Contractors from David Payne Construction have started on the construction of a new truck wash, and upgrades to the existing facility at the Dubbo Regional Livestock Markets (DRLM). Dubbo Regional Livestock Markets is one of the largest sale yards in the country, with more than 1.3 million sheep, 200,000 cattle, and 9,000 goats being sold […]
PRIME CATTLE REPORT 13/02/20 Yarding: 1508 Another week of stormy weather kept numbers back with a relatively small yarding. It was a pretty good quality yarding with a good selection of young cattle to suit the feeders and processors along with some well finished grown steers grain assisted. There was also a good selection of […]
PRIME SHEEP AND LAMB REPORT 10/02/2020 Yarding: 5801 With up to 100mm of fantastic rain, numbers were back by 10,600. It was a good quality yarding with some top pens of very well finished heavy weight lambs off grain though there were only limited numbers of trade weights. There were also the expected light weights […]
PRIME CATTLE REPORT 06/02/20 Yarding: 1873 Substantial falls of rain across the Dubbo district and surrounding areas has pushed prices at today’s Dubbo cattle market up to 452.2c/kg. While wet weather on Wednesday caused numbers to fall by 650 on the expected draw, prices increased by as much as 100c/kg for weaner cattle, compared to […]
PRIME SHEEP & LAMB REPORT 03/02/20 Yarding: 23,553 Lamb numbers increased and quality was good for the well finished supplementary fed trade and heavy weights. There were mainly trades penned along with some heavy lambs and the plainer store grades were well supplied throughout. All the buyers were operating and competition was solid particularly for […]
Yarding: 2524 With several patchy storms giving some people very good falls of rain over the past week, numbers were back by 540. It was a pretty good quality yarding with good numbers of young cattle to suit the feeders and processors along with good numbers of cows. There were also a few pens of […]
Yarding: 14,275 Following between 10 and 80mm of rain over the past few days numbers were down considerably. There were a few pens of neat trade lambs throughout along with some outstanding heavy weights. A large percentage of the yarding were young lambs lacking finish in only a fair quality yarding. Most of the regular […]
**AMENDED** PRELIMINARY NOTICE The first Dubbo Goat Sale for the year is now scheduled for Tuesday, February 18, 2020. Please contact your preferred agent if you wish to participate in this sale. As per ALPA update (1/3/19, Vol. 675), National Vendor Declaration Version GO413 is invalid from March, 2019. The only acceptable version after that […]
PRIME CATTLE REPORT 16/01/2020 Yarding: 1272 It was a pretty good quality yarding with a good selection of young cattle to suit both the feeders and processors. There were also some good lots of well finished grown steers and heifers along with good numbers of cows. Most of the regular buyers were present and operating […]
Yarding: 21,540 It was only a fair quality yarding with a large percentage of the lambs lacking weight and finish. There were odd pens of well finished trade lambs mixed throughout along with a few pens of heavy weights. A full field of buyers were in attendance and operating. Lightweight lambs to the processors were […]
PRIME CATTLE REPORT 09/01/2020 Yarding: 2381 With no decent rain since the last sale, the quality remained similar with good numbers of young cattle lacking condition. There were only odd pens of good young cattle to suit the feeders and processors and very few well finished grown steers. Cows and bobby calves were well supplied […]
Yarding: 15,826 With no rain since the last sale and hot windy conditions the quality of the yarding was similar with large numbers of very light lambs all being sold due to lack of feed and water. There was however some top heavy trade and heavy weight shorn lambs mixed throughout. Not all the regular […]
Monday’s sheep and lamb sale wrapped up sales at the Dubbo Regional Livestock Markets for 2019. The first sale of the New Year will be the prime sheep and lamb sale on Monday January 6, 2020. The first cattle sale will be held on Thursday January 9, 2020. The DSSA would like to thank everyone […]
PRIME SHEEP AND LAMB REPORT 16/12/19 Yarding: 17,757 Numbers were back by 870 for the last sale for the year. It was a mostly plain quality yarding with a large percentage of the yarding made up of very young lambs, all being sold prematurely due to the drought. There were odd pens of well finished […]
The last cattle sale for the year for Dubbo produced a much smaller yarding with numbers declining by 1,450. It was a mixed yarding with the expected numbers of plain conditioned young cattle and bobby calves along with some very well finished yearlings mixed throughout. There were no grown steers and limited numbers of grown […]
Yarding: 24,000 It was a much better quality yarding than previous sales with a pretty fair selection of trade lambs along with some heavy weights coming off crops or grain. There was still though the expected numbers of light young lambs being sold early due to the season. Light weight lambs to the processors were […]
GENEROUS farmers have helped raise $10,390 for the McGrath Foundation at today’s weekly sheep and lamb sale at the Dubbo Regional Livestock Markets. A number of lambs as well as prime lucerne hay was donated for the annual pink sheep charity auction. Peter Cruickshank, Trangie auctioned the lambs at the start of today’s weekly sale, […]
STORE CATTLE REPORT 06/12/2019 Yarding: 890 This month’s store cattle sale produced a pretty good quality yarding. There was a good selection of steers and heifers which included the annual selloff of the good quality Angus cattle off Hampshire Downs Station from Merriwa, along with the exceptionally good quality Hereford steers off local property “Corrodgery”. […]
PRIME CATTLE REPORT 05/12/2019 Yarding: 3866 It was another mostly plain quality yarding with good numbers of cows and grown heifers along with large numbers of bobby calves as the sell off continues. There were odd pens to suit the trade buyers and feeders along with only a couple of pens of well finished grown […]
Yarding: 19,000 It was a mostly plain quality yarding with once again good numbers of young lambs being sold prematurely. There were odd pens of well finished trade weight new season lambs including a large consignment of good quality Aussie White Dorper cross lambs in from the far west. There were very few heavy weights […]