Echuca Cattle Report

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Report Date: 16th September 2026

Total Yarding: 1,533

Commentary

Similar numbers at 1550 cattle, but buyer enthusiasm weakened particularly from feeders and restockers. It was also a more mixed line-up in terms of breed quality, although there was a couple of feature lines of Charolais and Limousin steers and heifers which were outstanding for shape and yield. The market fluctuated and lacked the consistency of last Wednesday in a much slower auction. The very top notch trade cattle held their value at up to 564.2c/kg for 419kg steers, but rates of over 540c/kg were a lot harder to get in this sale. Once off the lead cattle there was cheaper trends of 5c to 20c/kg evident for a lot of grades and weights. Feeders paid to 554.6c/kg for the best black steers to be under last week’s price peak.

Some exceptional Charolais and Limo steers and heifers off grain from 545c to a top of 564c , but most of the good to very good trade cattle were pegged at 490c to 535c/kg in this market. After this there wa a lot of mixed quality steers and heifers from 440c to 480c/kg to processors, this rate covering a lot of grown and yearling type heifers. A local agency purchased a feature line of store conditioned Charolais yearlings at up to 558.6c/kg for steers and to 552.6c/kg for heifers. The better bred feeder yearlings with shape and potential still trended above 500c/kg to a top of 554.6c/kg.

The export market was softer, but once again with the best quality cattle the least affected. Grown steers with weight 466c to 505c/kg, The better style crossbred manufacturing steers were similar 440c to 488.6c/kg to feed-on, but plainer quality and dairy lots were cheaper. Beef cows averaged softer but there was still some sales at up to 433c/kg which wasn’t far off last week. Very good Friesian cows with fat cover to 394c/kg in a solid result, but plainer and leaner dairy females were cheaper.

Jenny Kelly for MLA