Singleton Cattle Report

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Report Date: 28th October 2026

Total Yarding: 618 (-328)

Despite minimal rainfall across the Lower Hunter numbers fell sharply as Singleton agents penned 618 mixed quality cattle, a reduction of 330 head on the previous week. The larger lines were noticeably absent with plenty of paint throughout the offering. Buyer competition was often subdued as singles took a fair amount of time to sell. Besides this most categories still managed to record dearer trends.

Light steer weaner calves improved by 14c/kg selling from 496c to 670c/kg, while a few pens weighing over 280kg reached 668c/kg. Light heifer weaner calves gained 9c/kg ranging from 450c to 554c/kg. Better shaped B muscle heifers weighing over 330kg attracted local butcher competition making from 508c to 516c/kg.

Yearling steers were in very limited supply with those suitable for lot feeding selling from 494c to 510c/kg. A handful of lighter re-stocker types made between 518c and 614c/kg. Yearling heifers destined for the feedlots traded from 450c to 510c/kg.

Approximately 90 cows were offered with the lighter 2 scores selling across a wide range of 195c to 396c/kg and were supported by active re-stocker competition. Heavy 3 and 4 score cows improved by 2c to 11c/kg trading between 385c and 416c/kg. The best heavy bull reached 415c/kg.

Market Operator Angus Barlow

							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	-12	518	614	582	86	996	1,181	1,119	$1,554	$1,891	$1,779
	330-400	Restocker	C	2	2	NQ	550	550	550	NQ	1,058	1,058	1,058	$1,925	$1,925	$1,925
	400+	Feeder	C	3	6	-51	494	510	500	-5	922	944	929	$2,001	$2,400	$2,276
		Processor	B	4	5	NQ	524	524	524	NQ	919	919	919	$2,306	$2,306	$2,306
			C	3	1	NQ	488	488	488	NQ	904	904	904	$2,001	$2,001	$2,001
Yearling Heifer	280-330	Restocker	C	2	2	-4	546	546	546	68	1,050	1,050	1,050	$1,682	$1,682	$1,682
	330-400	Feeder	C	2	6	-8	450	480	460	-5	865	923	885	$1,508	$1,680	$1,565
				3	14	NQ	465	510	497	NQ	877	944	925	$1,721	$1,760	$1,748
		Restocker	C	2	2	NQ	494	494	494	NQ	950	950	950	$1,655	$1,655	$1,655
	400+	Feeder	C	3	19	-14	450	480	476	-1	865	923	903	$1,936	$2,093	$1,983
				4	7	-3	480	480	480	-1	889	889	889	$2,304	$2,304	$2,304
		Processor	C	3	4	NQ	470	490	481	NQ	878	907	899	$1,904	$2,254	$2,089
				4	2	-5	466	466	466	-3	863	863	863	$2,283	$2,283	$2,283
Vealer Steer	0-200	Restocker	C	2	7	2	502	588	562	-8	965	1,131	1,071	$828	$1,055	$959
	200-280	Restocker	B	2	6	NQ	570	570	570	NQ	1,056	1,056	1,056	$1,425	$1,425	$1,425
				3	8	NQ	580	590	587	NQ	1,055	1,113	1,093	$1,416	$1,465	$1,431
			C	2	60	-25	496	670	595	14	954	1,289	1,142	$1,148	$1,760	$1,413
				3	18	-3	560	640	612	-30	1,057	1,208	1,155	$1,395	$1,753	$1,587
	280-330	Restocker	C	2	26	NQ	610	668	650	NQ	1,173	1,285	1,250	$1,720	$2,104	$1,997
				3	7	-6	500	634	614	-56	943	1,196	1,159	$1,450	$1,821	$1,744
	330+	Feeder	B	3	2	NQ	622	622	622	NQ	1,111	1,111	1,111	$2,146	$2,146	$2,146
		Processor	B	3	1	NQ	536	536	536	NQ	957	957	957	$1,849	$1,849	$1,849
		Restocker	C	2	10	NQ	668	668	668	NQ	1,285	1,285	1,285	$2,238	$2,238	$2,238
Vealer Heifer	0-200	Restocker	C	2	26	20	470	540	506	49	904	1,039	971	$756	$932	$872
	200-280	Restocker	B	3	8	NQ	470	540	528	NQ	887	1,019	984	$1,128	$1,426	$1,363
			C	2	101	65	450	542	505	9	865	1,042	970	$1,058	$1,394	$1,187
				3	18	-8	500	554	520	5	943	1,045	982	$1,100	$1,389	$1,312
	280-330	Restocker	C	2	2	NQ	536	536	536	NQ	1,031	1,031	1,031	$1,512	$1,512	$1,512
				3	2	NQ	522	524	523	NQ	970	985	978	$1,472	$1,520	$1,496
	330+	Processor	B	3	6	NQ	508	516	515	NQ	924	938	936	$1,858	$1,880	$1,861
		Restocker	C	2	9	NQ	536	536	536	NQ	1,031	1,031	1,031	$1,796	$1,796	$1,796
Manufacturing Steer	0-540	Dairy	D	2	2	NQ	314	314	314	NQ	668	668	668	$1,036	$1,036	$1,036
		Feeder	D	2	5	NQ	440	440	440	NQ	898	898	898	$1,914	$1,914	$1,914
		Processor	D	2	1	NQ	296	296	296	NQ	630	630	630	$814	$814	$814
				3	10	NQ	430	450	444	NQ	827	882	866	$2,093	$2,322	$2,161
	540+	Processor	D	4	1	NQ	415	415	415	NQ	798	798	798	$2,532	$2,532	$2,532
Grown Heifer	0-540	Processor	C	3	5	NQ	416	418	417	NQ	785	804	793	$1,860	$2,080	$2,021
				4	1	NQ	430	430	430	NQ	796	796	796	$2,043	$2,043	$2,043
			D	2	1	NQ	280	280	280	NQ	622	622	622	$700	$700	$700
				3	4	3	410	410	410	20	789	789	789	$1,968	$1,968	$1,968
	540+	Processor	C	4	2	NC	428	430	429	-31	793	796	794	$2,354	$2,365	$2,360
Cows	0-400	Processor	D	2	3	NQ	195	195	195	NQ	433	433	433	$644	$644	$644
		Restocker	D	2	1	NQ	296	296	296	NQ	658	658	658	$1,006	$1,006	$1,006
	400-520	Processor	D	2	13	NQ	310	396	367	NQ	660	843	784	$1,256	$1,940	$1,733
				3	12	9	380	416	400	60	776	850	822	$1,816	$2,080	$1,888
		Restocker	D	2	10	7	310	392	371	86	674	834	793	$1,395	$1,862	$1,766
				3	3	NQ	396	396	396	NQ	808	808	808	$1,921	$1,921	$1,921
	520+	Processor	D	3	11	-21	385	408	401	11	780	817	802	$2,060	$2,366	$2,297
				4	32	6	395	416	411	2	773	812	797	$2,430	$3,037	$2,833
Bulls	0-450	Feeder	B	2	6	NQ	488	488	488	NQ	904	904	904	$1,732	$1,732	$1,732
		Restocker	B	2	5	4	510	510	510	140	944	944	944	$1,530	$1,530	$1,530
			C	2	6	-1	385	592	558	199	770	1,117	1,059	$1,001	$1,066	$1,055
	600+	Processor	B	3	2	1	380	382	381	-29	679	682	680	$2,850	$3,018	$2,934
				4	2	1	410	415	413	23	719	728	724	$3,341	$3,588	$3,464

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