Echuca Cattle Report

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Report Date: 7th October 2026

Total Yarding: 1100 (-162)

Numbers eased to 1100 cattle and there was also a drop in quality, and it was probably the most mixed yarding Echuca has seen for some time with a bit of everything on offer. Most of the decline in numbers was across the export grades. Not all buyers attended in a market which performed around quality. The best genuine slaughter, feeder and store calves were firm to dearer in spots, but bidding was much more erratic or ‘hit and miss’ on the plainer and secondary runs. The outcome was price results which ranged from cheaper to firm or even slightly dearer than a week ago.

The very good Euro vealers and grain fed yearlings consistently sold from 500c to 535c with just a few select high yielding bodies higher to a market top of 564c/kg. Showing how quality was rewarded there was some heavier grainfeds weighing 560kg that made to 536c/kg, which is one of the better sales for weight recorded in the past month. But once off the lead pens the market was a lot more erratic, particularly for heifers and a rate of 430c to 480c/kg covered a lot of sales. Crossbred and dairy types ranged from 350c to 460c/kg depending on shape and quality. One buyer held a Gippsland restocking order and light calves sold to 539.2c/kg but most sales remained in the range of 460c to 520c/kg for the better types back to the paddock.

It was a limited and scrappy export run of cattle. In the cows the best beef lines were around firm at 386c to 420c/kg; plainer cows were easier and Dairy cows were cheaper at 330c to 365c/kg for the lead while plain lots sold from 250c to 320c/kg. Not many grown steers to quote, most from 460c to 485c/kg.

