Charters Towers Cattle Report

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Report Date: 28th October 2026

Total Yarding: 2746 (+233)

Despite some useful storms across the supply area, numbers increased by 230 head to 2746 cattle. Quality was very mixed comprising of some good grain assisted prime steers and cows, similar numbers of northern bulls and several mixed lines of younger lighter weight steers and heifers. The regular buyer panel was in attendance, supported by three live exporters and opportunity restockers. Cattle were drawn from Mt Isa to the east coast and the local area.

Robust competition for prime cattle resulted in most categories improving in price however there were quality related price changes. Demand for feeders was very strong, however buyer interest on lightweight heifers was soft. Good quality medium weight yearling steers and heifers to feed were firm to 7c dearer, trade heifers lifted 40c, grown steers to processors increased by up to 44c, grown heifers improved 26c, bullocks rose 10c to 45c, prime cows were firm to 17c better and heavy bulls averaged up to 23c higher.

Light vealer steers to restockers averaged 432c, selling to 462c, best quality types reached 472c to average 448c/kg. Good vealer heifers to processors made from 300c to 428c/kg. Light yearling steers to restockers made from 350c to 466c, medium weights sold from 410c to 464c/kg. Yearling steers above 400kg to feed averaged 458c/kg and grain assisted steers to the trade made 454c/kg. Light yearling heifers to backgrounders reached 404c to average 351c, heifers above 330kg sold to 450c to average 443c and feeder heifers sold from 414c to 446c/kg. Heavy yearling heifers to the trade made 456c/kg. Grown steers above 400kg to feed averaged 461c, trade types sold from 440c to 474c/kg. Heavy grain assisted steers to processors sold from 470c to 476c/kg.

Heavy full mouthed bullocks to export slaughter made from 430c to 478c/kg. A smaller offering of cows met strong demand throughout. Medium weight 3 score cows sold from 328c to 390c to average 380c, prime heavyweight cows topped at 418c to average 413c/kg. Heavy bulls to processors reached 418c/kg.

