Dubbo Cattle Report

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Report Date: 8th October 2026

Total Yarding: 4773 (-557)

Numbers were back by 560 for a yarding of 4773. It was another pretty good quality yarding with good numbers of prime cattle in all sections along with fair numbers to suit the feeders and backgrounders.

Young cattle to the trade were 8c dearer with the prime vealers and yearlings selling from 435c to 520c/kg. Lightweight feeder steers and heifers were up to 12c dearer while the heavier feeders were 6c/kg cheaper. Feeder steers sold from 468c to 593c while the feeder heifers sold from 410c to 530c/kg. Young cattle to the restockers were firm to 6c dearer with the young steers selling to 625c/kg. Young restocker heifers sold to 510c/kg.

Grown steers and heifers were up to 18c dearer with the prime grown steers selling from 417c to 500c/kg. Prime grown heifers sold from 415c to 496c/kg. Cows were 13c to 16c dearer with the 2 and 3 scores to the processors selling from 305c to 388c while the prime heavy weight cows sold from 380c to 417c to average 397c/kg. Cows to the restockers sold to 380c and heavy bulls sold to 445c/kg.

Report produced by David Monk

							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	280-330	Feeder	C	2	16	-8	470	500	497	-38	904	962	955	$1,414	$1,625	$1,540
		Processor	C	3	1	NQ	500	500	500	NQ	909	909	909	$1,625	$1,625	$1,625
		Restocker	C	2	86	-12	470	612	548	15	904	1,177	1,054	$1,340	$1,989	$1,730
			D	3	3	NQ	358	358	358	NQ	746	746	746	$1,056	$1,056	$1,056
	330-400	Feeder	C	2	246	154	494	593	537	21	950	1,140	1,031	$1,675	$2,283	$1,955
				3	9	-4	512	520	518	-38	931	946	942	$1,950	$1,971	$1,955
		Processor	C	3	4	NQ	512	512	512	NQ	931	931	931	$1,971	$1,971	$1,971
		Restocker	C	2	40	1	476	598	531	-7	915	1,150	1,020	$1,642	$2,196	$1,861
				3	3	NQ	526	526	526	NQ	956	956	956	$1,867	$1,867	$1,867
	400+	Feeder	C	2	108	-88	468	584	512	-14	900	1,123	984	$2,049	$2,410	$2,318
				3	201	-81	480	562	509	-33	889	1,081	939	$2,230	$2,769	$2,488
		Processor	C	3	1	-1	496	496	496	8	902	902	902	$2,604	$2,604	$2,604
			D	3	17	NQ	375	375	375	NQ	798	798	798	$1,819	$1,819	$1,819
Yearling Heifer	200-280	Restocker	C	2	41	20	365	484	409	-68	702	931	787	$1,004	$1,238	$1,087
	280-330	Feeder	C	2	40	NQ	416	494	439	NQ	800	950	845	$1,197	$1,606	$1,377
		Processor	D	3	11	NQ	350	350	350	NQ	673	673	673	$1,138	$1,138	$1,138
		Restocker	C	2	49	-45	352	480	439	-38	677	923	844	$1,144	$1,560	$1,359
			D	3	12	NQ	305	305	305	NQ	635	635	635	$991	$991	$991
	330-400	Feeder	C	2	124	79	414	530	485	18	796	1,019	932	$1,534	$1,882	$1,749
				3	13	5	410	509	501	1	746	926	912	$1,579	$1,858	$1,836
		Processor	C	2	13	NQ	365	365	365	NQ	702	702	702	$1,369	$1,369	$1,369
				3	28	-27	410	520	485	-24	746	946	881	$1,579	$2,002	$1,839
		Restocker	C	2	3	-9	408	408	408	-88	785	785	785	$1,367	$1,367	$1,367
