Casino Cattle Report

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Report Date: 7th October 2026

Total Yarding: 900 (-30)

There was a lighter yarding of 800 head which was down by 130. The yarding consisted of a fair penning of young cattle, mainly weaners and there was a few more light yearlings offered, while there was a smaller yarding of cows.

Quality of the young cattle was very mixed, although there was some pens of well bred steers and heifers offered, however there was increased numbers of plain conditioned cattle sold, and not the good runs of cattle as previous weeks.

Strong Southern orders saw the market improve by 20c to 30c for restocker weaner steers,odd sales more,ranging from 440c and up to 658c for the light weights with the medium weight steers averaging 524c/kg. Restocker weaner heifers experienced similar gaines as the steers ranging from 340c to 530c with the medium weights averaging 420c/kg. Background yearling steers were 30c dearer selling from 436c to 555c.kg. There was a small sample of yearling heifers that sold to 436c/kg.

The grown cattle section consisted mainly of cows, there was a few pens of well finished grown steers that sold from 420c to 445c to processes to be 20c/kg dearer. Feeder steers toped at 470c/kg. Grown heifers sold to 445c/kg. The yarding of cows consisted of several pens of well finished 3 and 4 scores, however there was increased numbers of plainer grades through the sale. Overall the market was 10c dearer with 2 score medium weight selling from 325c to 368c while 3 score medium weights averaged 367c and heavy cows ranged from 374c to 393c/kg. Heavy bulls reached a top price of 406c/kg.

Report by
Doug Robson

							Liveweight (c/kg)				Carcass weight (c/kg)			$/head
Category	Weight Range	Sale Prefix	Muscle Score	Fat Score	Head	Change	Min	Max	Avg	Change	Min	Max	Avg	Min	Max	Avg
Yearling Steer	200-280	Restocker	C	2	14	6	438	468	442	-48	811	867	819	$1,183	$1,310	$1,201
	280-330	Restocker	C	2	66	57	436	555	495	45	807	1,028	917	$1,308	$1,665	$1,535
	330-400	Restocker	C	2	4	NQ	460	460	460	NQ	852	852	852	$1,748	$1,748	$1,748
Yearling Heifer	200-280	Restocker	C	2	9	3	372	374	373	41	702	706	704	$1,042	$1,047	$1,044
	280-330	Restocker	C	2	8	-7	340	340	340	-62	642	642	642	$1,088	$1,088	$1,088
	330-400	Feeder	C	2	3	-14	370	370	370	-58	712	712	712	$1,406	$1,406	$1,406
				3	3	NQ	436	436	436	NQ	839	839	839	$1,657	$1,657	$1,657
		Processor	C	3	4	NQ	420	420	420	NQ	793	793	793	$1,680	$1,680	$1,680
		Restocker	C	2	11	7	340	420	376	-64	680	793	731	$1,360	$1,470	$1,410
Vealer Steer	0-200	Restocker	C	2	109	38	456	658	575	40	844	1,219	1,065	$821	$1,166	$994
	200-280	Restocker	C	2	172	13	440	580	524	28	815	1,074	971	$1,056	$1,472	$1,233
	280-330	Restocker	C	2	2	NQ	486	486	486	NQ	900	900	900	$1,458	$1,458	$1,458
Vealer Heifer	0-200	Processor	C	2	8	NQ	398	398	398	NQ	751	751	751	$716	$716	$716
		Restocker	C	2	82	37	375	516	453	4	708	974	854	$649	$929	$790
	200-280	Processor	C	2	22	-35	344	406	375	7	649	766	707	$826	$1,015	$934
		Restocker	C	2	189	84	340	530	421	39	642	982	793	$816	$1,272	$1,007
Grown Steer	400-500	Feeder	C	3	4	2	456	470	467	41	844	870	864	$2,052	$2,115	$2,099
	500-600	Processor	C	4	6	4	420	443	439	61	778	820	813	$2,520	$2,658	$2,635
	600-750	Processor	C	4	12	11	430	445	442	22	796	824	818	$3,010	$3,190	$3,129
Grown Heifer	0-540	Processor	C	3	1	-7	411	411	411	6	776	776	776	$1,850	$1,850	$1,850
Cows	0-400	Feeder	D	2	3	NQ	346	346	346	NQ	769	769	769	$1,384	$1,384	$1,384
		Processor	D	2	3	-1	265	265	265	-4	589	589	589	$1,060	$1,060	$1,060
		Restocker	D	2	39	19	290	354	317	-5	644	787	704	$1,160	$1,416	$1,250
	400-520	Feeder	D	2	15	NQ	329	336	334	NQ	715	747	739	$1,503	$1,513	$1,509
		Processor	D	2	29	-22	325	368	343	4	722	800	755	$1,365	$1,693	$1,547
				3	18	-13	348	373	367	21	725	794	772	$1,670	$1,850	$1,741
				4	16	-51	368	394	375	13	740	767	755	$1,776	$1,971	$1,867
		Restocker	D	2	6	-26	306	330	318	-14	680	733	707	$1,353	$1,377	$1,365
	520+	Processor	D	3	4	NC	385	385	385	33	802	802	802	$2,464	$2,464	$2,464
				4	49	2	374	393	383	9	748	786	766	$2,057	$2,555	$2,234
Bulls	0-450	Feeder	C	2	6	NQ	348	348	348	NQ	669	669	669	$1,392	$1,392	$1,392
	450-600	Feeder	C	2	1	NQ	337	337	337	NQ	648	648	648	$1,685	$1,685	$1,685
		Processor	C	2	2	NQ	352	378	365	NQ	664	713	689	$2,112	$2,268	$2,190
	600+	Processor	B	2	11	6	360	406	390	-14	667	744	723	$2,470	$3,248	$2,876
			C	2	2	-1	330	330	330	-42	660	660	660	$2,145	$2,145	$2,145

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