Market reporter: Jenny Kelly

							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	Restocker	C	2	8	7	540	540	540	57	1,018	1,018	1,018	$1,484	$1,484	$1,484
	280-330	Restocker	C	2	3	-7	400	482	427	-48	755	910	806	$1,180	$1,519	$1,293
	330-400	Feeder	C	2	11	-4	489	502	496	7	922	966	944	$1,881	$1,974	$1,954
			D	2	3	NQ	479	479	479	NQ	938	938	938	$1,761	$1,761	$1,761
		Processor	B	2	1	NC	500	500	500	-52	909	909	909	$1,675	$1,675	$1,675
				3	2	NQ	510	512	511	NQ	914	927	921	$2,015	$2,022	$2,018
			C	3	2	1	455	505	480	-16	843	918	880	$1,706	$2,020	$1,863
		Restocker	C	1	3	NQ	456	456	456	NQ	911	911	911	$1,640	$1,640	$1,640
				2	30	23	470	534	519	52	871	1,008	985	$1,716	$2,113	$2,040
			D	2	16	NQ	462	470	468	NQ	900	906	903	$1,662	$1,796	$1,722
	400+	Feeder	B	2	4	-12	499	510	507	109	923	944	939	$2,142	$2,319	$2,186
				3	7	1	531	537	534	331	965	976	971	$2,138	$2,200	$2,174
			C	2	35	1	445	525	506	-15	840	972	950	$2,016	$2,373	$2,218
				3	18	5	486	537	521	14	900	976	960	$2,200	$2,515	$2,432
		Processor	B	2	13	12	466	530	507	-3	848	946	909	$2,121	$2,504	$2,339
				3	53	-22	500	548	522	-6	909	962	932	$2,050	$2,594	$2,371
			C	2	2	-2	492	492	492	-3	895	895	895	$2,066	$2,066	$2,066
				3	26	10	480	511	496	1	873	928	908	$2,016	$2,375	$2,203
			D	3	1	NQ	440	440	440	NQ	815	815	815	$1,980	$1,980	$1,980
		PTIC	C	2	1	-13	420	420	420	-72	808	808	808	$1,953	$1,953	$1,953
		Restocker	C	2	1	-6	498	498	498	19	923	923	923	$2,292	$2,292	$2,292
Yearling Heifer	200-280	Restocker	E	2	4	-1	411	411	411	-22	821	821	821	$1,133	$1,133	$1,133
	280-330	Restocker	C	2	5	-1	478	478	478	8	901	901	901	$1,504	$1,504	$1,504
				3	7	NQ	477	480	479	NQ	900	905	904	$1,453	$1,502	$1,467
			D	2	10	-10	428	459	432	-3	855	882	860	$1,346	$1,513	$1,389
				3	10	NQ	486	486	486	NQ	916	916	916	$1,564	$1,564	$1,564
			E	2	14	NQ	420	420	420	NQ	839	839	839	$1,221	$1,221	$1,221
	330-400	Feeder	C	2	4	-16	455	468	461	-1	859	882	870	$1,806	$1,847	$1,827
			D	2	5	3	426	450	440	12	819	867	853	$1,617	$1,681	$1,664
		Processor	B	3	16	-3	510	510	510	1	927	927	927	$1,958	$1,958	$1,958
			C	2	4	1	518	518	518	63	942	942	942	$1,968	$1,968	$1,968
				3	11	-1	490	515	497	17	891	936	907	$1,789	$2,013	$1,932
				4	18	14	480	510	507	49	889	927	923	$1,906	$1,964	$1,957
			D	2	1	NQ	340	340	340	NQ	654	654	654	$1,258	$1,258	$1,258
				3	16	14	350	475	449	31	673	879	840	$1,225	$1,840	$1,731
			E	2	1	NQ	250	250	250	NQ	500	500	500	$875	$875	$875
		Restocker	C	4	4	NQ	472	472	472	NQ	874	874	874	$1,634	$1,634	$1,634
			D	2	5	NC	416	444	427	-5	832	853	841	$1,404	$1,561	$1,486
				3	16	11	432	480	470	42	830	906	889	$1,575	$1,839	$1,742
	400+	Feeder	C	2	3	NQ	470	470	470	NQ	887	887	887	$2,035	$2,035	$2,035
				3	11	3	512	512	512	18	949	949	949	$2,233	$2,233	$2,233
			D	2	2	1	443	445	444	14	852	856	854	$1,861	$1,958	$1,909
				3	2	1	445	445	445	-4	839	839	839	$1,801	$1,801	$1,801
		Processor	B	3	2	-11	510	522	516	1	927	932	930	$2,168	$2,401	$2,284
			C	3	39	34	450	494	481	12	833	915	882	$1,930	$2,355	$2,074
				4	56	38	480	494	486	10	882	915	890	$1,989	$2,241	$2,073
			D	3	26	10	420	480	438	14	792	906	826	$1,762	$2,012	$1,863
				4	2	-9	439	439	439	-10	828	828	828	$2,105	$2,105	$2,105
		Restocker	C	2	1	NQ	490	490	490	NQ	925	925	925	$2,352	$2,352	$2,352
			D	2	1	NQ	450	450	450	NQ	866	866	866	$1,913	$1,913	$1,913
Vealer Steer	200-280	Restocker	D	1	4	NQ	440	440	440	NQ	880	880	880	$994	$994	$994
				2	4	3	476	476	476	36	951	951	951	$1,170	$1,170	$1,170
	280-330	Restocker	C	2	5	4	460	465	464	-46	911	920	913	$1,334	$1,496	$1,464
	330+	Feeder	C	3	1	NQ	513	513	513	NQ	950	950	950	$1,925	$1,925	$1,925
		Processor	B	3	6	NQ	530	565	536	NQ	946	991	954	$2,274	$2,417	$2,298
Vealer Heifer	200-280	Restocker	C	3	2	NQ	445	445	445	NQ	840	840	840	$1,210	$1,210	$1,210
			D	2	17	NQ	402	480	423	NQ	803	960	845	$1,024	$1,206	$1,044
			E	2	4	1	448	448	448	146	896	896	896	$1,053	$1,053	$1,053
	280-330	Processor	D	3	1	NQ	440	440	440	NQ	815	815	815	$1,342	$1,342	$1,342