Market Reporter, Mick Kingham

							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	Feeder	D	2	1	-14	70	70	70	-350	135	135	135	$182	$182	$182
			E	2	3	NQ	240	240	240	NQ	462	462	462	$576	$576	$576
		Live Export	D	2	2	NQ	370	370	370	NQ	712	712	712	$981	$981	$981
		Restocker	D	2	49	44	350	466	373	-63	673	896	717	$805	$1,258	$886
	280-330	Feeder	C	2	8	NQ	452	452	452	NQ	869	869	869	$1,401	$1,401	$1,401
			D	2	5	-4	300	430	343	-72	577	827	660	$855	$1,398	$1,032
		Live Export	D	2	71	NQ	348	482	435	NQ	669	927	836	$1,027	$1,506	$1,358
		Restocker	C	2	11	-32	480	480	480	20	923	923	923	$1,536	$1,536	$1,536
			D	2	104	33	410	480	464	22	789	923	893	$1,251	$1,577	$1,429
	330-400	Feeder	C	2	8	-50	442	484	459	10	850	931	880	$1,694	$1,821	$1,720
			D	2	30	NC	412	474	441	7	808	912	848	$1,489	$1,588	$1,504
		Live Export	C	2	27	NQ	486	486	486	NQ	935	935	935	$1,798	$1,798	$1,798
		Restocker	C	2	6	-12	476	476	476	29	915	915	915	$1,642	$1,642	$1,642
			D	2	1	-14	422	422	422	-21	812	812	812	$1,540	$1,540	$1,540
	400+	Feeder	C	2	8	-5	450	450	450	12	865	865	865	$1,958	$1,958	$1,958
				3	13	NQ	458	458	458	NQ	864	864	864	$2,084	$2,084	$2,084
			D	2	1	NQ	418	418	418	NQ	820	820	820	$1,735	$1,735	$1,735
		Grainfed	C	3	28	NQ	464	468	466	NQ	876	883	879	$1,995	$2,246	$2,121
		Processor	C	3	2	NQ	478	478	478	NQ	902	902	902	$2,079	$2,079	$2,079
			D	3	1	NQ	404	404	404	NQ	762	762	762	$1,879	$1,879	$1,879
Yearling Heifer	0-200	Feeder	E	1	1	NQ	226	226	226	NQ	443	443	443	$418	$418	$418
	200-280	Feeder	E	1	5	NQ	290	290	290	NQ	580	580	580	$696	$696	$696
				2	9	NQ	270	270	270	NQ	529	529	529	$702	$702	$702
		Processor	D	2	1	-8	386	386	386	10	742	742	742	$1,042	$1,042	$1,042
		Restocker	D	2	72	NQ	100	404	351	NQ	196	777	676	$210	$1,071	$934
			E	2	10	NQ	215	215	215	NQ	422	422	422	$516	$516	$516
	280-330	Feeder	D	2	27	-12	360	412	377	3	692	792	726	$1,060	$1,277	$1,112
		Processor	D	2	6	5	424	424	424	12	815	815	815	$1,399	$1,399	$1,399
		Restocker	C	2	6	NQ	398	444	421	NQ	765	854	810	$1,174	$1,399	$1,286
			D	2	35	34	300	430	351	1	577	827	675	$870	$1,355	$1,099
			E	2	3	NQ	215	215	215	NQ	422	422	422	$613	$613	$613
	330-400	Feeder	C	2	8	-14	414	446	438	24	796	858	842	$1,583	$1,615	$1,591
				3	3	NQ	392	392	392	NQ	740	740	740	$1,431	$1,431	$1,431
			D	2	15	13	382	446	429	35	735	858	825	$1,337	$1,628	$1,550
				3	1	-8	310	310	310	-77	596	596	596	$1,116	$1,116	$1,116
		Grainfed	C	3	7	NQ	396	396	396	NQ	747	747	747	$1,465	$1,465	$1,465
		Processor	C	2	9	NQ	396	396	396	NQ	762	762	762	$1,366	$1,366	$1,366
			D	2	2	-1	382	382	382	-32	735	735	735	$1,452	$1,452	$1,452
		Restocker	C	2	3	NQ	360	360	360	NQ	692	692	692	$1,278	$1,278	$1,278
			D	2	37	NQ	360	450	444	NQ	692	865	854	$1,224	$1,739	$1,651
			E	1	1	NQ	226	226	226	NQ	443	443	443	$802	$802	$802
	400+	Feeder	C	3	36	NQ	440	450	448	NQ	830	849	844	$1,782	$1,980	$1,906
