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LANDMARK Chinchilla auctioneer Terry Ryan said early selling at today's Dalby cattle sale indicates a rise in the market.
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Agents yarded 4187 head of cattle, with rain drizzling throughout selling.
“It started raining here about daylight – we’ve had 25 points of rain and it’s going to continue all day by the feel of it,” he said.
“The cow market is up 5-8c/kg dearer and our bullock market has certainly shown trends of a rise in the market, which I would estimate to be 4-6c.”
Mr Ryan said a lot of western producers were hoping to come through the dry and tough conditions of the cattle market with rain and some cattle left around them.
“A lot of western producers have mustered and they’ve had two or three big sales of their stock,” he said.
“They’re probably sitting back now hoping to get a bit of rain and feeling more comfortable with the numbers they have around them to spread cattle out a little bit.”
According to Meat and Livestock Australia’s National Livestock Reporting Service, supply at the sale lifted by 12 percent.
Heavy yearling steers to feed received a small lift of 3-5c/kg.
A return to a full panel of active export processor buyers lifted prices on a small sample of heavy grown steers and bullocks by 6c-10c.
Good heavy cows improved, to average 8c better, while plain cows experienced the largest gains pushed on by stronger support from processors as well as restockers.
Medium-weight yearling steers to feed settled on 152c, while yearling heifers to feed averaged 116c.
Heavyweight grown steers averaged 143c, while medium-weight cows to slaughter averaged 105.8c.