EVLX Koonwarra Cattle Report

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Report Date: 29th September 2026

Total Yarding: 1688 (+95)

There were approximately 1,450 export and 220 young cattle penned representing an increase of 100 head week-on-week. Most of the regular buyers were present, with the return of an export processor, and operating in a dearer market in places. Quality was limited with prime cattle in short supply and manufacturing grades making up most of the sale. The limited selection of finished trade cattle held firm while secondary and plainer young lots eased in line with quality. Grown steers and heifers improved slightly. Friesian manufacturing steers lifted slightly while well finished heavy crossbreds kicked 25c/kg. Cows sold from firm to 10c/kg dearer and more in places. Heavy bulls eased 10c/kg.

Yearling trade steers sold from 470c to 520c/kg. Yearling heifers to the trade made between 440c and 540c/kg. Grown steers and bullocks sold between 452c and 493c/kg. Heavy grown heifers with finish made from 430c to 466c/kg.

Heavy Friesian manufacturing steers sold from 391c to 430c with the crossbred portion from 440c to 478c/kg. Most light and medium weight cows made between 270c and 396c/kg. Heavy weight cows sold mostly between 335c and 432c/kg. Heavy bulls made from 436c to 488c/kg.

Market reporter: Brendan Fletcher.

							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	5	NQ	440	440	440	NQ	815	815	815	$1,408	$1,408	$1,408
	330-400	Processor	B	2	1	-1	490	490	490	-25	845	845	845	$1,862	$1,862	$1,862
			D	2	1	NQ	372	372	372	NQ	775	775	775	$1,395	$1,395	$1,395
		Restocker	B	2	1	NQ	420	420	420	NQ	750	750	750	$1,596	$1,596	$1,596
			D	1	2	NQ	328	328	328	NQ	713	713	713	$1,181	$1,181	$1,181
				2	2	NQ	392	430	411	NQ	811	817	814	$1,372	$1,548	$1,460
	400+	Feeder	D	2	2	NQ	440	440	440	NQ	830	830	830	$2,288	$2,288	$2,288
		Processor	B	2	3	-2	440	450	447	-48	786	790	788	$1,870	$1,980	$1,943
				3	3	NQ	510	520	513	NQ	879	897	885	$2,805	$2,860	$2,823
			C	2	1	-3	455	455	455	-12	843	843	843	$2,048	$2,048	$2,048
				3	5	1	470	520	492	-4	855	929	892	$2,125	$2,795	$2,504
			D	3	1	NC	456	456	456	-14	860	860	860	$2,052	$2,052	$2,052
		Restocker	B	1	4	NQ	430	430	430	NQ	768	768	768	$2,150	$2,150	$2,150
			C	2	1	NQ	460	460	460	NQ	852	852	852	$1,955	$1,955	$1,955
			D	2	1	-1	444	444	444	8	854	854	854	$1,998	$1,998	$1,998
Yearling Heifer	200-280	Restocker	C	1	1	NQ	428	428	428	NQ	856	856	856	$1,198	$1,198	$1,198
			D	1	3	NQ	392	392	392	NQ	784	784	784	$1,098	$1,098	$1,098
				2	1	NQ	350	350	350	NQ	673	673	673	$875	$875	$875
	280-330	Feeder	D	1	8	NQ	356	356	356	NQ	791	791	791	$1,068	$1,068	$1,068
				2	1	NQ	414	414	414	NQ	796	796	796	$1,366	$1,366	$1,366
		Restocker	D	1	1	NQ	384	384	384	NQ	768	768	768	$1,152	$1,152	$1,152
	330-400	Dairy	D	1	16	-28	298	302	299	-41	662	671	665	$1,057	$1,073	$1,068
			E	1	3	NQ	305	305	305	NQ	678	678	678	$1,068	$1,068	$1,068
