Looks like harvest is only a couple of weeks away with a hot week ahead of us.
The grazing country could do with a good drink at the moment but fodder crops have been exceptional this year.
Due to a moderately dry winter weight gains have been above average with some cattle doing two kilos a day.
The last two sales at Coonamble have presented mostly heavy feeder cattle around the 400 kilogram range which goes to show how well cattle perform here in the colder months.
There has been a . . .
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