Blackall Cattle Report

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Report Date: 17th September 2025

Total Yarding: 2,100

Commentary

Numbers fell to 2,100 head at the weekly Blackall prime and store sale, including 100 bulls, 450 grown steers and 700 prime cows. There was an improvement in quality of heavy grown steers and some good pens of cows were on offer similar to last week. Despite all the regular exporters present and active, cows slipped on previous weeks however grown steers held firm to slightly easier. It was a mixed quality yarding of yearlings again this week.

There was a large variation in prices for yearlings this week mainly due to quality. Light weight restocker steers sold to 536.2c and the best of the medium weight heifers sold to 420c/kg.

Prime grown steers 500 to 600kg saw prices to 444.2c to average 423c, those over 600kg sold to 434.2c to averaged 424c and grown steersto feed sold to 460.2c/kg.

Fewer prime heifers yarded this week saw an isolated top of 426.2c with most around 390c and those to feed made to 408c/kg.

While a special order saw medium weight prime cows selling to a top of 402.2c most categories of cows lost ground this week with those under 520kg mostly selling between 322c to 366c, 3 score cows over 520kg sold to 370c to average 355c and heavy 4 score cows made to 384.2c with most selling around 376c/kg. Heavy bulls sold to 420.2c to average 374c/kg.

Market reporter
Sam Hart.