EVLX Koonwarra Cattle Report

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Report Date: 20th October 2026

Total Yarding: 1750 (+59)

There were approximately 1,500 export and 250 young cattle penned representing an increase of 60 head week-on-week. One export processor returned and another commission buyer was absent from the group in a dearer market in places. Quality improved a little in the trade cattle while cows remained well supplied. Trade cattle were dearer in places in line with quality while feeder demand remained strong for secondary lots. Grown steers and heifers sold firm. Friesian manufacturing steers gained a few cents while crossbreds held firm. Dairy cows sold generally firm while heavy beef cows improved 5c to 10c/kg. Heavy bulls lifted 15c/kg.

Vealers to processors sold from 460c to 540c/kg. Yearling trade steers made between 483c and 530c/kg. Yearling heifers to the trade sold between 452c and 510c/kg. Grown steers and bullocks made from 472c to 495c/kg.

Heavy Friesian manufacturing steers sold from 416c to 436c with the crossbred portion from 418c to 495c/kg. Most light and medium weight cows made between 316c and 398c/kg. Heavy weight cows sold mostly between 350c and 438c/kg. Heavy bulls made from 440c to 484c/kg.

Market reporter: Brendan Fletcher.

							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	D	2	5	NQ	420	420	420	NQ	808	808	808	$1,176	$1,176	$1,176
	280-330	Dairy	D	1	1	NQ	376	376	376	NQ	800	800	800	$1,222	$1,222	$1,222
	330-400	Feeder	C	2	7	3	462	482	479	-19	856	893	887	$1,733	$1,808	$1,797
				3	5	NQ	500	500	500	NQ	926	926	926	$1,875	$1,875	$1,875
		Processor	C	3	2	-1	508	510	509	12	907	911	909	$1,913	$2,032	$1,972
		Restocker	B	2	1	NQ	566	566	566	NQ	943	943	943	$2,151	$2,151	$2,151
			D	2	3	-1	440	440	440	13	830	846	841	$1,540	$1,672	$1,584
	400+	Feeder	B	2	5	3	472	482	478	-26	843	861	853	$1,982	$2,410	$2,189
			C	2	8	3	460	470	469	-27	852	855	854	$1,955	$2,162	$2,136
			D	2	2	NQ	460	460	460	NQ	868	868	868	$2,070	$2,070	$2,070
		Processor	B	3	1	NQ	530	530	530	NQ	914	914	914	$2,518	$2,518	$2,518
			C	2	9	NQ	450	480	474	NQ	818	889	875	$2,138	$2,380	$2,334
				3	5	-7	483	510	493	-15	863	911	881	$2,423	$2,625	$2,533
		Restocker	B	2	5	NQ	490	536	500	NQ	875	893	880	$2,091	$2,680	$2,254
				3	5	NQ	536	536	536	NQ	924	924	924	$2,412	$2,412	$2,412
			C	2	1	NQ	475	475	475	NQ	880	880	880	$2,185	$2,185	$2,185
			D	2	8	3	440	470	453	1	846	887	862	$1,980	$2,300	$2,094
Yearling Heifer	200-280	Restocker	D	2	3	NQ	448	448	448	NQ	862	862	862	$1,232	$1,232	$1,232
	280-330	Processor	D	2	2	NQ	434	434	434	NQ	835	835	835	$1,411	$1,411	$1,411
		Restocker	D	1	2	NQ	400	400	400	NQ	833	833	833	$1,280	$1,280	$1,280
				2	2	NQ	400	505	453	NQ	769	971	870	$1,320	$1,515	$1,418
	330-400	Feeder	C	2	1	NQ	455	455	455	NQ	843	843	843	$1,820	$1,820	$1,820
		Processor	B	2	2	-2	560	560	560	80	933	933	933	$2,240	$2,240	$2,240
			C	2	2	NQ	465	465	465	NQ	861	861	861	$1,767	$1,767	$1,767
			D	2	3	-7	410	440	430	-52	789	846	827	$1,538	$1,584	$1,569
				3	10	5	452	498	478	13	837	922	892	$1,703	$1,892	$1,831
		Restocker	D	2	2	NQ	432	432	432	NQ	831	831	831	$1,555	$1,555	$1,555
	400+	Feeder	D	2	17	NQ	430	469	455	NQ	827	902	875	$1,828	$2,147	$2,074
