Echuca Cattle Report

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Report Date: 18th June 2025

Total Yarding: 1,552

Commentary

Supply lifted again to 1552 cattle, about 400 more than a week ago. However much of the increase in numbers was in the lighter and younger cattle sections with the tough season continuing to force a lot of weaner calves to be sold early. An additional export buyer from interstate joined the buying ranks, and did help influence a much dearer price trend for any well-bred pens of Angus feeder steers which sold to 464.6c/kg lwt. The extra export support also helped improve beef cow price averages by 5c to 12ckg despite some plainer quality at times. For the balance of the yarding bidding tended to be more inconsistent than a week ago, particularly on the lead of the trade steers and heifers. While some of the best presented grainfed yearlings sold at firm levels, there was gaps in support which pulled price averages back by 10c to 20c/kg over everything sold. The mix of young store conditioned cattle sold either side of firm, influenced by breed, shape and number in a pen.

Late in the sale some highly muscled yearling steers weighing 446kg topped at 478.2c/kg, falling just shy of last week’s top of 483.6c/kg. The best hard-fed Euro steers and heifers, showing a lot of muscle shape, generally sold from 430c to 465c/kg, but domestic buyers were reluctant to chase the market and there was some very good yearlings which slipped back at 390c to 430c/kg. The highlight of the sale was Angus feeder steers at 400c to 464.6c/kg, the main run of yearlings in the 400-480kg weight range averaging 428.8c/kg. Underneath this was the general run of mixed trade and feeder type cattle at 340c to 390c/kg, this price range capturing a lot of heifers. Younger and lightweight calves varied from 270c to 424c/kg depending on breed and quality.

In the grown section heavier steers off grain from 380c to 424c/kg; grown manufacturing steers including some Friesians from 270c to 360c/kg. Grown heifers mostly 300c to 384c/kg. In the cow section the best shaped females still in fresh condition from 300c to 358c/kg and the leaner grades still with weight 250c to 286c/kg for most. The very lightest cows including some secondary dairys from 150c to 220c/kg.

Market reporter: Jenny Kelly