Forbes Cattle Report

Report Date: 13th January 2025

Total Yarding: 1,611

Commentary

Numbers jumped this sale with agents yarding 1611 head. Quality was fair with good numbers of well bred cattle available along with a larger percentage of heavier cattle penned. The usual contingent of buyers were present and competing in a fairly steady market.

Yearling steers were 5 to 8c easier with those to feed selling from 350c to 408c/kg for middleweights. Heavyweights ranged in price from 318c to 406c/kg. The finished lines to processors received from 355c to 382c/kg. A quality offering of heifers saw prices lift 5 to 8c/kg. Processors paid from 310 to 380c while those to feed received from 320c to 368c/kg.

Heavy steers and bullocks lifted 8c selling from 300 to 370c/kg. Grown heifers received from 295c to 335c/kg. Cows held steady with prices ranging from 280 to 316c/kg. The best heavy bull reached 308c/kg.