Vanessa Binks

PICKING the best time to offer new season lambs through the saleyard to snag a record price is becoming even more difficult, with prices back by $15-$20 a head at the South Australian Livestock Exchange at Dublin this week.

FOR the second consecutive year, a Limousin steer has edged out a strong field to be crowned grand champion at the Royal Adelaide Show carcase competition, after its "tremendous" carcase was difficult to surpass.

A 'special individual' was named grand champion in the Virtual on-hoof steer competition that was held last week,

GREENFIELDS gained an on-property record at its 24th annual sale at Booborowie on Monday, after a Merino ram trumped a Poll Merino sire to clutch the $14,500 record top price.

LAMB prices remained steady at last Thursday's Mount Pleasant market with processors competing strongly at the saleyard to secure numbers, causing a $260 top price for lambs.

AFTER a challenging year for users of herbicide Overwatch, it was a relief for growers to view FMC's trial at Roseworthy and learn its performance against ryegrass was up to 86 per cent in wheat crops.

MID NORTH sheep breeders will have a chance to showcase their stock in the coming weeks, after Spence Dix & Co stock agents banded together to create an inaugural feature ewe sale at Marrabel.

A new state record for crossbred lambs was made at the South Australian Livestock Exchange at Dublin on Tuesday, cementing the livestock sector's high lamb price forecasts.

THE top price ram buyers at Bradfield's sale on Thursday at Mannanarie drove about 400 kilometres to see the stud's genetics in person and it helped the stud achieve a $4400 top price.

An industry that was almost lost and forgotten has kept going in SA and an integral cog in the machine, woollen garment maker Silver Fleece, has turned 70.