Livestock agent ROSS ELLIS of McDougall and Sons brings us an update on the local lamb and cattle markets from last week…
Agents and their staff certainly felt the wrath of La Nina as the storms and rain made conditions a little trying for the weekly sales.
Having said that there were 886 head to the sale and the values were on a par with previous sales.
The only difference was a few of the buyers were unable to attend.
The rain and flooding led to the cancellation of the sheep and lamb sale as well as lack of numbers for the pig and calf sale.
The rain whilst always welcome may influence the last two selling weeks of the year as we would think the moving of stock is going to present a problem short term.
Cattle numbers
Vealer steers averaged 684.5c/kg to a top of 878.2c/kg or $1650.87 to a top of $2260.13
Vealer heifers averaged 593c/kg to a top of 780.2c/kg or $1627.42 to a top of $2314.00
Feeder steers averaged 575.9c/kg to a top of 690.2c/kg or $2334.37 to a top of $3151.19
Feeder heifers averaged 491.2c/kg to a top of 548.2c/kg or $1771.81 to a top of $2434.37
Yearling steers averaged 586.9c/kg to a top of 788.2c/kg or $2030.82 to a top of $2655.68
Yearling heifers averaged 549.4c/kg to a top of 606.2c/kg or $1802.87 to a top of $2268.81
Steers averaged 475c/kg to a top of 691.2c/kg or $2647.32 to a top of $3885.00
Heifers averaged 471.5c/kg to a top of 568.2c/kg or $2019.67 to a top of $3224.78
Cows averaged 382.2c/kg to a top of 425.2c/kg or $2123.29 to a top of $2948.28
Bulls averaged 407.6c/kg to a top of 580c/kg or $2333.27 to a top of $3977.50
Pig numbers were down but prices were very firm. Sows sold from $320 to $520, Stores from $108 to $151
