Armidale Cattle Sales
Report Date: 4th December 2025
Total Yarding: 2,310
Commentary
Numbers lifted by 474 for a yarding of 2310 cattle. It was a mixed quality yarding with a good supply of cows, feeders and restocker cattle. There was strong competition for cattle to process and feed. All of the regular buyers were operating in a market that sold to mixed trends. The quality cattle sold well and a highlight was a pen of calves to a restocker making 588c/kg.
Young cattle to the trade were up to 30c/kg cheaper with prime vealers and yearlings selling from 356c to 452c/kg. Feeder steers and heifers were much dearer with feeder steers selling from 440c to 522c/kg to average 492c/kg and feeder heifers sold from 358c to 450c/kg. Young cattle to restockers and backgrounders were 40c/kg dearer with young steers selling from 412c to 548c/kg to average 510c/kg and young heifers from 398c to 456c/kg.
Prime grown steers were much cheaper and prime grown heifers to processors were 8c/kg dearer, with steers selling from 348c to 416c/kg and the heifers from 352c to 426c/kg. Two and 3 score cows to the processors were 6c/kg dearer selling from 314c to 399c/kg to average 378c/kg and prime heavyweight 4 score cows were 10c/kg cheaper selling from 394c to 418c/kg to average 407c/kg.
Heavy bulls to the processors sold from 300c to 387c/kg.
Peter Dundon MLA Armidale