				3	30	29	458	472	463	-41	848	879	860	$2,050	$2,360	$2,167
		Processor	B	3	1	NC	510	510	510	-10	895	895	895	$2,295	$2,295	$2,295
			C	2	1	NQ	454	454	454	NQ	841	841	841	$2,043	$2,043	$2,043
			D	2	1	-13	426	426	426	-30	819	819	819	$1,874	$1,874	$1,874
				3	13	-27	464	510	490	3	867	944	911	$2,042	$2,375	$2,203
				4	5	-3	455	455	455	-19	875	875	875	$2,002	$2,002	$2,002
		Restocker	D	3	11	NQ	466	466	466	NQ	863	863	863	$2,330	$2,330	$2,330
Vealer Steer	0-200	Restocker	C	2	1	NQ	400	400	400	NQ	727	727	727	$800	$800	$800
	200-280	Restocker	C	2	3	NQ	500	500	500	NQ	909	909	909	$1,375	$1,375	$1,375
	280-330	Feeder	C	2	2	NQ	506	548	527	NQ	920	996	958	$1,645	$1,781	$1,713
	330+	Processor	B	3	7	NQ	528	540	530	NQ	910	931	913	$2,052	$2,376	$2,330
			C	2	1	NQ	486	486	486	NQ	884	884	884	$1,823	$1,823	$1,823
				3	2	NQ	510	522	516	NQ	911	932	921	$1,984	$2,244	$2,114
		Restocker	C	2	3	NQ	500	500	500	NQ	909	909	909	$2,000	$2,000	$2,000
				3	2	NQ	540	540	540	NQ	964	964	964	$1,890	$1,890	$1,890
Vealer Heifer	200-280	Processor	C	2	1	NC	460	460	460	50	836	836	836	$1,265	$1,265	$1,265
	330+	Processor	B	3	1	NQ	524	524	524	NQ	936	936	936	$2,096	$2,096	$2,096
			C	2	6	NQ	474	474	474	NQ	862	862	862	$1,706	$1,706	$1,706
				3	10	7	492	536	511	8	879	957	913	$1,822	$2,165	$1,916
Manufacturing Steer	0-540	Dairy	D	1	1	NQ	394	394	394	NQ	821	821	821	$1,576	$1,576	$1,576
				2	5	NQ	380	380	380	NQ	760	760	760	$1,995	$1,995	$1,995
			E	2	3	NQ	368	368	368	NQ	800	800	800	$1,656	$1,656	$1,656
		Feeder	D	2	3	NQ	430	430	430	NQ	827	827	827	$2,236	$2,236	$2,236
				3	1	NQ	464	464	464	NQ	876	876	876	$2,436	$2,436	$2,436
		Processor	D	1	1	NQ	412	412	412	NQ	858	858	858	$2,060	$2,060	$2,060
				3	5	NQ	484	484	484	NQ	880	880	880	$2,541	$2,541	$2,541
		Restocker	D	1	5	NQ	420	420	420	NQ	840	840	840	$2,100	$2,100	$2,100
	540+	Dairy	D	1	11	-3	417	417	417	2	834	834	834	$2,711	$2,711	$2,711
				2	51	-6	416	436	427	7	800	823	810	$2,662	$3,379	$3,020
			E	2	14	NQ	416	428	418	NQ	832	892	841	$2,354	$2,392	$2,387
		Feeder	D	2	27	24	422	482	440	-10	796	909	831	$2,638	$2,813	$2,705
		Processor	C	2	1	NQ	482	482	482	NQ	876	876	876	$3,085	$3,085	$3,085
			D	1	2	NQ	410	410	410	NQ	820	820	820	$2,665	$2,665	$2,665
				2	25	13	418	467	448	-15	804	872	848	$2,530	$3,619	$2,920
				3	83	38	440	495	474	-1	824	911	878	$2,420	$3,782	$3,215
		Restocker	D	2	7	NQ	430	430	430	NQ	827	827	827	$2,688	$2,688	$2,688
				3	2	NQ	476	476	476	NQ	882	882	882	$2,618	$2,618	$2,618
Grown Steer	500-600	Feeder	B	2	6	NQ	475	475	475	NQ	848	848	848	$2,755	$2,755	$2,755
		Processor	B	2	2	NQ	479	490	485	NQ	826	845	835	$2,754	$2,818	$2,786
				3	1	NQ	480	480	480	NQ	842	842	842	$2,760	$2,760	$2,760
			C	2	11	-9	480	483	482	-7	889	894	892	$2,760	$2,898	$2,835
				3	10	9	492	492	492	-10	895	895	895	$2,952	$2,952	$2,952
				4	1	NQ	490	490	490	NQ	875	875	875	$2,940	$2,940	$2,940
		Restocker	C	2	7	NQ	476	476	476	NQ	882	882	882	$2,666	$2,666	$2,666
	600-750	Processor	C	2	20	-11	472	481	477	-1	874	891	884	$3,068	$3,127	$3,103
				3	34	NQ	482	493	487	NQ	876	891	882	$3,328	$3,660	$3,561
				4	1	-44	495	495	495	0	884	884	884	$3,465	$3,465	$3,465
Grown Heifer	0-540	Dairy	D	1	35	12	362	390	382	34	804	867	826	$1,448	$2,028	$1,756