				2	6	NQ	298	298	298	NQ	648	648	648	$1,103	$1,103	$1,103
		Feeder	D	3	5	NQ	410	410	410	NQ	789	789	789	$1,538	$1,538	$1,538
		Processor	B	3	1	NQ	540	540	540	NQ	931	931	931	$2,160	$2,160	$2,160
			D	2	3	NQ	428	440	433	NQ	823	830	827	$1,541	$1,760	$1,638
				3	1	-5	450	450	450	-17	833	833	833	$1,710	$1,710	$1,710
		Restocker	B	2	1	NQ	408	408	408	NQ	729	729	729	$1,632	$1,632	$1,632
			C	2	4	NQ	432	432	432	NQ	800	800	800	$1,512	$1,512	$1,512
	400+	Feeder	D	2	16	8	444	474	457	7	854	912	880	$1,947	$2,015	$1,956
		Processor	C	2	1	NC	452	452	452	-36	837	837	837	$2,260	$2,260	$2,260
				3	5	3	488	518	512	9	887	925	918	$2,074	$2,279	$2,238
			D	2	1	-3	424	424	424	-33	815	815	815	$1,908	$1,908	$1,908
				3	61	42	440	498	463	1	815	922	866	$1,934	$2,325	$2,114
				4	7	6	430	440	431	-9	796	815	799	$2,200	$2,258	$2,249
		Restocker	D	2	2	-11	414	416	415	-49	796	800	798	$1,822	$1,976	$1,899
				3	11	1	450	455	452	5	833	843	838	$2,002	$2,048	$2,019
Vealer Steer	280-330	Restocker	C	2	2	NQ	420	420	420	NQ	764	764	764	$1,260	$1,260	$1,260
Vealer Heifer	280-330	Restocker	B	2	1	-3	450	450	450	-10	804	804	804	$1,463	$1,463	$1,463
Manufacturing Steer	0-540	Restocker	D	2	9	7	430	446	435	3	811	858	827	$2,150	$2,408	$2,236
	540+	Dairy	D	1	51	50	391	417	409	1	815	867	841	$2,217	$2,808	$2,466
				2	25	-40	425	430	428	5	811	817	814	$2,869	$2,903	$2,888
			E	2	20	NQ	372	375	374	NQ	798	809	803	$2,046	$2,100	$2,073
		Processor	C	2	3	-11	472	472	472	7	874	874	874	$2,950	$2,950	$2,950
			D	2	7	-3	444	462	456	22	838	872	861	$2,553	$3,234	$3,116
				3	39	12	445	478	470	28	840	885	875	$2,772	$3,643	$3,057
		Restocker	D	2	2	-4	440	440	440	5	830	830	830	$3,080	$3,080	$3,080
				3	2	NQ	458	458	458	NQ	848	848	848	$2,977	$2,977	$2,977
Grown Steer	500-600	Processor	C	3	1	-1	478	478	478	-2	854	854	854	$2,868	$2,868	$2,868
		Restocker	C	2	1	-4	452	452	452	-16	837	837	837	$2,373	$2,373	$2,373
				3	1	NQ	472	472	472	NQ	858	858	858	$2,643	$2,643	$2,643
	600-750	Processor	B	2	4	NQ	475	475	475	NQ	819	819	819	$3,088	$3,088	$3,088
			C	2	10	NQ	490	490	490	NQ	907	907	907	$3,308	$3,308	$3,308
				4	6	-4	493	493	493	3	896	896	896	$3,328	$3,328	$3,328
Grown Heifer	0-540	Dairy	D	1	31	19	332	345	339	-11	722	750	736	$1,380	$1,700	$1,509
				2	6	-8	355	355	355	-26	755	755	755	$1,846	$1,846	$1,846
			E	1	2	-1	348	348	348	19	773	773	773	$1,566	$1,566	$1,566
		Processor	D	3	1	NQ	448	448	448	NQ	830	830	830	$2,240	$2,240	$2,240
		Restocker	B	1	1	NQ	438	438	438	NQ	842	842	842	$2,081	$2,081	$2,081
			D	2	17	1	360	436	378	-30	750	908	788	$1,530	$2,180	$1,662
	540+	Dairy	D	1	17	NQ	355	355	355	NQ	772	772	772	$1,953	$1,953	$1,953
				2	10	NC	386	386	386	-10	804	804	804	$2,220	$2,220	$2,220
		Processor	D	2	6	-1	400	436	408	-6	808	872	833	$2,222	$2,616	$2,314
				3	38	-4	430	466	454	6	796	864	844	$2,470	$2,796	$2,698
				4	21	10	418	444	428	5	804	854	821	$2,404	$3,210	$2,842
		Restocker	D	2	2	-7	436	436	436	5	872	872	872	$2,398	$2,398	$2,398
