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Report Date: 13th October 2026
Total Yarding: 1008 (+288)
Numbers rose as agents yarded 1,008 head of liveweight and open auction cattle. These sold to a large field of buyers with the trade, feeders and restocker orders all active over the pens. There was good competition for supply on a good quality offering with most lots showing good weights and condition. This lead to a dearer market with price rises of 10c to 15c common over the market.
Yearling steers attracted trade orders from 440c to 520c as similar heifers made from also 440c to 480c/kg. Feeders operated on steers from 422c to 488c and on heifers from 468c to 519c in an isolated sale.
Grown steers and bullocks sold from 455c to 498c to the trade and to feeders from 478c to 490c/kg. Grown heifers to trade orders sold from 424c to 490c as feeder heifers returned from 426c to 482c/kg.
Heavy cows ranged from 404c to 433c with lighter lots making from 340c to 396c/kg. Heavy bulls sold from 406c to 480c as lighter types sold from 420c to 466c/kg.
Market Reporter Peter Kerr
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| 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 | Feeder | C | 2 | 2 | NQ | 422 | 422 | 422 | NQ | 844 | 844 | 844 | $1,350 | $1,350 | $1,350 |
| 330-400 | Feeder | C | 3 | 9 | NQ | 457 | 488 | 460 | NQ | 879 | 887 | 880 | $1,691 | $1,952 | $1,720 | |
| Processor | C | 3 | 3 | NQ | 480 | 520 | 493 | NQ | 873 | 946 | 897 | $1,776 | $1,976 | $1,843 | ||
| Restocker | C | 3 | 3 | NQ | 520 | 520 | 520 | NQ | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | $1,872 | $1,872 | $1,872 | ||
| 400+ | Feeder | C | 3 | 26 | -14 | 455 | 485 | 476 | 7 | 855 | 933 | 893 | $1,911 | $2,209 | $2,143 | |
| Processor | C | 3 | 30 | 28 | 440 | 498 | 469 | -1 | 815 | 950 | 859 | $1,848 | $2,333 | $2,094 | ||
| Yearling Heifer | 330-400 | Restocker | C | 3 | 5 | NQ | 490 | 490 | 490 | NQ | 980 | 980 | 980 | $1,666 | $1,666 | $1,666 |
| 400+ | Feeder | B | 3 | 6 | NQ | 519 | 519 | 519 | NQ | 927 | 927 | 927 | $2,413 | $2,413 | $2,413 | |
| C | 3 | 37 | 3 | 468 | 489 | 479 | 18 | 867 | 906 | 887 | $2,152 | $2,213 | $2,174 | |||
| Processor | C | 3 | 19 | 14 | 440 | 480 | 470 | 23 | 815 | 896 | 874 | $2,024 | $2,190 | $2,137 | ||
| Vealer Steer | 330+ | Processor | C | 3 | 9 | NQ | 485 | 510 | 506 | NQ | 866 | 911 | 904 | $2,328 | $2,400 | $2,390 |
| Grown Steer | 500-600 | Feeder | C | 3 | 11 | -11 | 478 | 480 | 479 | 12 | 919 | 923 | 921 | $2,486 | $2,496 | $2,490 |
| 4 | 10 | NQ | 490 | 490 | 490 | NQ | 891 | 891 | 891 | $2,548 | $2,548 | $2,548 | ||||
| Processor | C | 3 | 41 | 40 | 455 | 490 | 480 | 95 | 858 | 927 | 890 | $2,495 | $2,747 | $2,678 | ||
| 600-750 | Processor | C | 3 | 40 | NQ | 458 | 498 | 491 | NQ | 855 | 906 | 893 | $2,885 | $3,196 | $3,075 | |
| Grown Heifer | 0-540 | Feeder | C | 3 | 5 | NQ | 426 | 466 | 442 | NQ | 819 | 896 | 850 | $2,130 | $2,516 | $2,285 |
| Processor | C | 3 | 2 | NQ | 426 | 426 | 426 | NQ | 819 | 819 | 819 | $2,300 | $2,300 | $2,300 | ||
| Restocker | C | 2 | 23 | NQ | 375 | 424 | 407 | NQ | 750 | 848 | 814 | $1,800 | $2,035 | $1,953 | ||
| 540+ | Feeder | C | 3 | 24 | 21 | 426 | 482 | 445 | 2 | 793 | 904 | 840 | $2,343 | $2,651 | $2,455 | |
| Processor | C | 3 | 221 | 217 | 428 | 490 | 461 | -8 | 793 | 907 | 854 | $2,575 | $3,055 | $2,815 | ||
| 4 | 17 | NC | 424 | 468 | 449 | -11 | 785 | 867 | 831 | $2,639 | $2,883 | $2,751 | ||||
| Cows | 520+ | Processor | B | 3 | 6 | NQ | 428 | 430 | 428 | NQ | 764 | 768 | 765 | $2,709 | $2,825 | $2,806 |
| C | 3 | 176 | 79 | 404 | 430 | 422 | 14 | 767 | 819 | 793 | $2,390 | $3,074 | $2,745 | |||
| 4 | 8 | -77 | 433 | 433 | 433 | 18 | 802 | 802 | 802 | $3,118 | $3,118 | $3,118 | ||||
| D | 2 | 34 | -5 | 340 | 384 | 371 | 6 | 708 | 768 | 745 | $1,904 | $2,150 | $2,061 | |||
| 3 | 33 | -56 | 406 | 426 | 414 | 14 | 752 | 789 | 768 | $2,355 | $2,769 | $2,575 | ||||
| Restocker | D | 2 | 12 | NQ | 396 | 396 | 396 | NQ | 792 | 792 | 792 | $2,178 | $2,178 | $2,178 | ||
| Bulls | 450-600 | Feeder | C | 3 | 1 | NQ | 454 | 454 | 454 | NQ | 873 | 873 | 873 | $2,452 | $2,452 | $2,452 |
| Processor | C | 3 | 9 | NQ | 420 | 466 | 452 | NQ | 808 | 863 | 840 | $2,016 | $2,563 | $2,453 | ||
| 600+ | Feeder | C | 3 | 2 | NQ | 452 | 452 | 452 | NQ | 837 | 837 | 837 | $2,938 | $2,938 | $2,938 | |
| Processor | B | 3 | 2 | NQ | 450 | 480 | 465 | NQ | 776 | 828 | 802 | $4,500 | $5,040 | $4,770 | ||
| C | 2 | 1 | -1 | 355 | 355 | 355 | -39 | 740 | 740 | 740 | $2,840 | $2,840 | $2,840 | |||
| 3 | 24 | NQ | 406 | 480 | 447 | NQ | 768 | 857 | 812 | $2,958 | $5,280 | $4,313 | ||||
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