Echuca Cattle Report

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Report Date: 21st October 2026

Total Yarding: 1670 (+410)

Supply increased to 1670 cattle, up 400 head. There was a broad mix of breeds and quality across the yarding, and top-end trade cattle and well-bred feeders and stores were limited against the more mixed types. Not all the regular buyers attended in a sale which fluctuated and lost some energy with buyers tending to offer lower start price points, particularly on plainer cattle. But when all the prices were tallied there wasn’t a lot of price change overall, most weights and grades trending 5c to 10c/kg either side of last Wednesday’s averages. The best trade and export cattle still received solid support, and there was stronger interest in well-bred feeders and stores, particularly good lines of Angus.

The top end trade cattle with muscle and shape from 490c to 530c/kg for most, with select sales higher to a market top of 546c for 430kg grainfed Euro steers. Feeders and restockers paid from 500c to 543c/kg for the best lines of black calves. Underneath this was the mixed run of grown and yearling steers and heifers at 440c to 485c/kg for the bulk, and plainer heifers were dragged back in spots. Good Friesian steers with weight and fat cover to 428c; secondary crossbreds and dairys 280c to 380c/kg.

The lead run of heavy beef cows gave back 5c at 415c to 430c/kg and with buyers appearing reluctant to pay over 425c/kg. The next run of beef cows sold at solid levels at 385c to 410c/kg. There wasn’t as many dairy cows in this yading and quality was generally plainer at 320c to 370c/kg.

Jenny Kelly for MLA.

