The Upper Hunter selling centre at Scone topped the Hunter and Mid-North Coast cattle sales in the latest Meat Livestock Australia (MLA) National Livestock Reporting Service annual survey.

The MLA annual Saleyard Survey is designed to identify the total number of cattle and sheep consigned to Australia's saleyards over the course of a financial year.

Number one in Australia for cattle throughput was Dubbo, followed by Wagga Wagga, which also topped the sheep transactions nationally.

On a state level, NSW was the biggest selling centre by a good margin for both cattle and sheep.

Scone came in 12th place for transactions last financial year, with just over 43,000 head sold, up 5.3 per cent on the previous year.

In 13 th place was Kemspey with 42,295 head, then Singleton 41,272 and nex

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