Market Report 30 April 2024

Cattle - 1034
Inverell penned 1034 mixed quality cattle an increase of 454 head. There was a slight increase in the cow numbers. The regular buyers attended and operated in full to a much dearer market. Weaners were considerably dearer with restockers active resulting in that market 12c/kg dearer for steers and 7c/kg better for heifers. Steer vealers to the trade were significantly dearer selling to 240c/kg. Light steers to background to 30c/kg better as were the similar class feeders to substantially dearer trends and selling to 344.2/kg. Medium feeders firm to slightly dearer as were the heavy feeders gaining 6c/kg. Similarly the heifer classes resulted in dearer trends light backgrounders 23c/kg dearer the light feeders to 8c/kg better and medium weight feeder heifers to 11c/kg dearer. Cows saw the best im-provement with medium weights selling to 178.2c/kg. Heavy cows also rallied to be 20c/kg better and topping at 228.2c/kg. Restockers strong at a rise of 14c/kg the better drafts to 204c/kg. Best bulls sold to a rise of 6c/kg.

Sheep
Yarding – 2137 Lambs – 1261 Sheep – 876
Inverell penned 1261 lambs and 876 grown sheep 783 head less than sale.The regular buyers attend-ed in full to a dearer market. Lamb quality was very good. Light lambs back to the paddock were $35/head dearer selling to $115/head. Trade lambs sold $130 to $144/head for an increase of $22/head. Heavy trade lambs were up slightly and heavy lambs under 30kg cwt $14/head dearer selling $170 to $174/head. Extra heavy lambs sold to $210/head. Limited hoggets made to $90/head. Grown sheep were dearer with medium weight ewes by $11/head and crossbreds $10/head. The Dorper drafts $8/head dearer selling from $65 to $78/head.