							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	Restocker	C	2	11	NQ	500	500	500	NQ	962	962	962	$1,555	$1,610	$1,575
				3	1	NQ	491	491	491	NQ	926	926	926	$1,545	$1,545	$1,545
	330-400	Feeder	C	2	17	8	479	531	489	5	914	983	930	$1,680	$2,073	$1,788
		Processor	B	2	1	NQ	510	510	510	NQ	927	927	927	$2,038	$2,038	$2,038
				3	5	2	494	532	521	4	899	967	947	$1,878	$1,985	$1,908
			C	3	1	-4	490	490	490	-6	891	891	891	$1,887	$1,887	$1,887
		PTIC	C	2	7	NQ	524	524	524	NQ	988	988	988	$1,995	$1,995	$1,995
		Restocker	C	2	29	16	479	544	518	5	920	1,026	986	$1,680	$2,169	$2,003
	400+	Feeder	B	2	10	8	518	518	518	10	960	960	960	$2,327	$2,327	$2,327
			C	2	15	2	482	534	496	-11	897	1,008	933	$2,052	$2,355	$2,196
				3	5	-27	487	498	493	-5	901	922	914	$1,971	$2,316	$2,178
		Processor	B	3	48	25	480	546	515	5	857	958	919	$1,989	$2,609	$2,278
			C	3	15	-2	472	510	493	4	876	927	901	$2,073	$2,474	$2,182
				4	3	-5	470	505	492	-11	870	918	899	$2,209	$2,374	$2,286
		Restocker	C	2	2	-6	464	485	474	-19	860	897	879	$1,996	$2,350	$2,173
Yearling Heifer	280-330	Processor	C	3	2	NQ	491	491	491	NQ	909	926	917	$1,521	$1,521	$1,521
				4	1	NQ	480	480	480	NQ	889	889	889	$1,512	$1,512	$1,512
			E	2	6	NQ	322	322	322	NQ	631	631	631	$934	$934	$934
		Restocker	C	2	1	NQ	460	460	460	NQ	868	868	868	$1,449	$1,449	$1,449
			D	2	8	4	468	473	470	12	899	909	904	$1,399	$1,473	$1,436
			E	2	1	NQ	320	320	320	NQ	640	640	640	$992	$992	$992
	330-400	Feeder	D	2	32	31	436	473	448	-2	838	909	865	$1,512	$1,664	$1,563
				3	22	16	440	456	448	-22	829	860	845	$1,617	$1,688	$1,653
		Processor	B	3	12	6	510	532	515	-9	927	968	936	$1,953	$2,129	$2,003
			C	2	1	NQ	480	480	480	NQ	889	889	889	$1,849	$1,849	$1,849
				4	16	13	490	510	505	-14	907	944	929	$1,789	$2,009	$1,953
			D	3	5	-4	425	463	437	-12	802	873	824	$1,530	$1,827	$1,609
		Restocker	D	2	8	-19	400	400	400	-74	784	784	784	$1,360	$1,360	$1,360
	400+	Feeder	D	2	1	NQ	440	440	440	NQ	846	846	846	$2,068	$2,068	$2,068
		Processor	B	3	20	-1	494	525	505	-5	886	943	915	$2,113	$2,554	$2,254
			C	3	25	NC	465	502	485	-5	861	913	889	$1,976	$2,385	$2,140
				4	51	-5	470	502	489	-5	871	930	898	$2,122	$2,310	$2,247
			D	3	8	-12	430	465	455	-18	811	861	848	$1,914	$2,120	$2,043
		Restocker	C	3	18	NQ	470	500	497	NQ	871	926	920	$1,998	$2,066	$2,058
Vealer Steer	200-280	Restocker	B	3	1	NQ	460	460	460	NQ	852	852	852	$1,150	$1,150	$1,150
	280-330	Processor	C	2	1	NQ	484	484	484	NQ	896	896	896	$1,572	$1,572	$1,572
	330+	Feeder	B	3	1	NQ	529	529	529	NQ	944	944	944	$1,982	$1,982	$1,982
		Processor	B	3	3	2	500	522	507	11	909	932	917	$2,050	$2,114	$2,071
			C	3	1	NQ	501	501	501	NQ	927	927	927	$1,852	$1,852	$1,852
Vealer Heifer	200-280	Restocker	D	2	1	NQ	250	250	250	NQ	500	500	500	$575	$575	$575
	280-330	Processor	C	3	1	NQ	485	485	485	NQ	898	898	898	$1,552	$1,552	$1,552
		Restocker	D	2	9	-1	453	453	453	-27	888	888	888	$1,367	$1,367	$1,367
	330+	Feeder	C	2	3	-1	465	490	482	-26	894	925	914	$1,649	$1,872	$1,798
		Processor	B	3	9	8	520	520	520	-11	946	946	946	$1,794	$2,189	$2,145
			C	3	5	NC	470	496	486	-6	887	918	904	$1,695	$1,716	$1,704
			D	3	1	NQ	450	450	450	NQ	849	849	849	$1,598	$1,598	$1,598
Manufacturing Steer	0-540	Dairy	D	2	2	NQ	408	408	408	NQ	816	816	816	$1,714	$1,714	$1,714
				3	2	NQ	376	376	376	NQ	783	783	783	$1,955	$1,955	$1,955
			E	2	1	NQ	280	280	280	NQ	583	583	583	$994	$994	$994
		Feeder	D	2	27	25	455	480	462	17	890	923	898	$1,727	$2,207	$1,919
		Processor	D	2	1	-1	453	453	453	-16	854	854	854	$2,182	$2,182	$2,182
				3	7	NC	417	431	421	-50	801	813	807	$1,617	$1,809	$1,648
