Charters Towers Cattle Report

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Report Date: 30th September 2026

Total Yarding: 3234 (-291)

Charters Towers Combined Agents penned 3234 cattle, 291 less than last sale. Quality was again mixed, comprising of over 900 bullocks and grown steers, supported by some good pens of heavy cows and several mixed lines of young cattle. The buyer panel was reduced to regular processors, feeders, restockers and one live exporter. Cattle were drawn from Mt Isa to Georgetown and south The Burdekin, local and coastal areas.

Good quality young steers met solid demand from backgrounders and feeder buyers were competitive throughout lifting values by 8c to 30c on last sale. Heavy yearling steers and heifers to feed improved 7c to 20c, grown steers to processors lifted 7c to 14c, grown heifers lifted 17c, heavy prime cows improved 5c to 8c/kg.

Good quality weaned vealer steers to restockers averaged 363c to 433c, selling to 470c multiple times. A small sample of restocker heifers averaged 354c/kg. Yearling steers above 330kg to feed reached 462c, averaging 422c/kg, while steers above 400kg to feed reached 450c to average 425c to 442c/kg. Heavy yearling heifers to feed sold to 398c to average 387c/kg. Prime grown steers above 400kg to feed made to 412c to average 363c, trade types averaged 388c/kg. Steers above 500kg to processors sold to 412c to average 405c/kg. Prime grown heifers to processors sold from 306c to 384c/kg.

