Mt Gambier Cattle Report

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Report Date: 28th October 2026

Total Yarding: 1018 (-188)

Numbers eased a little in Mount Gambier as agents yarded 1,018 head of liveweight and open auction cattle. These sold to a large field of buyers with the trade, feeders and restockers all active. Quality was generally good in a dearer sale for price.
Vealer steers rose 25c as they sold from 464c to 540c as similar heifers returned from 483c to 530c/kg.
Yearling steers ranged from 452c to 490c with feeder activity from 472c to also 490c/kg. Yearling heifers attracted trade support from 465c to 490c and feeder interest from 445c to 488c/kg.
Grown steers and bullocks remained firm as they sold from 428c to 500c with feeder lots lifting up to 30c to sell from 477c to 520c/kg. Grown heifers to trade buyers ranged from 418c to 486c, feeders operated from 455c to 476c as manufacturing steers sold from 375c to 432c/kg.
Heavy cows rose 6c as they sold from 400c to 440c, lighter lots made from 330c to 396c as bulls mostly sold from 420c to 470c/kg.
Market Reporter Peter Kerr

							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	400+	Feeder	C	3	15	-5	472	490	480	10	858	929	896	$1,999	$2,279	$2,227
		Processor	C	3	6	NQ	452	485	469	NQ	869	933	901	$2,134	$2,170	$2,152
Yearling Heifer	400+	Feeder	B	3	19	NQ	445	488	467	NQ	795	871	835	$2,003	$2,294	$2,164
			C	2	5	NQ	462	462	462	NQ	924	924	924	$2,033	$2,033	$2,033
				3	38	-43	455	484	468	-9	843	896	869	$2,006	$2,200	$2,157
		Processor	B	3	1	NQ	488	488	488	NQ	871	871	871	$2,294	$2,294	$2,294
			C	3	52	51	465	490	477	42	861	907	883	$2,124	$2,294	$2,204
Vealer Steer	330+	Feeder	B	3	2	NQ	483	483	483	NQ	894	894	894	$2,174	$2,174	$2,174
			C	3	3	1	464	464	464	-22	829	829	829	$2,088	$2,088	$2,088
		Processor	B	3	6	-2	483	500	492	-4	893	926	905	$2,174	$2,250	$2,212
			C	3	45	40	464	540	517	26	828	939	901	$1,727	$2,592	$2,124
Vealer Heifer	280-330	Processor	B	3	2	NQ	483	526	505	NQ	929	1,012	970	$1,594	$1,736	$1,665
	330+	Processor	B	3	17	1	510	530	519	46	911	946	927	$1,908	$2,288	$2,074
			C	3	9	6	520	520	520	15	929	929	929	$1,820	$1,820	$1,820
		Restocker	B	3	4	NQ	488	488	488	NQ	939	939	939	$1,708	$1,708	$1,708
Manufacturing Steer	0-540	Dairy	D	2	1	NQ	375	375	375	NQ	721	721	721	$2,025	$2,025	$2,025
	540+	Dairy	D	2	4	-3	355	415	385	-51	683	798	740	$2,100	$2,615	$2,336
		Processor	D	2	4	NQ	432	432	432	NQ	831	831	831	$2,506	$2,506	$2,506
Grown Steer	500-600	Feeder	C	3	88	71	477	520	513	42	867	952	941	$2,624	$3,084	$2,951
		Processor	C	3	25	-45	428	492	481	-6	823	895	876	$2,440	$2,916	$2,747
	600-750	Processor	C	3	151	-72	475	491	484	0	864	893	881	$2,945	$3,470	$3,141
				4	21	NQ	500	500	500	NQ	909	909	909	$3,250	$3,250	$3,250
Grown Heifer	0-540	Feeder	C	2	14	NQ	462	466	464	NQ	889	896	892	$2,148	$2,237	$2,193
				3	53	12	456	476	470	8	865	882	875	$2,237	$2,522	$2,358
		Processor	C	3	52	27	433	483	471	12	807	896	879	$2,078	$2,608	$2,340
	540+	Feeder	C	3	7	-28	455	456	456	-4	843	877	862	$2,508	$2,548	$2,525
		Processor	B	3	11	NQ	448	484	474	NQ	830	896	870	$2,596	$2,807	$2,712
			C	3	81	-62	418	486	468	-3	804	900	872	$2,424	$3,037	$2,780
				4	2	-1	457	457	457	-8	846	846	846	$2,879	$2,879	$2,879
Cows	400-520	Dairy	D	2	4	NQ	330	330	330	NQ	688	688	688	$1,716	$1,716	$1,716
	520+	Processor	D	2	34	11	330	396	388	22	688	792	777	$1,848	$2,218	$2,155
				3	185	-59	400	440	420	6	741	815	784	$2,309	$3,060	$2,735
				4	5	NQ	418	418	418	NQ	774	774	774	$2,842	$2,842	$2,842

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