Inverell Cattle Sale Tuesday 17th September
Inverell penned 1053 head similar to last sale however quality was mixed and had a negative affect to some categories.
Most regular buyers attended and operated although cow buyers were limited.
This did not negate the cow market which sold to slightly dearer trends.
Well bred drafts of light steers to background sold to strong demand 406c to 424c/kg.
With the results of plainer types through that category the trends were up to 36c/kg cheaper.
Medium backgrounders and feeders sold to dearer trends with background steers to 7c/kg better and similar weight feeders gaining 4c/kg 328c to 398c/kg.
Light restocker heifers shed 8c/kg however there were positive trends for heavier background heifers which gained 5c/kg.
Medium feeders slipped 5c/kg as did the heavy feeders losing 13c/kg.
Heavy grown steers shed 16c/kg conversely similar heifers were slightly dearer to sell to 330c/kg.
Heavy cows gained 2c to 5c/kg to top at 322c/kg.
Cows back to the paddock considerably dearer gaining up to 33c/kg.
Heavy bulls resulted in a rise of 3c/kg to top at 316c/kg.
Stephen Adams MLA.
Roma Cattle Sale Tuesday 17th September
6528 HEAD SOLD YESTERDAY, WITH QUALITY CATTLE LIFTING THE MARKET ON LAST WEEK
YEARLING STEERS C2 SCORE
UNDER 200 KGS SOLD TO 440 TO AVERAGE 404
200 TO 280 KGS SOLD TO 430 TO AVERAGE 400 OR $1011
280 TO 330 KGS SOLD TO 408 TO AVERAGE 385
330 TO 400 KGS SOLD TO 410 TO AVERAGE 396
OVER 400 KGS SOLD TO 406 TO AVERAGE 378
YEARLING HEIFERS C2 SCORE
200 TO 280 KGS SOLD TO 338 TO AVERAGE 277
280 TO 330 KGS SOLD TO 344 TO AVERAGE 315
330 TO 400 KGS SOLD TO 336 TO AVERAGE 322
OVER 400 KGS SOLD TO 340 TO AVERAGE 326
COWS OVER 520 KGS
D2 COWS SOLD TO 275 TO AVERAGE 248
D3 COWS SOLD TO 334 TO AVERAGE 302 OR $1946
BULLS OVER 600 KGS SOLD TO 323 TO AVERAGE 304 OR $3190
THIS IS CHARLES WEYMAN JONES IN ROMA.
And some news items from The Land & QCL
Nats pledge to end ‘pain’ and prioritise live cattle class action settlement
A Coalition government will “prioritise” the settlement of the live cattle class action for the 215 remaining claimants adversely impacted by the Gillard government’s snap ban, according to Nationals leader David Littleproud.
The pledge comes four years after the Federal Court found Labor’s halting of the northern live export cattle trade in 2011 had been unlawful and the parties began to negotiate monetary compensation.
While lead claimant the Brett Cattle Company has been paid out, the outstanding group of producers, exporters and other supply chain participants are yet to see a cent after they rejected a government offer of $215 million in December 2022.
Labor then rejected a $510m counteroffer, plus costs and interest, in January made by claimants that amounts to around $800m.
Where are cattle prices are headed between now and Christmas
Ongoing decent rain in key cattle regions is holding the market at a higher level despite stronger supply, with most indicators shuffling sideways over the past week.
Producer decisions seem even more precariously balanced on weather than usual and anyone who is willing to have a crack at what the market might do between now and Christmas is using the word stable.
The National Young Cattle Indicator is up 7 cents a kilogram live weight for the week, as of this morning, while heavy steers have lifted 3c. Feeder steers are defying the trend somewhat, dropping 3c.
Year-to-date yarding’s are up by 27 per cent and Meat & Livestock Australia’s analysts say the turn-off of higher numbers is now set in, after three years of considerable growth in the herd.
