IRLX Inverell Cattle Report

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Report Date: 30th April 2024

Total Yarding: 1,034

Commentary

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 improvement 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.

Stephen Adams MLA