		Grainfed	C	3	20	NQ	454	454	454	NQ	857	857	857	$2,179	$2,179	$2,179
			D	3	1	NQ	384	384	384	NQ	739	739	739	$1,613	$1,613	$1,613
		Processor	C	3	22	NQ	422	454	441	NQ	796	857	832	$1,941	$1,975	$1,961
				4	16	13	456	456	456	42	860	860	860	$2,166	$2,166	$2,166
			D	3	7	NQ	430	430	430	NQ	811	811	811	$1,892	$1,892	$1,892
		Restocker	D	3	3	NQ	418	418	418	NQ	804	804	804	$1,797	$1,797	$1,797
Vealer Steer	0-200	Feeder	D	2	11	NQ	300	300	300	NQ	577	577	577	$495	$495	$495
		Restocker	D	2	248	213	298	462	432	-16	573	889	830	$387	$908	$757
	200-280	Feeder	D	2	3	NQ	348	348	348	NQ	669	669	669	$887	$887	$887
		Live Export	D	2	1	NQ	400	400	400	NQ	769	769	769	$1,040	$1,040	$1,040
		Restocker	C	2	13	-6	446	446	446	-136	858	858	858	$1,115	$1,115	$1,115
			D	2	121	117	336	472	447	29	646	908	861	$689	$1,224	$1,066
			E	2	1	NQ	230	230	230	NQ	451	451	451	$529	$529	$529
	280-330	Processor	C	2	1	NQ	410	410	410	NQ	789	789	789	$1,210	$1,210	$1,210
Vealer Heifer	0-200	Feeder	D	2	63	58	270	320	287	43	529	615	561	$378	$585	$465
		Processor	D	2	51	NQ	300	398	380	NQ	577	765	730	$555	$748	$705
		Restocker	D	2	24	-12	184	252	246	-108	354	485	474	$239	$428	$413
	200-280	Feeder	D	2	1	-1	250	250	250	-126	490	490	490	$563	$563	$563
		Processor	C	2	43	-64	380	428	406	-30	731	823	780	$855	$1,087	$932
			D	2	24	2	384	398	397	-3	739	765	764	$941	$1,075	$1,069
		Restocker	D	2	9	-49	246	390	343	-8	473	750	659	$529	$878	$744
Manufacturing Steer	0-540	Feeder	D	2	4	NQ	370	370	370	NQ	712	712	712	$1,517	$1,517	$1,517
			E	2	2	NQ	110	358	234	NQ	216	689	452	$424	$1,378	$901
		Live Export	D	3	1	NC	426	426	426	6	804	804	804	$2,173	$2,173	$2,173
		Processor	D	3	18	4	430	460	456	49	811	868	861	$2,134	$2,371	$2,256
	540+	Processor	D	3	1	-2	414	414	414	10	781	781	781	$2,836	$2,836	$2,836
				4	4	3	478	478	478	44	902	902	902	$2,677	$2,677	$2,677
				5	1	NQ	440	440	440	NQ	815	815	815	$3,234	$3,234	$3,234
Grown Steer	0-400	Feeder	E	2	1	NQ	380	380	380	NQ	745	745	745	$1,235	$1,235	$1,235
		Live Export	D	2	3	NQ	360	360	360	NQ	692	692	692	$1,224	$1,224	$1,224
		Processor	D	2	1	NQ	440	440	440	NQ	846	846	846	$1,496	$1,496	$1,496
		Restocker	D	2	11	NQ	406	452	414	NQ	781	869	797	$1,523	$1,605	$1,537
	400-500	Feeder	C	2	32	20	420	462	445	35	793	872	840	$1,911	$2,195	$2,014
			D	2	29	26	350	452	431	36	673	869	828	$1,470	$2,011	$1,806
				3	36	25	456	468	461	15	860	883	869	$1,989	$2,257	$2,113
		Processor	C	4	9	NQ	476	476	476	NQ	882	882	882	$2,309	$2,309	$2,309
			D	2	12	11	394	460	449	43	758	885	864	$1,635	$2,024	$1,959
				3	18	-9	450	456	454	44	849	860	857	$2,143	$2,228	$2,167
		Restocker	D	2	10	NQ	398	406	405	NQ	780	781	781	$1,632	$1,726	$1,716
	500-600	Processor	C	3	17	NQ	470	476	472	NQ	887	898	891	$2,397	$2,428	$2,408
				4	4	NQ	470	470	470	NQ	870	870	870	$2,562	$2,562	$2,562
			D	3	16	NC	466	466	466	62	879	879	879	$2,493	$2,493	$2,493
Grown Heifer	0-540	Feeder	D	2	27	-13	328	346	343	-29	656	692	685	$1,050	$1,055	$1,054