				2	7	NQ	374	412	395	NQ	796	877	825	$1,496	$2,163	$1,866
			E	2	7	NQ	348	370	354	NQ	773	804	782	$1,392	$1,573	$1,444
		Feeder	D	2	6	NQ	434	458	438	NQ	868	881	870	$2,279	$2,290	$2,280
		Processor	D	1	3	NQ	380	380	380	NQ	844	844	844	$1,710	$1,710	$1,710
				2	9	-19	388	410	393	-33	820	851	831	$1,746	$2,050	$1,836
				3	9	6	440	455	445	4	843	846	845	$2,275	$2,457	$2,304
	540+	Dairy	D	2	9	1	398	430	413	17	829	896	857	$2,189	$2,404	$2,310
				3	1	NQ	426	426	426	NQ	819	819	819	$2,450	$2,450	$2,450
		Feeder	C	2	6	NQ	460	460	460	NQ	868	868	868	$2,576	$2,576	$2,576
			D	2	3	NQ	440	440	440	NQ	846	846	846	$2,464	$2,464	$2,464
				3	11	NQ	440	440	440	NQ	846	846	846	$2,640	$2,640	$2,640
		Processor	B	2	1	NQ	455	455	455	NQ	813	813	813	$2,616	$2,616	$2,616
			C	3	4	NC	452	478	459	-32	822	869	834	$2,486	$2,677	$2,534
			D	2	13	-4	422	440	427	-5	842	880	875	$2,420	$2,519	$2,436
				3	27	-3	440	460	456	-8	833	885	864	$2,530	$2,964	$2,693
				4	26	-1	414	448	435	1	796	862	835	$2,484	$2,957	$2,711
		Restocker	C	2	1	NQ	420	420	420	NQ	808	808	808	$2,310	$2,310	$2,310
Cows	0-400	Dairy	E	1	9	-3	294	326	305	-15	735	790	755	$975	$1,304	$1,156
				2	2	NQ	350	350	350	NQ	778	778	778	$1,400	$1,400	$1,400
		Processor	D	1	1	NQ	360	360	360	NQ	800	800	800	$1,368	$1,368	$1,368
		Restocker	D	1	6	NQ	379	418	400	NQ	842	929	888	$1,440	$1,588	$1,516
			E	1	1	-9	338	338	338	14	805	805	805	$1,149	$1,149	$1,149
	400-520	Dairy	D	1	15	9	350	362	352	-4	778	804	783	$1,575	$1,810	$1,739
			E	1	70	-1	316	350	336	3	773	833	808	$1,327	$1,768	$1,585
				2	18	-4	346	366	356	-23	769	813	792	$1,471	$1,739	$1,629
		Processor	D	1	18	6	355	377	367	9	789	838	815	$1,659	$1,775	$1,710
				2	13	6	376	398	379	-3	800	847	806	$1,649	$1,880	$1,858
				3	2	1	392	392	392	22	800	800	800	$1,764	$1,764	$1,764
			E	1	1	NQ	356	356	356	NQ	809	809	809	$1,566	$1,566	$1,566
		Restocker	D	1	7	-18	380	390	389	23	844	848	847	$1,710	$1,755	$1,749
	520+	Dairy	D	1	44	-52	350	374	363	-3	778	813	794	$1,890	$2,618	$2,139
				2	32	-11	378	418	386	-6	804	871	811	$2,041	$2,925	$2,529
			E	1	21	-45	346	357	351	2	796	824	815	$1,936	$2,053	$2,011
		Processor	B	2	2	1	430	440	435	-12	796	815	806	$2,365	$2,640	$2,503
			D	1	38	30	370	396	383	3	804	861	825	$2,035	$2,184	$2,105
				2	84	4	386	420	405	5	804	867	839	$2,027	$2,415	$2,258
				3	56	-19	414	430	419	4	832	878	848	$2,338	$2,912	$2,539
				4	127	22	428	438	433	10	825	868	841	$2,496	$3,285	$2,919
Bulls	0-450	Processor	B	2	1	NQ	452	452	452	NQ	793	793	793	$1,921	$1,921	$1,921
			C	2	2	NQ	410	410	410	NQ	759	759	759	$1,476	$1,845	$1,661
				3	5	NQ	466	486	480	NQ	832	853	844	$2,050	$2,169	$2,139
			D	2	1	NQ	418	418	418	NQ	789	789	789	$1,672	$1,672	$1,672
	450-600	Processor	C	1	1	-3	416	416	416	-5	785	785	785	$2,330	$2,330	$2,330
				2	4	1	420	452	436	12	750	807	792	$2,507	$2,712	$2,586
				3	2	1	440	440	440	4	759	759	759	$2,200	$2,200	$2,200
	600+	Processor	B	2	6	2	468	480	472	-2	800	826	811	$3,055	$3,600	$3,460
			C	2	4	-7	455	462	457	19	813	825	816	$2,964	$3,696	$3,258
				3	15	5	440	484	464	14	772	835	804	$3,248	$5,324	$4,150
		Restocker	C	3	3	2	470	470	470	14	810	810	810	$3,995	$3,995	$3,995

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