Cows	0-400	Dairy	E	1	40	16	268	334	308	20	670	816	760	$1,018	$1,336	$1,193
				2	9	7	323	345	332	-34	767	808	794	$1,227	$1,294	$1,238
		Processor	D	1	4	NQ	340	340	340	NQ	756	756	756	$1,360	$1,360	$1,360
			E	1	4	NQ	296	296	296	NQ	740	740	740	$1,066	$1,066	$1,066
		Restocker	D	2	3	2	385	385	385	7	819	819	819	$1,463	$1,463	$1,463
			E	1	8	7	240	320	272	-28	632	800	705	$816	$1,216	$993
	400-520	Dairy	D	1	10	NC	348	351	350	8	773	780	777	$1,566	$1,667	$1,617
				2	7	NQ	358	358	358	NQ	778	778	778	$1,790	$1,790	$1,790
			E	1	89	36	270	338	315	1	643	810	757	$1,215	$1,690	$1,509
				2	15	10	339	358	345	-15	753	796	766	$1,441	$1,701	$1,513
		Feeder	D	3	8	NQ	420	420	420	NQ	840	840	840	$2,100	$2,100	$2,100
		Processor	D	1	35	15	348	358	355	4	773	796	789	$1,602	$1,740	$1,655
				2	21	-10	355	396	382	9	755	826	810	$1,647	$2,059	$1,901
		Restocker	D	2	27	7	372	406	386	21	792	864	821	$1,674	$1,930	$1,915
			E	1	9	NQ	324	327	326	NQ	771	779	776	$1,426	$1,635	$1,565
	520+	Dairy	D	1	73	-30	335	366	351	-5	728	779	765	$1,925	$2,562	$2,119
				2	86	3	360	395	379	-2	766	813	791	$2,139	$2,963	$2,524
				3	7	NQ	398	398	398	NQ	765	765	765	$2,985	$2,985	$2,985
			E	1	83	NC	314	356	337	4	746	819	778	$1,804	$2,275	$1,938
				3	3	NQ	378	408	388	NQ	788	833	803	$2,174	$2,244	$2,197
		Processor	B	2	3	NQ	420	420	420	NQ	750	750	750	$2,730	$2,730	$2,730
			C	2	4	-3	422	422	422	16	782	782	782	$2,954	$2,954	$2,954
				3	3	-1	420	422	421	8	808	812	810	$2,520	$2,743	$2,669
			D	1	33	24	354	383	365	2	772	815	801	$2,008	$2,490	$2,154
				2	55	-17	362	408	398	8	770	838	826	$2,134	$2,448	$2,270
				3	60	-12	400	421	410	7	804	841	829	$2,246	$2,472	$2,369
				4	199	55	400	432	422	11	769	856	832	$2,427	$3,200	$2,780
				5	1	-1	404	404	404	20	808	808	808	$2,828	$2,828	$2,828
			E	1	9	NQ	344	344	344	NQ	782	782	782	$1,858	$1,858	$1,858
		Restocker	D	1	14	NQ	383	383	383	NQ	833	833	833	$2,202	$2,202	$2,202
				2	10	NQ	398	398	398	NQ	847	847	847	$2,289	$2,289	$2,289
Bulls	0-450	Dairy	D	1	1	NC	358	358	358	32	778	778	778	$1,343	$1,343	$1,343
		Processor	C	2	5	NQ	406	420	417	NQ	752	778	772	$1,624	$1,890	$1,814
		Restocker	C	2	10	9	387	387	387	-43	717	717	717	$1,355	$1,355	$1,355
	450-600	Dairy	D	1	1	NC	382	382	382	12	796	796	796	$2,197	$2,197	$2,197
		Processor	B	2	3	NQ	464	486	479	NQ	814	838	830	$2,430	$2,784	$2,548
			C	1	2	NQ	395	400	398	NQ	745	755	750	$2,173	$2,300	$2,236
				2	2	-5	420	422	421	-11	778	782	780	$2,321	$2,415	$2,368
				3	1	NC	460	460	460	-12	807	807	807	$2,645	$2,645	$2,645
	600+	Dairy	C	1	1	NQ	430	430	430	NQ	796	796	796	$3,225	$3,225	$3,225
			D	1	2	NQ	375	402	389	NQ	781	804	793	$2,625	$3,015	$2,820
		Processor	B	2	2	1	486	488	487	-3	810	813	812	$3,416	$4,374	$3,895
			C	2	6	-4	436	460	445	-10	765	821	790	$2,834	$3,942	$3,221
				3	10	-6	450	484	461	-8	779	835	801	$3,220	$3,910	$3,644
			D	3	1	NQ	444	444	444	NQ	822	822	822	$2,886	$2,886	$2,886

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