An increased supply of heavy young bullocks to export slaughter topped at 416c to average 407c. One bullock donated to RFDS made 460c/kg to return $3036. Full mouthed bullocks averaged 397c/kg. Medium weight 3 score cows averaged 335c to 345c selling to 350c/kg. A good offering of prime heavyweight cows topped at 372c, averaging 354c to 362c/kg. Heavy bulls to processors sold to 376c/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	6	-12	296	322	309	-47	569	619	594	$814	$853	$834
		Processor	D	2	1	-7	335	335	335	55	644	644	644	$938	$938	$938
		Restocker	D	2	28	20	260	362	353	58	500	696	680	$676	$810	$790
			E	2	1	NQ	100	100	100	NQ	192	192	192	$255	$255	$255
	280-330	Feeder	C	2	1	-34	394	394	394	4	758	758	758	$1,261	$1,261	$1,261
			D	2	37	-5	300	372	357	23	577	715	687	$885	$1,159	$1,061
		Processor	D	2	4	NQ	380	380	380	NQ	731	731	731	$1,159	$1,159	$1,159
		Restocker	D	2	8	NQ	338	338	338	NQ	650	650	650	$980	$980	$980
	330-400	Feeder	C	2	31	21	384	462	421	37	739	889	810	$1,387	$1,825	$1,590
			D	2	150	-75	342	444	422	32	658	854	812	$1,146	$1,691	$1,575
		Restocker	D	2	41	-14	276	434	372	-38	541	835	720	$938	$1,541	$1,306
	400+	Feeder	C	2	38	-2	422	450	442	37	796	849	835	$1,751	$2,138	$2,035
			D	2	101	-55	364	444	425	12	700	854	815	$1,474	$1,931	$1,789
		Processor	D	3	11	NQ	394	394	394	NQ	743	743	743	$1,872	$1,872	$1,872
Yearling Heifer	0-200	Feeder	D	2	2	NQ	240	240	240	NQ	462	462	462	$468	$468	$468
	200-280	Feeder	D	2	18	10	288	326	316	61	554	627	608	$792	$831	$822
			E	2	10	NQ	100	240	226	NQ	196	471	443	$260	$576	$544
		Processor	C	2	19	NQ	344	344	344	NQ	662	662	662	$963	$963	$963
			D	2	6	-1	288	288	288	-12	554	554	554	$691	$792	$708
			E	2	7	3	270	270	270	-10	529	529	529	$716	$716	$716
		Restocker	D	2	26	-15	152	310	249	-40	292	596	479	$372	$729	$592
	280-330	Feeder	C	2	1	NQ	390	390	390	NQ	750	750	750	$1,287	$1,287	$1,287
			D	2	12	-32	250	328	302	-28	490	631	584	$725	$1,017	$920
		Processor	D	2	23	NC	282	338	297	-21	542	650	571	$874	$980	$919
	330-400	Feeder	C	2	29	9	398	418	402	45	751	804	768	$1,433	$1,572	$1,491
			D	2	32	-14	328	328	328	-47	631	631	631	$1,148	$1,148	$1,148
		Processor	C	3	3	NQ	330	330	330	NQ	623	623	623	$1,221	$1,221	$1,221
			D	2	1	NQ	330	330	330	NQ	635	635	635	$1,205	$1,205	$1,205
				3	2	NQ	264	320	292	NQ	498	615	557	$1,016	$1,216	$1,116
		Restocker	C	2	8	-9	418	418	418	33	804	804	804	$1,400	$1,400	$1,400
	400+	Feeder	C	2	40	NQ	372	398	387	NQ	702	751	730	$1,525	$1,652	$1,598
		Processor	D	3	11	-2	350	350	350	-13	660	660	660	$1,470	$1,470	$1,470
		Restocker	D	3	11	NQ	378	378	378	NQ	713	713	713	$1,607	$1,607	$1,607
Vealer Steer	0-200	Restocker	D	2	73	36	400	470	446	180	769	904	858	$500	$940	$784
	200-280	Processor	C	2	26	22	336	346	336	8	646	665	647	$840	$952	$844
			D	2	76	72	330	330	330	14	635	635	635	$792	$809	$797
		Restocker	C	2	44	27	340	402	363	-65	654	773	698	$864	$1,019	$900
			D	2	129	103	362	470	422	23	696	904	812	$778	$1,139	$968
	280-330	Processor	C	2	1	NQ	346	346	346	NQ	665	665	665	$1,003	$1,003	$1,003
Vealer Heifer	0-200	Feeder	D	2	32	28	270	288	278	36	519	554	536	$405	$533	$465
		Processor	D	2	5	-19	270	270	270	-52	519	519	519	$513	$513	$513
		Restocker	D	2	5	-98	296	296	296	30	569	569	569	$385	$385	$385
	200-280	Feeder	D	2	22	21	282	304	298	-12	542	585	572	$578	$775	$671
		Processor	C	2	5	-61	324	352	345	16	623	677	664	$680	$968	$883
			D	2	11	-15	288	306	299	-7	554	589	576	$662	$811	$757
		Restocker	D	2	3	-50	306	306	306	7	589	589	589	$704	$704	$704
Manufacturing Steer	0-540	Feeder	D	2	18	-165	350	354	351	-39	673	681	675	$1,505	$1,663	$1,627
		Processor	D	1	5	NQ	248	248	248	NQ	486	486	486	$1,166	$1,166	$1,166
				2	39	-28	336	362	351	18	646	696	674	$1,651	$1,714	$1,673
