Wagga Cattle Report

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Report Date: 22ndJuly 2024

Total Yarding: 3,050

Commentary

It was a smaller yarding and a plainer offering compared to the previous week. The big standout of the sale was the lack of weight across the offering. The usual buyers made it to the sale and all were trying to operate. The export processors pushed prices higher due to the limited stock available.

Cows stole the show with a 10c/kg price increase and more in places. Well-finished cows traded impressively between 330c and 352c/kg, while the leaner types, making up the majority, sold from 220c to 330c/kg. Heavy steers and bullocks were in limited supply, fetching between 334c and 376c/kg. Heavy heifers with good shape attracted a bigger buying group making from 303c to 370c/kg.

Heavy feeder steers also saw a scarcity, making between 369c and 405c/kg. With fewer heavyweight options, buyers turned their focus to medium-weight feeder steers, pushing prices up by 7c, with most selling between 324c and 411c/kg, and lighter weights topping out at 400c/kg. Medium-weight feeder heifers saw a modest gain of 3c to 5c, trading from 310c to 356c/kg. Trade heifers in the 400 to 500kg sold slightly dearer, ranging from 310c to 356c/kg. There were only three trade steers selling at 330c to 390/kg
The market for lightweight weaner steers remained robust, selling from 268c to 388c/kg, while their heifer counterparts ranged from 234c to 320c/kg.