		Processor	C	3	9	6	400	410	401	-2	755	774	757	$1,804	$1,880	$1,872
				4	56	NQ	420	430	425	NQ	793	811	802	$2,079	$2,279	$2,187
			D	2	21	18	294	414	349	-37	588	828	698	$985	$1,474	$1,240
				3	28	-9	376	410	404	26	723	789	777	$1,372	$1,845	$1,752
			E	2	1	NQ	336	336	336	NQ	672	672	672	$1,159	$1,159	$1,159
		Restocker	D	2	4	2	200	320	290	110	400	640	580	$690	$736	$725
	540+	Processor	C	3	10	NQ	420	420	420	NQ	793	793	793	$2,331	$2,331	$2,331
				4	26	NQ	428	430	429	NQ	808	811	810	$2,333	$2,408	$2,373
Cows	0-400	Feeder	D	1	17	-34	204	286	222	-96	464	636	503	$620	$915	$665
				2	2	NQ	280	290	285	NQ	609	617	613	$1,078	$1,102	$1,090
		Processor	D	2	27	-22	292	334	316	-27	621	726	684	$1,125	$1,240	$1,158
				3	7	5	350	356	353	23	745	757	752	$1,348	$1,388	$1,371
			E	2	10	NQ	358	358	358	NQ	778	778	778	$1,325	$1,325	$1,325
		Restocker	E	1	13	NQ	140	280	199	NQ	318	636	452	$357	$756	$539
	400-520	Processor	C	3	3	-4	380	380	380	-26	760	760	760	$1,748	$1,748	$1,748
			D	2	9	-49	320	352	332	-25	681	749	707	$1,360	$1,461	$1,383
				3	74	-95	328	396	380	-2	698	796	768	$1,492	$2,039	$1,746
				4	2	NC	386	386	386	6	742	742	742	$1,776	$1,776	$1,776
	520+	Processor	C	3	2	NQ	406	406	406	NQ	781	781	781	$2,132	$2,132	$2,132
			D	2	2	NQ	350	350	350	NQ	745	745	745	$1,960	$1,960	$1,960
				3	6	-55	378	396	393	-5	741	762	758	$1,985	$2,158	$2,129
				4	35	27	400	418	413	17	774	804	797	$2,240	$2,501	$2,353
			E	3	1	NQ	318	318	318	NQ	663	663	663	$2,035	$2,035	$2,035
Calves	80+	Restocker	D	2	7	NQ	280	280	280	NQ	539	539	539	$336	$336	$336
Bulls	0-450	Feeder	D	2	49	33	298	414	354	4	573	796	681	$477	$1,663	$1,003
			E	2	59	27	264	292	266	-37	508	573	513	$412	$1,197	$466
		Live Export	C	2	6	NQ	392	396	394	NQ	740	762	751	$1,228	$1,686	$1,457
				3	1	NQ	400	400	400	NQ	755	755	755	$1,720	$1,720	$1,720
			D	2	92	46	316	406	369	-14	608	781	709	$806	$1,685	$1,278
		Processor	C	3	1	NQ	442	442	442	NQ	834	834	834	$1,812	$1,812	$1,812
			D	2	3	-32	338	398	378	-72	650	765	727	$642	$955	$851
		Restocker	D	2	162	137	244	422	366	-12	469	812	704	$342	$1,118	$717
			E	2	20	NQ	225	268	266	NQ	441	515	512	$389	$596	$399
	450-600	Feeder	C	2	1	-3	390	390	390	-10	736	736	736	$2,204	$2,204	$2,204
			D	1	1	-25	372	372	372	4	729	729	729	$1,823	$1,823	$1,823
				2	23	13	340	410	398	25	654	789	765	$1,680	$1,960	$1,880
		Live Export	C	2	1	-1	396	396	396	8	747	747	747	$2,198	$2,198	$2,198
			D	3	10	8	403	403	403	7	760	760	760	$1,894	$1,894	$1,894
		Processor	D	2	9	-11	390	390	390	21	750	750	750	$1,833	$1,833	$1,833
				3	32	30	394	416	403	31	743	785	760	$2,128	$2,300	$2,214
	600+	Feeder	D	3	2	-12	356	408	382	-3	672	756	714	$2,154	$2,591	$2,372
		Processor	C	3	5	-14	402	418	410	16	744	774	768	$2,529	$3,301	$3,001
			D	3	3	-8	412	412	412	23	777	777	777	$2,699	$2,699	$2,699

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