				3	72	-114	386	400	396	13	728	755	744	$1,940	$2,160	$2,079
	540+	Feeder	D	2	9	NC	310	310	310	-54	596	596	596	$1,690	$1,690	$1,690
				3	8	NQ	296	320	314	NQ	569	604	595	$1,687	$1,936	$1,874
		Processor	C	4	1	-24	410	410	410	-1	746	746	746	$2,686	$2,686	$2,686
			D	3	47	36	210	406	369	-29	404	762	691	$1,376	$2,516	$2,225
				4	145	99	396	416	407	7	733	770	753	$2,218	$2,815	$2,583
				5	2	NQ	406	460	433	NQ	738	836	787	$3,065	$3,243	$3,154
Grown Steer	0-400	Feeder	D	2	78	30	270	354	348	-1	529	681	670	$851	$1,398	$1,214
			E	2	3	-1	294	294	294	17	577	577	577	$926	$926	$926
		Processor	D	2	9	-7	250	378	356	31	481	727	684	$863	$1,418	$1,332
	400-500	Feeder	D	2	218	47	340	424	377	-22	654	831	728	$1,426	$1,866	$1,609
				3	40	NQ	388	396	390	NQ	719	747	730	$1,785	$1,980	$1,880
		Processor	D	2	4	NQ	350	350	350	NQ	673	673	673	$1,418	$1,418	$1,418
				3	49	1	308	422	388	6	592	796	732	$1,263	$2,005	$1,817
	500-600	Processor	D	3	39	36	384	406	400	14	711	766	755	$2,000	$2,150	$2,041
				4	19	6	405	412	412	18	750	763	762	$2,066	$2,410	$2,392
Grown Heifer	0-540	Processor	C	2	13	12	382	382	382	42	721	721	721	$1,738	$1,738	$1,738
				3	7	-2	384	384	384	17	725	725	725	$1,690	$1,690	$1,690
			D	2	40	24	260	332	305	-14	520	651	606	$884	$1,278	$1,160
				3	15	-18	300	330	310	-8	588	635	609	$1,101	$1,287	$1,205
			E	2	1	NQ	280	280	280	NQ	571	571	571	$896	$896	$896
Cows	0-400	Feeder	D	1	31	-19	220	240	223	23	489	533	496	$671	$696	$675
				2	15	12	255	392	309	72	554	754	646	$816	$1,470	$1,115
			E	2	1	NQ	120	120	120	NQ	231	231	231	$426	$426	$426
		Processor	D	1	17	8	262	300	269	-5	582	667	597	$878	$885	$879
				2	70	-26	160	310	294	-3	356	674	630	$512	$1,201	$1,057
				3	47	25	302	326	314	-5	625	665	649	$1,148	$1,288	$1,214
			E	1	14	NQ	186	186	186	NQ	423	423	423	$502	$502	$502
				2	1	-22	312	312	312	76	678	678	678	$1,123	$1,123	$1,123
		Restocker	E	1	2	NQ	50	50	50	NQ	114	114	114	$135	$135	$135
	400-520	Processor	C	3	30	29	344	346	345	-15	688	692	690	$1,634	$1,765	$1,699
			D	2	10	-15	312	320	314	-3	650	681	656	$1,279	$1,392	$1,302
				3	161	31	310	350	335	-3	633	714	683	$1,295	$1,820	$1,547
				4	24	NQ	350	364	352	NQ	690	728	697	$1,656	$1,795	$1,758
	520+	Processor	C	3	23	10	358	358	358	-5	716	716	716	$1,933	$1,933	$1,933
				4	64	41	340	372	362	-8	667	718	706	$1,819	$2,102	$1,990
			D	3	29	14	332	365	357	7	678	716	704	$1,760	$2,208	$1,924
				4	52	47	326	366	354	3	627	728	691	$1,712	$2,086	$1,929
				5	10	NQ	330	330	330	NQ	635	635	635	$1,964	$1,964	$1,964
Bulls	0-450	Feeder	C	2	6	-9	326	376	359	-22	627	723	686	$1,013	$1,562	$1,311
			D	1	1	-3	336	336	336	196	659	659	659	$806	$806	$806
				2	170	47	270	390	355	18	519	750	682	$648	$1,494	$1,173
			E	2	18	9	120	340	206	-7	235	667	403	$432	$1,377	$487
		Live Export	D	2	30	11	300	346	331	16	577	665	636	$810	$1,065	$965
			E	2	4	NQ	292	292	292	NQ	573	573	573	$788	$788	$788
		Processor	D	1	1	NQ	320	320	320	NQ	628	628	628	$768	$768	$768
				2	7	-22	280	336	308	9	539	646	593	$773	$1,232	$977
				3	2	NQ	330	330	330	NQ	623	623	623	$1,403	$1,403	$1,403
			E	2	1	NQ	288	288	288	NQ	565	565	565	$936	$936	$936
		Restocker	C	2	35	NQ	322	398	368	NQ	619	751	698	$757	$1,552	$1,234
			D	1	9	NQ	208	208	208	NQ	408	408	408	$270	$270	$270
				2	44	14	200	406	298	25	385	781	574	$507	$787	$652
			E	2	3	NQ	150	296	199	NQ	294	580	390	$458	$518	$478
	450-600	Feeder	C	2	2	NQ	320	340	330	NQ	615	642	628	$1,696	$1,921	$1,809
			D	2	37	24	200	358	321	-3	385	676	615	$1,060	$1,754	$1,533
				3	4	-3	332	340	336	-24	626	642	634	$1,615	$1,892	$1,754
	600+	Processor	C	3	6	-3	372	376	373	12	676	696	683	$2,269	$2,753	$2,427
			D	3	14	11	356	364	357	6	659	674	662	$2,196	$2,621	$2,241

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