Warwick Cattle Report

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Report Date: 23rd July 2024

Total Yarding: 1,014

Commentary

The supply of stock remained unchanged with agents at Warwick penning 1,014 head. The yarding was dominated by export cattle and included good numbers of heavy bulls, bullocks and cows with only a small sample of yearling feeder and backgrounder cattle on offer. The export buying panel included the regular operators plus a southern buyer and an extra local processor which lifted prices across the bullock and cow yarding from 18c to 34c/kg.

Light weight yearling steers to restockers sold to 418c/kg with those over 200kg selling to 440c and averaging 365c/kg. Yearling steers over 280kg to background made 378c to average 354c/kg. Yearling steers to feed for the domestic market sold to 351c and averaged 340c with restockers paying to 356c/kg. Heavy yearling steers to feed sold from 340c to 347c and averaged 338c/kg. Light weight yearling heifers to background sold to 318c and averaged 293c/kg. Yearling heifers over 280kg to restockers made 310c to average 276c/kg.Yearling heifers to feed for the domestic market made 306c to average 282c/kg. Heavy yearling heifers to feed made 305c with the wholesale meat trade paying to 396c/kg.

Well finished bullocks sold to 353c and averaged from 340c to 344c/kg. Grown heifers to feed made 325c with those to processors at 328c to average 313c/kg. Light weight cows to processors sold from 196c to 257c with restockers paying from 175c to 243c/kg. Heavy score 2 cows to processors sold from 228c to 270c with score 4 cows selling to 309c and averaging 296c/kg. Heavy bulls to processors made 320c to average 297c/kg.

Market Reporter Errol Luck