Cattle marts report: Quality stock fetching good prices, but plain animals are struggling

Unlike the jails of Rio, where I hear the water is scarce (the taps only run for a couple of minutes every day), our farms this week have seen plenty of the watery stuff.

But it’s not all bad news from Brazil either, because I heard the jails there have an ‘open door policy’ with regards to conjugal visits. ‘Every cloud....’ as the fellow says.

Anyhow, moving swiftly on from the randy jailhouses of Rio and going back to the mart trade and the rain, this week with cattle more inclined towards the ditch than an open space, it’s no surprise that the trade in the mart isn’t exactly all sunshine and roses.