Steve Gay of Carter, Lindsay and Weber took time to catch up with the column and remind all readers of their 16th annual Marocara Poll Dorset Ram sale on the property at Wongarbon on Tuesday, September 6, commencing at 2pm.
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Rams will be available for inspection from 11am.
The 160 rams catalogued will be sold in their pens and on the day will have all the necessary Lamplan figures available.
Catalogues will be available from the selling agents in late August.
Bruce Bryant, Peter Milling and Co. Wellington attended the Narromine Store Sheep Sale on Wednesday, August 17, when some 4500 to 5000 head went under the hammer.
The bulk of the yarding comprised of first cross ewes and store crossbred lambs.
Some quotes included:
Account Bel-Air Past Co. who offered 1000 first cross (in 4 lots) being July/August 2015 drop June shorn, very good order, very good order.
NSM ranging in price from $210 to a sale day top price of $240.
Other July/August 2015 drop ewes sold in the range of $142 to $201.
March/April/May 2016 drop young first cross ewes sold from $142 to $170.
Bill Noonan’s store wether lambs March/April 2016 drop unshorn reached a top price of $108.
Very few lines of merino ewes were available as was also the case regarding merino wether. My thanks to Bruce for his report.
There has been much discussion and conjecture in the industry over recent weeks concerning the departure of Ross Campbell from JBS-controlled Scone abattoirs.
Ross and his wife Shirley have been fixtures at this facility for the past 10 or 12 years.
Ross, as livestock manager, and until very recently the head buyer and Shirley has been head of the office administration.
My take on the current situation is that Shirley and Ross will relocate to Dubbo in the very near future and after that take a four to six weeks break upon returning to Dubbo.
Ross, who has received numerous inquiries already regarding what his plans are in the future, will assess his options and no doubt in some form return to this industry.
The parting as I understand between the ‘Mother Ship’ and Ross was very amicable and a recent edition of The Land carried an ad looking for a suitable person to replace Ross at Scone as Livestock Manager.
Dubbo agents at prime cattle sale on Thursday, August 18 scanned almost 5500 head after an original draw of 6500.
The quality and finish of the cattle was considerably better than in previous weeks.
Pens being drawn at 22.75 head per yard ensured that most agents had plenty of paint on their cattle.
Selling was difficult under these conditions in the market that the buyers were trying to wind back – probably with some justification.
At the end of the day the sale was very strong with most grades losing only minimal amounts.
Cows and bulls finished the day on a strong note and if anything would have been dearer.
