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Report Date: 3rd November 2026
Total Yarding: 1226 (-108)
Numbers eased a little as agents yarded 1,226 head of liveweight and open auction cattle. These sold to a large field of very active trade and processor buyers with feeders and restocker orders also operating. Quality was very good with weight and condition in nearly all pens as some strong competition amongst the buyers saw a dearer market this week.
Vealers were small in number as steers sold from 500c to 536c and heifers made from 440c to 530c with the trade taking all of these. Yearling steers attracted trade support from 480c to 522c with similar heifers returning from mostly 403c to 510c with an isolated sale at 546c/kg. Feeders operated here on steers from 474c to 485c and on heifers from 420c to 484c as restockers were active from 502c to 534c/kg over both sexes.
Grown steers and bullocks sold from 460c to 508c to the trade as feeders sought supply from 475c to 498c/kg. Grown heifers sold to the trade from 438c to 498c and to feeders from 406c to 481c/kg.
Heavy cows saw some very strong competition amongst the buyers to sell from 404c to 439c as lighter lots made from 376c to 394c with bulls ranging from 408c to 470c/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 | 330-400 | Feeder | C | 2 | 3 | NQ | 482 | 482 | 482 | NQ | 964 | 964 | 964 | $1,687 | $1,687 | $1,687 |
| Processor | C | 3 | 1 | -3 | 522 | 522 | 522 | 2 | 932 | 932 | 932 | $2,088 | $2,088 | $2,088 | ||
| Restocker | C | 2 | 13 | NQ | 502 | 502 | 502 | NQ | 1,004 | 1,004 | 1,004 | $1,807 | $1,807 | $1,807 | ||
| 3 | 35 | NQ | 530 | 534 | 531 | NQ | 1,019 | 1,027 | 1,021 | $1,869 | $2,120 | $2,070 | ||||
| 400+ | Feeder | C | 3 | 9 | NQ | 474 | 485 | 483 | NQ | 862 | 933 | 924 | $2,086 | $2,183 | $2,164 | |
| Processor | C | 3 | 20 | -8 | 480 | 518 | 501 | 26 | 873 | 925 | 907 | $2,160 | $2,350 | $2,235 | ||
| Yearling Heifer | 280-330 | Feeder | C | 2 | 2 | NQ | 420 | 420 | 420 | NQ | 840 | 840 | 840 | $1,344 | $1,344 | $1,344 |
| 330-400 | Feeder | C | 2 | 2 | NQ | 460 | 460 | 460 | NQ | 920 | 920 | 920 | $1,610 | $1,610 | $1,610 | |
| 3 | 14 | NQ | 392 | 484 | 472 | NQ | 726 | 931 | 906 | $1,372 | $1,839 | $1,773 | ||||
| Processor | C | 3 | 10 | NQ | 403 | 546 | 489 | NQ | 775 | 1,011 | 918 | $1,411 | $1,966 | $1,826 | ||
| 400+ | Processor | C | 3 | 36 | 16 | 463 | 510 | 484 | 27 | 857 | 944 | 897 | $2,058 | $2,295 | $2,163 | |
| Restocker | C | 3 | 15 | NQ | 525 | 525 | 525 | NQ | 1,010 | 1,010 | 1,010 | $2,205 | $2,205 | $2,205 | ||
| Vealer Steer | 280-330 | Processor | C | 3 | 1 | NQ | 500 | 500 | 500 | NQ | 893 | 893 | 893 | $1,500 | $1,500 | $1,500 |
| 330+ | Processor | B | 3 | 32 | 12 | 530 | 536 | 532 | 17 | 946 | 957 | 951 | $2,120 | $2,519 | $2,345 | |
| Vealer Heifer | 280-330 | Processor | C | 3 | 1 | NQ | 440 | 440 | 440 | NQ | 815 | 815 | 815 | $1,320 | $1,320 | $1,320 |
| 330+ | Processor | B | 3 | 14 | -2 | 525 | 525 | 525 | 16 | 938 | 938 | 938 | $1,995 | $1,995 | $1,995 | |
| C | 3 | 5 | NQ | 510 | 530 | 526 | NQ | 911 | 946 | 939 | $1,785 | $1,855 | $1,841 | |||
| Grown Steer | 500-600 | Feeder | C | 3 | 29 | NQ | 475 | 498 | 495 | NQ | 900 | 958 | 909 | $2,613 | $2,982 | $2,886 |
| Processor | C | 3 | 47 | NQ | 460 | 507 | 491 | NQ | 821 | 922 | 889 | $2,496 | $3,042 | $2,802 | ||
| 600-750 | Processor | B | 3 | 11 | NQ | 508 | 508 | 508 | NQ | 907 | 907 | 907 | $3,200 | $3,200 | $3,200 | |
| C | 3 | 40 | 20 | 460 | 499 | 495 | 7 | 836 | 907 | 900 | $2,990 | $3,185 | $3,134 | |||
| Grown Heifer | 0-540 | Feeder | C | 3 | 44 | NQ | 458 | 486 | 474 | NQ | 881 | 919 | 895 | $2,304 | $2,624 | $2,448 |
| Processor | C | 3 | 3 | NQ | 486 | 486 | 486 | NQ | 900 | 900 | 900 | $2,624 | $2,624 | $2,624 | ||
| 540+ | Feeder | C | 2 | 49 | NQ | 406 | 461 | 441 | NQ | 812 | 922 | 882 | $2,233 | $2,674 | $2,468 | |
| 3 | 103 | NQ | 460 | 487 | 481 | NQ | 882 | 927 | 904 | $2,530 | $2,982 | $2,742 | ||||
| Processor | B | 3 | 6 | NQ | 460 | 498 | 485 | NQ | 821 | 889 | 867 | $3,036 | $3,137 | $3,104 | ||
| C | 3 | 168 | 129 | 438 | 488 | 476 | 11 | 800 | 931 | 891 | $2,475 | $3,120 | $2,768 | |||
| Cows | 520+ | Feeder | D | 3 | 7 | NQ | 426 | 430 | 429 | NQ | 819 | 827 | 825 | $2,343 | $2,365 | $2,359 |
| Processor | B | 3 | 11 | NQ | 428 | 439 | 432 | NQ | 764 | 784 | 771 | $2,825 | $2,897 | $2,851 | ||
| D | 2 | 17 | NQ | 376 | 394 | 389 | NQ | 752 | 813 | 776 | $2,134 | $2,246 | $2,166 | |||
| 3 | 285 | NQ | 404 | 436 | 428 | NQ | 748 | 807 | 793 | $2,424 | $3,125 | $2,819 | ||||
| Bulls | 600+ | Processor | B | 3 | 1 | NQ | 470 | 470 | 470 | NQ | 810 | 810 | 810 | $4,700 | $4,700 | $4,700 |
| C | 2 | 1 | NQ | 408 | 408 | 408 | NQ | 816 | 816 | 816 | $3,672 | $3,672 | $3,672 | |||
| 3 | 29 | 26 | 430 | 460 | 448 | 16 | 768 | 885 | 816 | $3,375 | $5,005 | $4,135 | ||||
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