		Restocker	D	2	29	7	410	472	451	22	820	943	898	$1,367	$2,165	$1,575
			E	2	4	-6	301	340	330	-97	626	708	688	$992	$1,190	$1,140
	540+	Dairy	D	2	41	NQ	399	425	422	NQ	783	817	812	$2,236	$2,751	$2,688
				3	16	NQ	428	428	428	NQ	824	824	824	$2,612	$2,612	$2,612
		Processor	D	3	20	13	380	474	463	3	717	894	863	$2,244	$3,192	$3,081
Grown Steer	400-500	Feeder	C	3	35	NQ	480	491	489	NQ	889	909	906	$2,064	$2,414	$2,364
		Processor	B	3	25	24	486	532	505	13	853	943	904	$2,219	$2,661	$2,402
			C	3	18	6	488	493	488	13	887	896	888	$2,245	$2,440	$2,265
		Restocker	C	2	7	NQ	472	484	476	NQ	891	914	897	$2,106	$2,172	$2,153
	500-600	Feeder	C	2	7	NQ	495	505	498	NQ	917	952	927	$2,529	$2,533	$2,530
				3	16	4	478	492	484	-27	884	905	895	$2,551	$2,813	$2,709
			D	2	3	NQ	475	475	475	NQ	914	914	914	$2,565	$2,565	$2,565
		Processor	B	3	21	-23	470	538	499	0	839	944	890	$2,357	$2,950	$2,574
			C	3	16	-19	470	495	485	8	839	933	891	$2,449	$2,861	$2,685
				4	9	-20	488	496	495	14	887	902	901	$2,464	$2,828	$2,788
			D	3	6	NQ	478	487	485	NQ	885	901	899	$2,579	$2,677	$2,595
	600-750	Processor	C	4	35	12	488	510	493	6	887	927	896	$2,987	$3,290	$3,070
			D	3	1	NQ	430	430	430	NQ	796	796	796	$2,946	$2,946	$2,946
				4	8	6	480	482	481	33	876	889	881	$3,070	$3,120	$3,089
Grown Heifer	0-540	Dairy	D	2	12	6	355	395	385	37	710	790	770	$1,491	$1,817	$1,736
			E	2	18	NQ	280	326	300	NQ	622	724	668	$924	$1,304	$1,093
				3	19	NQ	355	367	357	NQ	719	789	778	$1,503	$1,686	$1,657
		Feeder	C	3	12	NQ	486	486	486	NQ	917	917	917	$2,237	$2,237	$2,237
			D	2	2	-6	380	436	408	-32	745	839	792	$1,330	$1,766	$1,548
				3	44	40	445	470	459	5	840	887	866	$2,150	$2,476	$2,405
		Processor	C	3	6	3	485	485	485	15	897	897	897	$2,554	$2,554	$2,554
				4	26	8	475	485	478	-3	873	881	876	$2,271	$2,447	$2,278
			D	3	21	-3	470	472	471	24	870	891	877	$2,171	$2,364	$2,237
				4	16	2	458	472	462	7	848	891	865	$2,171	$2,359	$2,312
			E	2	5	NQ	240	330	312	NQ	500	660	628	$816	$1,132	$1,069
		Restocker	D	2	10	9	381	513	486	26	761	1,005	956	$1,637	$1,717	$1,701
	540+	Dairy	D	2	1	NQ	380	380	380	NQ	792	792	792	$2,394	$2,394	$2,394
		Processor	C	3	12	10	468	468	468	-17	867	867	867	$2,576	$2,576	$2,576
			D	3	61	60	436	470	445	13	823	870	839	$2,372	$2,756	$2,633
				4	29	20	459	462	460	25	849	872	856	$2,507	$2,756	$2,677
Cows	400-520	Dairy	E	2	14	NQ	310	310	310	NQ	756	756	756	$1,308	$1,308	$1,308
		Processor	D	2	6	4	368	368	368	8	736	736	736	$1,914	$1,914	$1,914
	520+	Dairy	D	1	5	-13	325	348	329	-14	724	773	742	$1,758	$2,130	$1,859
				2	1	-35	370	370	370	-4	787	787	787	$2,427	$2,427	$2,427
		Processor	C	3	1	NQ	430	430	430	NQ	796	796	796	$3,204	$3,204	$3,204
			D	2	45	41	361	390	382	10	708	765	747	$1,913	$2,395	$2,232
				3	51	22	390	430	409	0	750	827	784	$2,296	$2,563	$2,454
				4	126	63	418	426	423	-6	789	804	800	$2,585	$3,100	$2,862
				5	3	NQ	370	370	370	NQ	712	712	712	$2,294	$2,294	$2,294
		Restocker	D	2	2	NQ	378	378	378	NQ	741	741	741	$2,003	$2,003	$2,003
Bulls	0-450	Dairy	E	1	2	NQ	239	239	239	NQ	497	497	497	$620	$620	$620
		Feeder	B	2	16	NQ	478	478	478	NQ	884	884	884	$1,844	$1,844	$1,844
			C	2	26	NQ	444	488	477	NQ	837	920	899	$1,502	$1,863	$1,587
		Restocker	B	2	1	NQ	460	460	460	NQ	836	836	836	$2,024	$2,024	$2,024
			C	2	8	NQ	460	460	460	NQ	885	885	885	$1,219	$1,219	$1,219
	450-600	Processor	B	3	1	NC	425	425	425	-25	733	733	733	$2,423	$2,423	$2,423
	600+	Processor	B	2	4	NQ	410	430	415	NQ	720	746	735	$2,747	$4,102	$3,350
				3	5	NQ	415	425	418	NQ	708	741	731	$2,843	$4,410	$3,440
			C	2	4	NQ	426	426	426	NQ	774	774	774	$2,681	$2,681	$2,681

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