Mt Compass Cattle Report

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Report Date: 4th November 2026

Total Yarding: 677 (+70)

Quality was generally better than average to good as agents offered 677 liveweight and open auction cattle. The usual trade and processor buyers were active along with specialty butchers, feeders and restocker orders. Yearlings eased in price however younger cattle sold to a dearer trend with grown cattle also in positive territory. Just over 150 heavy cows came forward in a very good selection with the best of these ranging from 385c to 440c/kg. Some of the better sales included 11 Angus cows 718kg selling at 439c to return just over $3,000/head with 13 similar cows 621kg selling at 437c to return $2,700/head. A well finished 11 Angus steers 534kg from Hindmarsh Island sold at 495c to return $2,646/head.
Vealer steers sold from 480c to 607c with heifers ranging from 407c to 535c/kg. Yearling steers sold from 350c to 529c with heifers selling from 345c to 501c/kg. Manufacturing bullocks sold from 380c to 470c/kg. Grown steers sold from 380c to 495c with heifers selling from 389c to 479c/kg. Light dairy cows sold from 217c to 221c. Medium beef cows sold from 280c to 420c with dairy breeds selling from 219c to 351c/kg. Heavy beef cows sold from 340c to 440c as dairy breeds ranged from 279c to 410c/kg. Bulls sold from 350c to 461c/kg.
This sale was reported remotely via the agents online auction platform.
Southern Livestock Exchange YouTube 4/11/2026.
Market reporter: John Traeger.