		Restocker	C	3	6	NQ	453	480	475	NQ	888	905	902	$1,313	$1,453	$1,430
			D	1	3	NQ	459	459	459	NQ	917	917	917	$1,399	$1,399	$1,399
				3	1	NQ	459	459	459	NQ	882	882	882	$1,330	$1,330	$1,330
			E	3	1	NQ	380	380	380	NQ	792	792	792	$1,148	$1,148	$1,148
	330+	Processor	B	3	5	1	535	535	535	27	972	972	972	$2,379	$2,379	$2,379
			C	3	7	3	515	515	515	36	936	954	946	$2,019	$2,019	$2,019
Manufacturing Steer	0-540	Dairy	D	2	5	NQ	330	400	350	NQ	660	784	697	$1,224	$1,880	$1,377
			E	2	3	NQ	248	305	267	NQ	496	635	542	$893	$1,081	$956
		Feeder	D	2	6	-23	400	467	444	-5	769	897	855	$1,940	$2,114	$2,056
		Live Export	D	2	2	NQ	398	398	398	NQ	780	780	780	$1,678	$1,678	$1,678
		Processor	D	2	5	-4	368	448	401	6	722	862	771	$1,620	$2,115	$1,802
				3	5	-2	420	462	432	-1	778	856	801	$1,920	$2,287	$2,029
		Restocker	D	2	12	-21	389	459	427	-17	781	905	846	$1,495	$1,895	$1,643
				3	1	-2	428	428	428	-17	808	808	808	$1,542	$1,542	$1,542
			E	2	3	-1	330	383	354	-14	660	797	719	$1,052	$1,370	$1,175
	540+	Processor	D	3	4	NC	460	460	460	2	868	868	868	$2,553	$2,553	$2,553
Grown Steer	400-500	Feeder	D	3	2	NQ	475	475	475	NQ	880	880	880	$2,114	$2,114	$2,114
		Processor	B	3	2	-2	515	515	515	8	920	920	920	$2,498	$2,498	$2,498
			C	3	1	-1	482	482	482	12	876	876	876	$2,410	$2,410	$2,410
		Restocker	C	2	14	6	508	508	508	45	959	959	959	$2,170	$2,170	$2,170
			D	3	1	NQ	455	455	455	NQ	859	859	859	$2,025	$2,025	$2,025
	500-600	Processor	B	2	6	NQ	494	536	503	NQ	899	925	903	$2,574	$3,003	$2,652
				3	10	-10	480	520	510	18	857	931	907	$2,586	$2,965	$2,801
			C	3	5	-1	470	498	481	14	855	906	875	$2,610	$2,690	$2,642
			D	3	4	-10	455	465	460	-14	843	861	852	$2,465	$2,639	$2,552
		Restocker	D	3	4	NQ	410	466	452	NQ	774	880	849	$2,255	$2,448	$2,357
	600-750	Processor	C	3	5	NQ	473	473	473	NQ	859	859	859	$3,025	$3,025	$3,025
Grown Heifer	0-540	Dairy	D	2	1	-11	320	320	320	-38	696	696	696	$1,184	$1,184	$1,184
			E	2	2	NQ	389	389	389	NQ	762	762	762	$1,710	$1,710	$1,710
		Feeder	D	2	4	-12	420	446	427	-18	808	858	820	$1,638	$2,185	$1,843
				3	6	-17	427	427	427	-6	820	820	820	$1,715	$1,715	$1,715
		Live Export	E	3	1	NQ	389	389	389	NQ	747	747	747	$1,768	$1,768	$1,768
		Processor	C	3	2	-22	455	475	465	128	843	880	861	$2,328	$2,343	$2,335
			D	2	2	NQ	320	360	340	NQ	615	693	654	$1,440	$1,693	$1,566
				3	36	-15	402	460	443	-3	745	868	836	$1,537	$2,376	$1,917
		Restocker	D	2	2	-1	383	383	383	-37	765	765	765	$1,377	$1,377	$1,377
	540+	Processor	C	3	1	NQ	470	470	470	NQ	870	870	870	$3,008	$3,008	$3,008
			D	3	3	2	435	445	438	-2	806	840	822	$2,654	$2,937	$2,748
				4	16	12	442	455	452	27	819	843	837	$2,475	$2,912	$2,803
Cows	0-400	Dairy	E	1	7	NQ	120	280	251	NQ	286	636	573	$432	$1,008	$912
				2	1	NQ	250	250	250	NQ	544	544	544	$850	$850	$850
	400-520	Dairy	E	1	12	NQ	280	281	280	NQ	609	610	610	$1,176	$1,179	$1,177
				3	1	NQ	326	326	326	NQ	708	708	708	$1,433	$1,433	$1,433
		Processor	D	2	8	NQ	355	357	356	NQ	696	713	703	$1,826	$1,846	$1,838
		Restocker	D	1	8	NQ	310	310	310	NQ	660	660	660	$1,364	$1,364	$1,364
				2	3	-13	348	348	348	-8	682	682	682	$1,599	$1,599	$1,599
	520+	Dairy	D	1	10	2	320	322	322	-26	696	716	713	$1,728	$2,112	$1,878
				2	38	15	335	365	344	-13	713	794	741	$1,794	$2,592	$2,018
		Processor	C	3	6	NQ	407	420	416	NQ	767	793	779	$2,968	$3,025	$3,006
				4	14	7	419	419	419	1	775	775	775	$3,181	$3,181	$3,181
			D	2	20	7	330	375	364	-4	660	735	712	$1,766	$2,201	$2,041
				3	43	-1	386	416	401	3	743	786	762	$2,192	$2,830	$2,356
				4	14	-37	412	432	421	4	777	815	794	$2,722	$2,760	$2,744
Bulls	0-450	Feeder	B	2	7	6	465	493	477	-31	860	880	869	$1,700	$2,044	$1,877
				3	1	NQ	486	486	486	NQ	883	883	883	$1,942	$1,942	$1,942
		Restocker	B	2	8	NQ	420	469	438	NQ	764	854	818	$1,159	$2,108	$1,483
			C	2	9	NQ	400	400	400	NQ	755	755	755	$1,220	$1,220	$1,220
	450-600	Processor	B	2	1	NQ	470	470	470	NQ	839	839	839	$2,327	$2,327	$2,327

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