The NRI continued to explore uncharted territory with a 52 cent increase to close at 1582c/kg, making 2017 the best start to the calendar year since 2011.

From the opening bid on Wednesday, prices jumped quickly and continued to strengthen throughout the day to close 30-50 cents dearer. Thursday saw more increases, with the NRI adding a further 22 cents to the 32 lift achieved the previous day. The skirting market followed the lead of the fleece and experienced rises of 50 to 80 cents compared to the previous sale, with some finer better style types recorded increases in excess of 100 cents. The crossbred market maintained its re- newed support and managed to post increases for the third consecutive week, generally increasing by 20 to 40 cents. The oddment market did not get left behind with a 12 cent rise in the Northern region.

The sharp increase in prices has en- couraged more sellers into the market, pushing next weeks offering to 47,500 bales.

Brian King, owner of Central West Diesel, completed his apprenticeship at Cummins before returning to work in Forbes in 1978. He became a partner at Central West Diesel in 1991, and took over the business in 1994. He started expanding the business and built it up to its current 12 full-time staff members.

Today Central West Diesel provides a full range of services, repairs and heavy goods vehicle parts and accessories to truck drivers throughout central NSW, from Oberon to Condobolin and everywhere in between. With its fleet of support vehicles, Central West Diesel offers road- side assistance anywhere in the central west of NSW.

To find out more about services, or to book a truck in for services, call Central West Diesel on 6851 4999.

With stock prices high at the moment, and local farmers having plenty of grain over from harvest, now is a good time to invest in a new supreme feed processor from Supreme International available at Forbes Ma- chinery Centre.

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With the establishment of a local Senepol Stud in Central West NSW, producers now have another option in the market place. Southern Star Rural is a Senepol stud based in Canowindra NSW, breeding Senepol, Angus and Charolais composite bulls.

Senepol has produced a tough, adaptable breed of cattle with the ability to thrive under harsh conditions, maintaining fertility and feed efficiency as well as drought and heat resistance, whilst producing an excellent eating quality carcase.

The development of the breed placed high natural selection pressure on structural soundness, hardiness and fertility.

Senepol are best described as being of medium frame – extremes of muscle and bone having been avoided in striking a workable balance of feed efficiency to growth, fertility and calving ease. Senepol offers cross breeders excellent hybrid vigour from a tropically adapted Taurine breed, with a genetic package which has not been subjected to unbalanced single trait selection.

Just over 40,000 bales were put before the trade this week.

Merino fleece saw no massive rises or falls, just steady gains in the finer mi- crons and consolidation in the medium to broader end, as has been the case in recent weeks it was the low CVH finer section of the market which had the greatest rises with some lots recording increases of over 60 cents.

The skirting market was also a solid performer generally adding 30 cents for the week with the finer better style types enjoying the largest gains.

The oddment market was a mixed bag; locks and crutchings generally lost 5 to 10cents,stainswerefirmandlambs were generally 20-40 cents dearer however extreme in some cases, particularly washing lambs which are be- coming very short in supply.

The crossbred section continued to falter recording losses of between 5 and 20 cents.

46,000 to be offered next week. Source: AWEX