Previous Close Cattle Markets Summary
Cattle markets remained strongly positive across most regions, with widespread rainfall, reduced yardings and aggressive buyer competition driving significant gains in feeder, restocker and cow categories.
The trends appear to be:
- Strong buyer confidence continued to support dearer cattle markets nationwide
- Rainfall reduced yardings in many eastern centres, tightening supply
- Feeder, restocker and cow categories recorded widespread price gains
- Quality cattle attracted particularly strong competition
- Processor demand remained active, especially for cows and heavy cattle
- Store cattle markets stayed firm to dearer, supported by renewed seasonal confidence
- Better-quality young cattle and heifers continued to outperform
East Coast (QLD, NSW, VIC)
Overall market significantly dearer, with strong competition from feeders, processors and restockers underpinning most categories.
QLD markets strengthened sharply:
- Charters Towers (4,397 head) saw broad price rises, with bullocks lifting 40–60c/kg and cows gaining 40–55c/kg on strong supply and demand
- Blackall (4,000 head) recorded significant gains across steers, heifers, feeder cattle and cows as quality lines attracted strong competition despite rain impacts
NSW markets were also very strong:
- Armidale saw a plain-quality, female-heavy yarding sell to a significantly dearer market, particularly for cows and restocker cattle
- Dubbo recorded stronger competition across heifers, young cattle and cows despite reduced rain-affected supply
- Yass saw improved quality and strong demand push feeder cattle, young cattle and cows sharply higher
VIC store markets remained firm to dearer:
- Koonwarra (3,148 head) attracted a strong buyer turnout, with heavy steers improving, heifers gaining strongly and most categories holding firm to dearer trends despite softer light steer calves
Western Australia
- Mount Barker saw reduced numbers but improved quality, with stronger prices for weaners, trade cattle and cows while heavy bulls eased slightly
Summary: Rain-driven confidence and tight supply continue to fuel strong cattle markets, with widespread gains across feeder, restocker and cow categories as buyers compete aggressively for quality stock nationwide.
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Cattle yardings & reports
Queensland
- CQLX Gracemere cattle report. Full report available here
- Charters Towers cattle report (QR): Yarding: 4,397. Charters Towers Combined Agents yarded 4,397 cattle, with strong numbers of prime and store stock driving price rises across most categories, including bullocks up 40–60c, cows up 40–55c, and heifers 12c dearer. Full report available here
- Blackall cattle report (MLA): Yarding: 4,000, (+2,780) Rain reduced numbers at Blackall, but strong buyer confidence and quality lines drove significant price gains across steers, heifers, feeder cattle, and cows. Full report available here
New South Wales
- Armidale cattle report (MLA): Yarding: 697, (-287) Armidale cattle numbers fell after widespread rain, with a plain quality female-heavy yarding selling to a significantly dearer market across most categories, especially cows and restocker cattle. Full report available here
- Dubbo cattle report (MLA): Yarding: 1,520, (-935) Rain-affected reduced numbers and strong buyer competition lifted the market, with heifers, young cattle, and cows all selling dearer across most categories. Full report available here
- SELX Yass cattle report (MLA): Yarding: 930, (-290)Â Rain reduced numbers but improved quality, with strong buyer demand driving significant price gains across young cattle, feeder stock, and cows.Â
- Gunnedah cattle report (HM) (26/5) Watch the latest report here.
Victoria
- EVLX Koonwarra store cattle report (MLA): Yarding: 3,148, (+312). A very good quality yarding and strong buyer turnout kept most cattle prices firm to dearer, with heavy steers improving while light steer calves eased and heifers gained strongly. Full report available here.
- WVLX Mortlake cattle report (RLX) (25/5) Watch the latest report here.
- Swan Hill cattle report (Elders) View the latest report here.
- NVLX Wodonga store cattle report (RLX). Watch the latest report here.
South AustraliaÂ
- No Reports
Western Australia
- Mount Barker cattle report (MLA): Yarding: 676, (-415) Mt Barker numbers eased but improved quality and solid demand lifted weaner, trade cattle, and cow prices, while heavy bulls softened slightly. Full report available here.
Tasmania
- No Reports