The aggregation of analyst forecasts published as part of MLA’s latest cattle market projections has the NYCI lifting by less than 4 per cent by the end of December, with an upper limit of 11pc. They’re forecasting less for feeder steers at just a 2pc lift.
Most producers would consider that a very good outcome against what was experienced in the same period last year and the bigger numbers expected.
Indeed, MLA says it is investment and growth in the feedlot sector, as well as demand for grain fed beef in high-value export markets, that will support the feeder price in a period of high supply.
Australia strikes FTA with United Arab Emirates, agriculture tariffs eliminated
Australia has struck its first fully fledged free trade deal with a Middle East country after the Albanese government announced an in-principle two-way agreement with the United Arab Emirates.
The FTA will eliminate 99 per cent of tariffs on Australian goods into the Gulf state, with Trade Minister Don Farrell predicting exports to increase by almost $700 million a year under the Australia-United Arab Emirates Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement.
Agricultural products currently comprise a critical component of Australia’s exports to the UAE, including beef, sheep meat and seafood, dairy, oil seeds, canola seeds, nuts, honey, chickpeas and lentils.
The agreement will deliver estimated tariff savings of $50m/yr on food and agriculture exports, other key Australian exports into Gulf state include coal, skills, medications and higher education.
Ram sales start well and yet more stud records:
Agents have reported a positive start to ram sales, with good seasonal conditions helping to boost buyer confidence.
AWN sheep and wool specialist Scott Thrift said sales had started better than he thought they might, with some good prices and clearances set so far.
He believed averages in NSW were higher than those recorded in many South Australian sales, with confidence likely boosted by recent rain
Haddon Rig’s top rams to studs; strong clearance across polls and horned
Haddon Rig has recorded a strong result at its 41st on-property sale at Warren on September 12, with demand solid throughout the catalogue.
All up, the stud sold 263 of 281 rams to average $2570.
In the breakdown, 122 horned rams sold to a top of $12,000 and averaged $2639, while 141 polled rams sold to $14,000, averaging $2510.
A further two lots sold straight afterwards.
The top-priced ram, Haddon Rig 230090, sold to long-term return buyer James Morris, Bonanza Merino stud, Walgett.
A Limousin steer was judged as champion of Colin Say and Co Beef Extravaganza
An emotional result for seedstock producers the Iseppe family, MW Livestock at Thornton, Qld, was the crowning of their champion black Limousin steer in picturesque surrounds at Glen Innes showgrounds last Sunday.
The sashed overall winner of this year’s Colin Say and Co Beef Extravaganza had, only the day before, claimed top spot in the livestock agency’s prized Shoot-Out, comprised of steers and heifers bought at their potential show steer sale in February, where was presented with the champion trophy and sold for a remarkable $20 a kilogram, or $6500.
Bred by Colin McGilchrist, Back Creek Limousins at Wallabadah he qualified for the top spot on Sunday by winning best middleweight steer, tipping the competition scales at 520kg.
Feral animal hunters should be celebrated, not demonised
Cats prefer to eat their meat fresh and as they’ve never mastered refrigeration, they tend to kill regularly. The 10 million cats in the country kill about two billion animals each year. Unsurprisingly, animals that are slow, tasty and don’t replace the fatalities quick enough, will become extinct.
Unfortunately, many Australian native mammals don’t reproduce quickly, mainly because they have pouches rather than sophisticated placentas. If you put predators that have a placenta in a population of prey animals with a pouch, it doesn’t end well for pouches. Interestingly, one of the first feral species in this country, the dingo, caused the rapid extinction of a number of marsupials.
For years in this country, we’ve seen environment ministers measure the success of their tenure by how much of the country they have locked up in new national parks or how many farmers they have prosecuted for clearing a tree in a cultivation.
The $60 million “war on feral cats” announcement by the federal government may be the beginnings of a pivot in the environmental wars. Maybe the message of quality habitat is getting through.
The program looks to have a few interesting aspects that may confront cat owners with issues that will cause some political grief. However, the game changer will be the research into new tools to nail the cats.
