Dubbo Cattle Sale Report

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Meat & Livestock Australia Saleyard Reports

Report Date: 6th August 2026

Total Yarding: 3,479

Commentary

Numbers lifted by 650 for a yarding of 3480. It was a very plain quality yarding with large numbers of secondary cattle lacking condition throughout. There were large numbers of weaners yarded which all sold to a much tougher market. There were only odd pens of well finished yearlings and cows yarded along with a few lots of well finished grown steers and heifers.

Young cattle to the trade were around firm with prime vealers and yearlings selling from 450c to 550c/kg. Feeder steers and plainer quality feeder heifers were 40c cheaper while the better quality feeder heifers were 10c/kg cheaper. Feeder steers sold from 400c to 566c while the feeder heifers sold from 400c to 526c/kg. Young cattle to the restockers were 40c to 70c cheaper with the young steers selling from 276c to 546c while the young restocker heifers sold from 270c to 525c/kg.

Grown steers and heifers were 10c to 20c cheaper with the prime grown steers selling from 425c to 460c while the prime grown heifers sold from 412c to 470c/kg. Cows were 8c to 15c cheaper with the 2 and 3 scores selling from 220c to 385c while the prime heavy weights sold from 370c to 412c to average 396c/kg. Cows to the restockers sold from 125c to 382c/kg. Heavy bulls sold to 429c/kg.

Report produced by David Monk