Blackall Cattle Report

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Report Date: 29th October 2026

Total Yarding: 2000 (+600)

It was a rain reduced weaner sale at Blackall this week with 2,000 head yarded. Most cattle were drawn from the north west of the state and quality varied widely. Local restockers dominated the light weight restocker steer run and while a limited number of good quality pens saw significant gains averages were impacted by quality.

Light weight restockers steers saw prices to 698.2c with most around 662c while plainer types averaged 472c/kg. Steers 280 to 330kg also made to 698.2c/kg. Feeder steers over 400kg sold to 546.2c to average 522c/kg.

A large run of organic heifers met solid support with organic backgrounders paying up to 570.2c while most good quality heifers averaged 496c and plainer types averaged 360c/kg. Organic restockers pushed feeders to 552c on heifers 330 to 400kg with most around 507c/kg.

Bullocks also saw solid demand with young grown steers 500 to 600kg selling to 486.2c to 480c/kg while heavy prime 4 score cows sold to 404.2c or average 401c/kg.

							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	0-200	Restocker	C	2	31	NQ	592	664	613	NQ	1,139	1,277	1,178	$1,066	$1,200	$1,130
			D	2	13	NQ	380	500	452	NQ	731	962	869	$684	$900	$802
	200-280	Restocker	C	2	124	89	610	698	663	155	1,173	1,342	1,275	$1,283	$1,920	$1,563
			D	2	31	-5	300	554	473	40	577	1,065	909	$795	$1,325	$1,123
	280-330	Restocker	C	2	9	-24	580	698	685	224	1,115	1,342	1,317	$1,885	$2,234	$2,195
			D	2	3	NQ	330	400	353	NQ	635	769	680	$1,073	$1,280	$1,142
	330-400	Feeder	C	2	49	-17	520	580	543	64	1,000	1,115	1,045	$1,876	$2,176	$2,061
		Restocker	D	2	73	NQ	310	440	431	NQ	596	846	828	$1,085	$1,570	$1,512
	400+	Feeder	C	2	29	-28	510	546	521	41	981	1,050	1,003	$2,142	$2,512	$2,244
Yearling Heifer	0-200	Restocker	C	2	50	47	466	538	503	163	896	1,035	968	$765	$1,022	$867
			D	2	7	1	350	400	374	168	673	769	720	$525	$703	$600
	200-280	Processor	D	2	7	-12	240	308	285	-47	462	592	549	$528	$696	$669
		Restocker	C	2	451	431	410	570	520	129	789	1,096	1,000	$916	$1,568	$1,279
			D	2	51	35	302	400	364	108	581	769	700	$619	$1,069	$812
	280-330	Restocker	C	2	228	208	400	570	495	109	769	1,096	952	$1,200	$1,710	$1,497
	330-400	Feeder	C	2	86	64	430	504	463	44	827	969	891	$1,559	$1,814	$1,718
		Restocker	C	2	188	NQ	426	552	507	NQ	819	1,062	976	$1,534	$2,098	$1,804
			D	2	11	NQ	334	396	385	NQ	642	762	740	$1,202	$1,346	$1,320
	400+	Feeder	C	2	79	67	410	462	431	21	789	889	829	$1,702	$1,945	$1,799
		PTIC	C	2	22	NQ	300	300	300	NQ	577	577	577	$1,500	$1,500	$1,500
		Restocker	C	2	21	NQ	552	552	552	NQ	1,062	1,062	1,062	$2,291	$2,291	$2,291
Grown Steer	500-600	Processor	C	3	89	64	446	486	481	68	858	935	925	$2,498	$2,856	$2,533
	600-750	Processor	C	3	30	-16	474	476	475	70	912	915	914	$3,555	$3,570	$3,563
Grown Heifer	540+	Processor	C	3	11	-15	410	444	439	25	789	854	844	$2,255	$2,486	$2,453
Cows	400-520	Processor	D	2	24	-25	260	285	277	7	500	570	547	$1,196	$1,311	$1,273
				3	33	-12	348	388	367	35	696	746	722	$1,601	$1,940	$1,797
		Restocker	D	2	19	-77	265	296	285	46	510	580	559	$1,219	$1,480	$1,342
	520+	Processor	D	3	12	-216	382	392	384	32	754	764	762	$2,063	$2,195	$2,085
				4	24	-85	396	404	401	35	762	808	787	$2,240	$2,455	$2,336
Bulls	0-450	Restocker	C	2	107	67	350	674	536	194	673	1,296	1,031	$765	$2,016	$1,361
			D	2	48	NQ	304	528	384	NQ	585	1,015	739	$806	$1,519	$1,155
	600+	Processor	C	2	22	-29	398	440	419	41	765	846	807	$3,383	$3,740	$3,565

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