Warwick Cattle Report

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Report Date: 12th August 2025

Total Yarding: 1,000

Commentary

Warwick agents penned 1,000 mixed quality cattle. All the usual buyers attended and operated on a strong market for restocker and feeder yearling steers and heifers along with prime grown steers and heifers however cows could not maintain last weeks dearer rates and sold to easier trends.

Yearling steers in the 200-280kg range to restockers sold to 530c and averaged 462c/kg.Yearling steers over 280kg to feed sold to 438c with those to restockers at 494c/kg. Yearling steers to feed for the domestic market made 488c to average 426c/kg. Heavy yearling steers to the wholesale meat trade sold to 419c and averaged 413c/kg. Yearling heifers in the 200-280kg range to background made 428c to average 365c/kg. Yearling heifers over 280kg to feed made 410c to average 382c/kg.Medium weight yearling heifers to feed made 380c to average 358c/kg. Heavy yearling heifers to the local wholesale meat trade made 434c to average 426c/kg.

Grown steers to processors made 423c to average 388c/kg. Bullocks over 600kg to processors averaged 410c and sold to 416c/kg. Grown heifers to processors made 409c to average 376c/kg. Light weight score 2 cows to processors made 311c to average 279c/kg. Heavy score 3 cows to processors made 340c to average 327c with the best heavy cows topping at 368c/kg. Light weight bulls to restockers made 356c to average 329c/kg. High yielding heavy bulls to processors sold to 390c/kg.

Market Reporter Errol Luck.