Charters Towers Cattle Report

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Report Date: 21st October 2026

Total Yarding: 2513 (-607)

Isolated storms across the supply area saw numbers fall by 600 to 2513 cattle this week. Quality was very mixed consisting of isolated pens of good heavy bullocks and cows, increased numbers of bulls, supported by several small mixed lines of feeders and young cattle. All regular processors were in attendance and operating, supported by three live exporters, all active at stronger rates in line with other selling centres. Cattle were drawn from Mt Isa to Georgetown, local and coastal areas.

Buyer enthusiasm lifted prices in most categories, particularly anything suitable for slaughter. Medium weight yearling steers to feed lifted 3c to 8c, yearling heifers to the trade lifted 24c, grown steers increased up to 17c, grown heifers were firm to 4c better, bullocks improved 13c to 20c, cows increased 12c to 20c and bulls averaged 15c to 24c higher.

A line of good quality crossbred weaned vealer steers to backgrounders sold for 596c/kg. An increased supply of vealer heifers to processors made to 462c to average 401c to 435c, heifers returning to the paddock averaged 350c/kg. Yearling steers above 280kg to backgrounders reached 466c to average 442c to 460c, while steers above 330kg to feed sold to 462c to average 449c/kg. A limited number of medium weight yearling heifers to feed made from 386c to 414c, heifers to the trade averaged 398c selling to 418c, heavy heifers sold to 414c/kg. Grown steers to live export sold to 424c, trade types sold to 426c, to average 410c/kg. A reduced number of grown heifers to processors made from 380c to 414c/kg.

Heavy young bullocks to export slaughter topped at 458c, most sales from 434c to 450c/kg. A smaller offer of cows met very strong demand, medium weight 3 score cows selling to 406c, averaging 382c to 392c, prime heavyweight cows averaged 398c , topping at 410c/kg. Heavy bulls sold to 412c/kg.

