaster, the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) has hosed down calls from private forecasters claiming there is a La Nina event, correlated with heavier than average rainfall, present in the Pacific Ocean.
Some meteorologists have been pointing to the discrepancy in sea surface temperatures (SSTs) in the Pacific and have said it has been strong enough and sustained enough to call a La Nina.
However, a BOM spokesperson said there had been a lack of sustained atmospheric response to these SSTs needed to declare a La Nina.
They said the coupling of the atmosphere and the sea had only been clearly apparent in recent observations and has not been sustained for levels or duration sufficient to warrant La Nina status.
Lamb market eases with post-Christmas supply influx in summer flush
Lamb prices have dropped back compared to the pre-Christmas highs as elevated yarding’s put downward pressure on the market.
The first week of sales for the year saw 413,000 head pass through saleyards, the third largest yarding over the last 12 months.
The heavy lamb indicator came back to 825c while the light lamb indicator was a 721c on Tuesday.
Heavy lamb prices remain 10pc above the 12-month average and 13pc the five-year average.
Meat & Livestock Australia senior market information analyst Erin Lukey said the strong yarding numbers showed that producers were keen to offload stock, possibly looking to take advantage of high prices.
Landholders can no longer be fined for ‘what they’ve always done’ in emergencies
Landholders will now be able to take water from various sources on their property without needing to have a licence or approval, in the case of a fire emergency.
Prior to the exemption, made via an amendment to the Water Management (General) Regulation 2018 Act, landholders with bodies of water on their property were required to pay for a water access licence or water use approval in emergency preparation and situations.
This included taking water from streams, creeks and rivers.
For some farmers, the reduction of red tape has meant actions they already were doing, will no longer have juridical consequences.
