Swap yabby nets for free
Market report for 24th and 25th October Wednesday Fat Sale 209 head. Thursday Bull and Cow Sale 8 bulls, 363 cows and 44 steers.
209 head this Wednesday for the Fat Sale, which was a decrease of 20 head, with the top vealer making 320 cents per kg which is up 5 cents. Better cattle are selling well with store cattle hard to sell with the season unknown. Steers and bigger heifers sold to good demand, the buyer comment was well bred cattle with weight sold well.
There were 13 heifers offered with the top 295, down 2 cents.
There were 58 steers offered to top at 291.6, down 6 cents. The yard average was 249.7 which is up 22 cents. Just a late note from Fat Sale 17/10: S&B Tumino, 6 vealers, 447.5kg @314.2, $1406.
The Bull Sale on Thursday had 8 bulls sold to top of 259.6 cents per kg, up 18 cents. The bull average was 231.7 cents, up 20 cents. A better run of beef cows sold to strong competiion, saw the top cow make 277.6.
44 steers were yarded to sell to 298.2, with a good run of big Friesians selling well. A good run of dairy cows sold well. The cow average was 182.3 cents, 12 cents dearer than last week.
The yard average was 187.8.
Vealers 1 Ang 3 Ang 2 Gel 1 Ang 2 Ang 1 Lim Steers 2 R/Ang 2 Ang 5 Ang Heifers 8 Char N Henderson, Wombat Crk 2 Ang Molare P/L, Nar Nar Goon 1 Ang P Webb, Nyora Export Cows & Heifers 1 Gel R&P Dawson, Willow Grove 550 1 Lim CR&R Buckridge, Buln Buln 670 2 Ang Molare P/L, Nar Nar Goon 560 1 Gel R&P Dawson, Willow Grove 695 1 Her A Warner, Athlone 530 1 Gel C Flanagan, Darnum 715 3 Ang D&E Kelton, Drouin South 673 1 Char S&B Tumino, Lardner 715 Dairy Cows 1 Frie L&L Allen, Hallora 1 Frie RD Miller, Athlone 3 Frie GK Turra, Yarragon 2 Frie JD McCarthy, Longwarry 1 Frie FJ & ML Templeton, Ygn 1 Frie McFox P/L, Modella 1 Frie J&J Tekema, Shady Creek Steers 1 Br/W 1 Frie 5 Frie 9 Frie Bulls 1 Beg/B 1 Manj 1 R/Ang 1 Frie
Molare P/L, Nar Nar Goon 365 Molare P/L, Nar Nar Goon 440 R&P Dawson, Willow Grove 383 Jones Farms, Hastings 340 A&S Livestock, Glengarry 308 A&A Marson, Crossover 285
TD Evans, Yarragon P Webb, Nyora TD Evans, Yarragon
WR Griggs, Yarragon 615 D&K O’Farrell, Labert’che 615 A&M Geoghegan, Brandy Ck 501 G Ballantyne, Buln Buln 635
GN & FE O’Brien, Trafalgar Kandina Maine, Trafalgar D Battista, Moe South L&K Hansch, Hallora
490 488 566
379 443 465 475 785 795 515 670 670 570
320.0 1168 306.0 1346 305.6 1168 305.0 1037 305.0 937 305.0 869
291.6 282.0 280.0
295.0 285.0 247.2
277.6 260.0 254.6 237.6 232.2 230.2 226.2 225.0
212.6 212.0 210.0 207.6 205.0 200.0 200.0
298.2 222.0 221.2 220.2
1428 1376 1584
1119 1261 1149
1526 1742 1425 1651 1230 1645 1522 1608
1009 1664 1669 1069 1373 1340 1140
1833 1365 1108 1398
960 259.6 2492 1030 257.2 2649 650 228.6 1485 910 219.6 1998
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Recreational anglers are being encouraged once again to swap their opera house yabby nets for free wildlife friendly opentop lift nets.
Victorian Fisheries Authority (VFA) ceo Travis Dowling said there was an incredibly positive response from anglers in September to the first offer that saw 4,000 nets swapped in only a few weeks.
“Some tackle shops ran out of stock in days given the overwhelming support for the program and widespread willingness to embrace wildlife friendly ways of yabby fishing,” Mr Dowling said
“Our second delivery of 6,000 nets has now arrived with tackle shops so we’re keen for anglers who missed the first offer to return and swap over up to three opera house nets for three open-top lift nets.
“The yabby net swap program is raising awareness of the impending ban on opera house nets in all waters, public and private, from 1 July 2019 and is funded by the state government’s Target One Million plan, which is investing a record $46 million to get more people fishing, more often.
“Open-top nets are permitted in public and private waters, so the rule change next year will make it simpler for fishers who will be able to use the same nets regardless of location.
“Opera house nets are associated with drowning wildlife such as platypus, turtles and native water rats, which can be avoided entirely if open-top nets are used instead.
“Unlike opera house nets, open-top nets feature a gap at their top, which enables airbreathing animals such as turtles to escape.
“Research shows open-top lift nets are very effective at catching yabbies when compared to opera house nets.
Mr Dowling encouraged anglers to first contact participating stores before dropping in because this second delivery is expected to go like hotcakes.
“We have ordered another 10,000 nets given demand, which are expected to arrive in early December.
Learn more, including where to find participating tackle stores, at www.vfa.vic.gov.au/yabbynetswap