New lamb price record for Dubbo saleyards

A line of extra heavy weight lambs set, what is believed to be a saleyard record, at Dubbo’s weekly sheep and lamb sale on Monday, selling for $253.60 a head. The price is believed to be a record for the selling centre. The national record for saleyard lamb prices was set at Wagga Wagga today, with […]

Almost 20,000 grown sheep yarded at Dubbo

The “roaring drought” and no sale next week pushed numbers of grown sheep up to almost 20,000 at today’s weekly sheep and lamb sale – something most agents haven’t seen at Dubbo. A total of 40,140 head were yarded at today’s sale. Despite the large numbers, local agent Tim Wiggins from Christie and Hood said […]

$80/hd improvement at Dubbo store cattle sale

  The first sale of winter brought a price improvement of as much as $80 a head at Friday’s Dubbo store cattle sale. Numbers were still low, with vendors choosing to sell through the prime market where there is more competition from processors. A total of 780 cattle were yarded, with weaner cattle making up […]