Armidale Cattle Report

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Report Date: 5th November 2026

Total Yarding: 837 (+122)

837 cattle were scanned in Armidale this week. 120 more than a fortnight ago. It was a fair quality yarding of predominately yearling and weaner type cattle as well as some lines of heavy condition cows on offer. Most major buyers attended as well as an increase in restocker orders for an overall dearer market as the season continues to improve.

Prime yearling cattle to the trade made 470c to 506c/kg. Yearling steers to feed improved in quality and price. Steers under 400kg made from 584c to 636c while feeder steers over 400kg made from 536c to 574c/kg. Yearling heifers to feed made from 422c to 488c/kg. Light steers to the restocker made from 614c to 710c/kg while the light heifers made from 544c to 688c/kg.

Prime grown cattle to the processor made from 420c to 500c/kg. Cows were 15 to 20c dearer across the board. 2 and 3 score cows to the processor made from 388c to 400c/kg. 4 score prime heavy weight cows made from 408c to 430c/kg. Cows going back to the paddock made from 406c to 432c/kg and the best bulls got to 452c/kg.

Hamish Hosegood.

							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	3	5	NQ	560	560	560	NQ	1,077	1,077	1,077	$1,457	$1,457	$1,457
	280-330	Restocker	C	3	10	NQ	642	642	642	NQ	1,235	1,235	1,235	$2,055	$2,055	$2,055
	330-400	Feeder	C	3	84	81	584	636	619	57	1,124	1,224	1,191	$2,233	$2,354	$2,266
	400+	Feeder	C	3	27	12	537	574	554	32	1,032	1,104	1,066	$2,354	$2,605	$2,449
		Processor	C	4	7	NQ	506	506	506	NQ	974	974	974	$2,683	$2,734	$2,719
Yearling Heifer	280-330	Restocker	C	3	6	NQ	534	534	534	NQ	1,027	1,027	1,027	$1,709	$1,709	$1,709
	330-400	Feeder	C	3	3	-37	422	422	422	-70	812	812	812	$1,689	$1,689	$1,689
	400+	Feeder	C	3	22	8	476	488	483	-24	916	939	928	$2,050	$2,095	$2,071
		Processor	C	4	15	11	470	490	478	22	904	943	920	$2,200	$2,598	$2,359
		Restocker	C	3	1	NQ	482	482	482	NQ	927	927	927	$2,556	$2,556	$2,556
Vealer Steer	200-280	Restocker	C	2	32	-24	614	710	649	-56	1,181	1,366	1,248	$1,403	$1,740	$1,541
Vealer Heifer	0-200	Restocker	C	2	16	-17	668	668	668	38	1,285	1,285	1,285	$1,336	$1,336	$1,336
	200-280	Restocker	C	2	147	-51	544	664	631	6	1,047	1,277	1,213	$1,435	$1,651	$1,529
Grown Steer	500-600	Processor	C	4	1	NQ	421	421	421	NQ	809	809	809	$2,145	$2,145	$2,145
	600-750	Processor	C	4	6	NQ	492	492	492	NQ	947	947	947	$3,052	$3,052	$3,052
Grown Heifer	0-540	Processor	C	4	15	3	455	500	479	45	874	962	921	$2,454	$2,700	$2,585
		Restocker	C	2	32	27	408	452	429	14	785	870	824	$1,590	$2,171	$1,921
	540+	Processor	C	4	21	15	424	472	455	8	816	908	874	$2,410	$2,644	$2,537
Cows	400-520	Processor	D	2	4	NQ	388	388	388	NQ	882	882	882	$1,863	$1,863	$1,863
				3	8	-3	400	400	400	15	870	870	870	$2,080	$2,080	$2,080
		Restocker	D	2	36	20	406	432	422	21	923	982	959	$1,950	$2,180	$2,113
	520+	Processor	D	3	21	2	385	398	390	3	837	917	851	$2,129	$2,418	$2,213
				4	76	56	408	430	419	12	816	860	837	$2,337	$2,838	$2,562
		Restocker	D	2	6	-42	412	412	412	4	937	937	937	$2,185	$2,185	$2,185
Bulls	600+	Processor	C	3	14	-2	350	453	416	-8	648	838	770	$2,660	$4,106	$3,364

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