The yarding was 10,500 head at this weeks Roma store cattle sale. This was up 1,700 head on last week. The store index fell 1.4 points this week. it has fallen 3.4 points or 3.5% in the last 2 weeks.
| Roma Store Cattle | 12/12/2006 | Last Week | This Week |
| Market Index: | 100 points. | 104. points | 102.6 points |
Average Steer price Premium
It’s accepted that Steers in a weight range will make a 20 cent per kilo liveweight premium over heifers of the same weight range. I believe a good indication to future price movements is to track the Premium gap between steers & heifers.
Last week I predicted -
“Expect to see weaner heifers improve by up to 10 cents next week as a 30 cents gap is not sustainable.”
Weaner Heifer prices improved this week by 11 cents.
Last week I predicted that heifer over 350 KGs would ease this week. they didn’t. At present the price gap between steers and heifers over 350kgs is just 6-8 cents. Historically this is not sustainable, although good if you are selling heavy heifers.
| Steer & Heifer | Steer Premium | Steer Premium | Under (-) Over (+) |
| Weight Ranges | Last Week c/kg |
This Week c/kg |
20c Premium |
| <220 kgs | 30c | 21c | +1 |
| 220 - 280kgs | 24c | 23c | +3 |
| 280 - 350kgs | 15c | 21c | +1 |
| 350 - 400kgs | 11c | 8c | -12 |
| >400kgs | 13c | 6c | -14 |
Quotes from this weeks Roma Store Cattle Sale.
|
Description |
No |
Min c/kg |
Av c/kg |
+/- |
Max c/kg |
Av $/hd |
Max $/hd |
| STRS to 220kg |
550 |
50 |
194 |
+2 |
214 |
355 |
445 |
| 220 to 280kg |
1260 |
124 |
186 |
-4 |
212 |
466 |
566 |
| 280 to 350 |
1511 |
100 |
179 |
+5 |
206 |
562 |
647 |
| 350 to 400 |
1001 |
120 |
170 |
-2 |
184 |
638 |
700 |
| 400 to 550 |
1043 |
120 |
168 |
-5 |
180 |
740 |
933 |
| HFRS to 220kg |
988 |
30 |
173 |
+11 |
196 |
332 |
387 |
| 220 to 280 |
775 |
60 |
163 |
-3 |
177 |
402 |
476 |
| 280 to 350 |
725 |
90 |
158 |
-1 |
175 |
500 |
587 |
| 350 to 450 |
721 |
110 |
162 |
+1 |
173 |
617 |
756 |
| Cows 300-400kg |
370 |
50 |
128 |
+1 |
137 |
462 |
542 |
| 400 to 500kg |
280 |
90 |
132 |
-8 |
150 |
586 |
698 |
| Over 500kg |
54 |
115 |
133 |
0 |
146 |
702 |
824 |
| Cows & Calves |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
810 |
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