							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	3	NQ	497	497	497	NQ	994	994	994	$1,630	$1,630	$1,630
	330-400	Feeder	C	3	3	NQ	440	440	440	NQ	880	880	880	$1,747	$1,747	$1,747
		Restocker	C	2	11	-9	350	529	482	-24	700	1,058	964	$1,383	$2,018	$1,839
				3	8	-4	460	519	492	-13	920	1,038	983	$1,725	$1,896	$1,810
	400+	Feeder	C	2	1	-1	420	420	420	-20	840	840	840	$1,911	$1,911	$1,911
				3	42	28	460	490	476	-15	920	980	953	$1,915	$2,435	$2,146
		Processor	C	3	3	2	461	485	477	-23	922	970	954	$2,498	$2,740	$2,591
		Restocker	C	2	3	NC	389	459	423	-57	778	918	845	$1,789	$2,066	$1,929
				3	17	3	400	490	466	-34	800	980	933	$1,680	$2,646	$2,126
Yearling Heifer	280-330	Restocker	C	2	8	-1	501	501	501	-11	1,002	1,002	1,002	$1,643	$1,643	$1,643
				3	4	1	457	457	457	1	914	914	914	$1,426	$1,426	$1,426
	330-400	Feeder	C	2	3	1	451	451	451	-8	902	902	902	$1,781	$1,781	$1,781
		Restocker	C	2	7	4	345	481	450	37	690	962	899	$1,363	$1,837	$1,705
				3	13	-1	369	480	458	-10	738	960	916	$1,236	$1,872	$1,713
	400+	Feeder	C	3	3	-6	429	470	452	8	858	940	904	$1,973	$2,239	$2,101
		Processor	C	3	1	NC	485	485	485	15	970	970	970	$2,401	$2,401	$2,401
		Restocker	C	2	12	9	441	460	457	-3	882	920	914	$1,852	$2,148	$2,092
				3	11	10	460	485	467	7	920	970	935	$1,909	$2,256	$2,056
Vealer Steer	280-330	Restocker	C	2	2	NQ	519	539	529	NQ	1,038	1,078	1,058	$1,563	$1,687	$1,625
				3	24	23	480	607	580	69	960	1,214	1,160	$1,392	$1,871	$1,762
	330+	Processor	C	3	1	NQ	525	525	525	NQ	1,050	1,050	1,050	$2,231	$2,231	$2,231
		Restocker	C	2	1	NQ	520	520	520	NQ	1,040	1,040	1,040	$1,820	$1,820	$1,820
				3	4	3	515	561	550	37	1,030	1,122	1,099	$1,885	$1,906	$1,890
Vealer Heifer	0-200	Restocker	C	2	27	NQ	495	499	498	NQ	990	998	995	$898	$941	$912
	200-280	Processor	C	2	1	NQ	505	505	505	NQ	1,010	1,010	1,010	$1,237	$1,237	$1,237
		Restocker	C	2	3	2	407	514	443	12	814	1,028	885	$1,119	$1,336	$1,192
				3	1	-4	455	455	455	-45	910	910	910	$956	$956	$956
	280-330	Processor	C	2	1	NQ	535	535	535	NQ	1,070	1,070	1,070	$1,552	$1,552	$1,552
		Restocker	C	2	3	NQ	433	433	433	NQ	866	866	866	$1,260	$1,260	$1,260
	330+	Processor	C	3	2	NQ	510	510	510	NQ	1,020	1,020	1,020	$1,836	$1,836	$1,836
		Restocker	C	3	10	NQ	520	520	520	NQ	1,040	1,040	1,040	$1,752	$1,752	$1,752
Manufacturing Steer	540+	Processor	C	2	2	NQ	470	470	470	NQ	940	940	940	$3,276	$3,276	$3,276
				3	11	-2	380	460	397	-65	760	920	795	$3,314	$3,657	$3,349
Grown Steer	400-500	Processor	C	3	3	NQ	480	480	480	NQ	960	960	960	$2,390	$2,390	$2,390
	500-600	Feeder	C	3	9	3	450	470	459	10	900	940	918	$2,340	$2,726	$2,450
		Processor	C	3	53	40	440	495	485	32	880	990	971	$2,376	$2,921	$2,682
			D	2	3	NQ	380	380	380	NQ	809	809	809	$2,208	$2,208	$2,208
		Restocker	C	3	16	4	450	490	475	-2	900	980	950	$2,405	$2,700	$2,500
	600-750	Processor	C	3	12	-10	465	481	475	-7	930	962	949	$2,883	$3,179	$3,059
Grown Heifer	0-540	Dairy	C	2	2	NQ	341	341	341	NQ	682	682	682	$1,729	$1,729	$1,729
		Feeder	C	3	4	-24	455	460	458	1	910	920	915	$2,070	$2,148	$2,109
		Processor	C	3	31	-5	420	479	464	11	840	958	929	$2,079	$2,524	$2,417
		Restocker	C	2	1	NC	389	389	389	19	778	778	778	$1,848	$1,848	$1,848
				3	5	3	453	460	459	-1	906	920	917	$1,955	$2,197	$2,114
	540+	Processor	C	2	1	NQ	460	460	460	NQ	920	920	920	$2,530	$2,530	$2,530
				3	17	-22	420	475	459	1	840	950	918	$2,394	$3,597	$2,944
Cows	0-400	Dairy	D	2	7	NQ	217	221	219	NQ	462	470	466	$817	$851	$833
	400-520	Dairy	D	2	6	NQ	219	351	267	NQ	466	747	568	$1,007	$1,667	$1,169
		Processor	C	2	5	-2	359	391	380	24	718	782	760	$1,759	$1,982	$1,901
				3	9	6	397	420	400	26	794	840	799	$2,041	$2,100	$2,047
			D	2	1	NQ	280	280	280	NQ	596	596	596	$1,428	$1,428	$1,428
		Restocker	C	2	5	NQ	355	391	376	NQ	710	782	752	$1,701	$1,838	$1,748
	520+	Dairy	D	2	10	NQ	279	410	361	NQ	594	872	768	$1,716	$3,137	$2,272
		Processor	C	2	30	29	340	420	389	4	680	840	778	$1,819	$3,403	$2,255
				3	154	48	385	440	424	-6	770	880	848	$2,079	$3,859	$2,857
		Restocker	C	3	14	NQ	407	407	407	NQ	814	814	814	$2,442	$2,442	$2,442
Bulls	0-450	Restocker	C	3	8	NQ	389	439	402	NQ	778	878	804	$1,098	$1,634	$1,403
	450-600	Processor	C	3	8	7	380	420	413	43	760	840	827	$2,204	$2,445	$2,386
	600+	Processor	C	2	1	NC	350	350	350	-85	700	700	700	$2,433	$2,433	$2,433
				3	25	1	400	461	437	4	800	922	873	$2,920	$4,950	$3,993

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