				3	11	-4	496	496	496	-4	902	902	902	$1,696	$1,696	$1,696
	400+	Feeder	C	3	227	83	412	515	487	-2	749	989	893	$1,904	$2,802	$2,305
		Processor	C	3	29	-17	435	514	493	15	806	989	903	$1,979	$2,478	$2,260
Vealer Steer	0-200	Restocker	C	2	64	47	525	625	587	-8	1,010	1,202	1,128	$761	$1,156	$1,064
	200-280	Restocker	C	2	30	-97	395	608	559	-7	760	1,169	1,076	$968	$1,645	$1,389
	280-330	Restocker	C	2	20	-29	520	568	539	-13	1,000	1,092	1,037	$1,619	$1,820	$1,730
Vealer Heifer	0-200	Restocker	C	2	64	31	426	510	479	-39	819	981	921	$653	$995	$857
	200-280	Restocker	C	2	64	-70	420	498	477	1	808	958	918	$903	$1,370	$1,256
	280-330	Restocker	C	2	10	-17	490	490	490	11	942	942	942	$1,593	$1,593	$1,593
	330+	Processor	C	3	1	NC	510	510	510	18	879	879	879	$1,811	$1,811	$1,811
Manufacturing Steer	0-540	Restocker	D	2	3	NQ	250	250	250	NQ	556	556	556	$1,188	$1,188	$1,188
	540+	Processor	D	4	1	NQ	365	365	365	NQ	760	760	760	$3,267	$3,267	$3,267
Grown Steer	0-400	Feeder	C	2	8	NQ	492	492	492	NQ	946	946	946	$1,894	$1,894	$1,894
	400-500	Feeder	C	2	5	-68	410	410	410	-47	789	789	789	$1,866	$1,866	$1,866
				3	8	-53	450	502	463	-39	865	930	881	$2,048	$2,435	$2,144
		Restocker	C	2	5	NQ	432	432	432	NQ	900	900	900	$1,966	$1,966	$1,966
				3	9	NQ	476	476	476	NQ	882	882	882	$2,166	$2,166	$2,166
	500-600	Feeder	C	3	28	-3	490	510	499	1	891	927	905	$2,565	$2,984	$2,626
		Processor	C	3	6	NQ	414	414	414	NQ	796	796	796	$2,174	$2,174	$2,174
				4	16	-106	456	500	491	27	814	909	890	$2,668	$2,825	$2,774
	600-750	Processor	C	4	40	2	417	496	423	-29	758	902	768	$2,606	$3,397	$2,668
Grown Heifer	0-540	Feeder	C	3	63	-6	390	482	446	-4	750	889	842	$1,853	$2,328	$2,146
		Processor	C	4	6	-34	415	415	415	-49	769	769	769	$2,013	$2,013	$2,013
	540+	Feeder	C	3	18	14	430	462	456	11	782	840	830	$2,480	$2,518	$2,515
		Processor	C	4	74	6	430	496	482	26	782	954	876	$2,344	$3,085	$2,702
Cows	400-520	Processor	D	2	9	7	305	352	326	-4	693	800	741	$1,296	$1,637	$1,448
				3	86	26	355	385	377	17	755	819	803	$1,652	$1,931	$1,844
				4	23	NQ	390	390	390	NQ	750	750	750	$2,009	$2,009	$2,009
		Restocker	D	3	19	-15	370	380	377	-13	787	817	811	$1,748	$1,881	$1,809
	520+	Processor	D	3	61	-166	378	388	385	13	804	826	819	$1,985	$2,214	$2,069
				4	407	-147	380	417	397	14	731	802	770	$2,006	$3,068	$2,354
Calves	80+	Restocker	C	2	2	NQ	410	410	410	NQ	789	789	789	$390	$390	$390
Bulls	0-450	Feeder	C	2	13	10	448	454	452	0	862	873	870	$1,566	$1,590	$1,574
		Restocker	C	2	43	-87	424	550	462	21	815	1,058	888	$1,183	$1,828	$1,445
	450-600	Feeder	C	2	38	NQ	420	420	420	NQ	764	764	764	$1,953	$1,953	$1,953
				3	1	NQ	417	417	417	NQ	772	772	772	$2,273	$2,273	$2,273
		Processor	C	2	3	NQ	380	380	380	NQ	731	731	731	$2,223	$2,223	$2,223
	600+	Processor	C	2	4	NQ	410	410	410	NQ	789	789	789	$2,563	$2,563	$2,563
				3	60	39	403	445	422	2	694	773	728	$2,911	$5,483	$3,498

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