Market Reporter, Mick Kingham

							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	200-280	Feeder	D	2	15	2	420	420	420	72	808	808	808	$1,176	$1,176	$1,176
		Processor	D	2	1	NQ	408	408	408	NQ	785	785	785	$1,102	$1,102	$1,102
		Restocker	D	2	5	-17	380	450	436	43	731	865	839	$912	$1,260	$1,190
	280-330	Feeder	D	2	9	-6	376	430	415	24	723	827	799	$1,147	$1,398	$1,332
		Processor	C	2	1	NQ	408	408	408	NQ	785	785	785	$1,244	$1,244	$1,244
		Restocker	C	2	43	NQ	454	466	460	NQ	873	896	884	$1,430	$1,485	$1,455
			D	2	71	65	360	454	442	10	692	873	850	$1,116	$1,476	$1,371
	330-400	Feeder	C	2	58	23	420	462	449	3	808	889	863	$1,501	$1,802	$1,582
				3	12	NQ	446	446	446	NQ	842	842	842	$1,739	$1,739	$1,739
			D	2	30	-14	350	550	434	8	673	1,058	834	$1,260	$1,843	$1,577
				3	1	NQ	400	400	400	NQ	769	769	769	$1,540	$1,540	$1,540
			E	2	13	NQ	295	356	351	NQ	578	698	689	$1,151	$1,228	$1,222
		Processor	C	2	11	-9	466	466	466	46	879	879	879	$1,724	$1,724	$1,724
				3	1	NQ	418	418	418	NQ	789	789	789	$1,547	$1,547	$1,547
		Restocker	C	2	18	-16	435	462	447	6	837	889	859	$1,457	$1,640	$1,542
			D	2	15	NC	420	460	443	-5	808	885	852	$1,407	$1,656	$1,551
	400+	Feeder	C	2	13	-22	330	456	438	0	635	860	839	$1,617	$1,915	$1,842
			D	3	1	-22	414	414	414	-25	796	796	796	$1,718	$1,718	$1,718
		Live Export	C	3	2	NQ	428	428	428	NQ	808	808	808	$1,862	$1,862	$1,862
				4	12	NQ	444	444	444	NQ	822	822	822	$2,042	$2,042	$2,042
		Restocker	C	2	2	NQ	454	454	454	NQ	873	873	873	$1,839	$1,839	$1,839
Yearling Heifer	0-200	Feeder	E	2	3	NQ	218	218	218	NQ	428	428	428	$316	$316	$316
	200-280	Feeder	C	2	12	NQ	394	394	394	NQ	758	758	758	$1,044	$1,044	$1,044
			D	2	27	23	200	386	352	32	392	742	678	$520	$1,025	$930
		Processor	C	2	8	NQ	400	400	400	NQ	769	769	769	$1,100	$1,100	$1,100
			D	2	9	1	370	378	376	18	712	727	723	$902	$1,002	$942
				3	3	NQ	388	388	388	NQ	746	746	746	$873	$873	$873
	280-330	Feeder	C	2	3	-12	414	414	414	54	796	796	796	$1,346	$1,346	$1,346
			D	2	39	-15	340	400	375	27	654	769	721	$1,054	$1,260	$1,139
		Processor	C	2	8	NQ	428	428	428	NQ	823	823	823	$1,412	$1,412	$1,412
			D	2	1	-8	412	412	412	69	792	792	792	$1,174	$1,174	$1,174
				3	1	NQ	350	350	350	NQ	673	673	673	$1,138	$1,138	$1,138
		Restocker	D	2	1	NQ	350	350	350	NQ	686	686	686	$1,138	$1,138	$1,138
	330-400	Feeder	C	2	22	19	414	414	414	4	796	796	796	$1,532	$1,615	$1,573
			D	2	2	-108	394	394	394	34	758	758	758	$1,359	$1,359	$1,359
				3	9	NQ	386	398	387	NQ	742	765	745	$1,312	$1,353	$1,317
		Processor	C	3	8	NQ	410	418	414	NQ	789	804	796	$1,394	$1,421	$1,408
			D	2	3	-8	414	414	414	53	796	796	796	$1,387	$1,387	$1,387
				3	22	12	370	408	399	24	712	785	766	$1,277	$1,560	$1,477
		Restocker	D	3	1	NQ	250	250	250	NQ	481	481	481	$888	$888	$888
	400+	Feeder	D	3	4	-6	408	408	408	6	785	785	785	$1,673	$1,673	$1,673
		Processor	C	4	3	NQ	414	414	414	NQ	781	781	781	$1,801	$1,801	$1,801
Vealer Steer	0-200	Feeder	E	2	18	NQ	260	270	261	NQ	500	529	502	$378	$481	$475
		Restocker	C	2	84	NQ	596	596	596	NQ	1,146	1,146	1,146	$1,013	$1,192	$1,094
			D	2	35	-80	350	454	448	-12	673	873	862	$473	$885	$827
	200-280	Feeder	E	2	14	NQ	342	342	342	NQ	658	658	658	$821	$821	$821
		Restocker	C	2	19	-25	550	596	581	149	1,058	1,146	1,118	$1,281	$1,375	$1,311
			D	2	4	-196	300	460	419	-26	577	885	806	$645	$1,208	$969
Vealer Heifer	0-200	Feeder	D	2	5	-60	218	348	244	-29	428	669	476	$273	$609	$340
		Processor	C	2	40	NQ	450	450	450	NQ	865	865	865	$743	$743	$743
		Restocker	D	2	36	NC	354	354	354	63	681	681	681	$602	$708	$643
			E	2	1	NQ	300	300	300	NQ	577	577	577	$570	$570	$570
	200-280	Feeder	D	2	2	-17	376	376	376	48	723	723	723	$808	$808	$808
			E	2	1	-7	220	220	220	70	431	431	431	$451	$451	$451
		Processor	C	2	107	102	384	462	435	77	739	889	837	$869	$1,056	$986
			D	2	22	NC	348	420	401	100	669	808	771	$713	$1,029	$928
		Restocker	C	2	6	-29	390	390	390	20	750	750	750	$839	$839	$839
			D	2	58	36	342	354	350	27	658	681	674	$718	$774	$735
Manufacturing Steer	0-540	Live Export	D	3	1	NQ	420	420	420	NQ	793	793	793	$2,058	$2,058	$2,058
		Processor	D	3	14	-4	392	444	407	19	740	822	767	$1,921	$2,287	$2,016
				4	11	8	450	450	450	20	833	833	833	$2,408	$2,408	$2,408
	540+	Processor	C	4	42	8	442	458	450	13	807	833	818	$2,464	$3,032	$2,667
			D	3	3	-27	384	444	404	-12	711	822	748	$2,362	$2,775	$2,499
				4	1	-30	434	434	434	13	804	804	804	$2,778	$2,778	$2,778
			E	5	1	NQ	442	442	442	NQ	819	819	819	$2,829	$2,829	$2,829
Grown Steer	0-400	Feeder	D	1	1	NC	350	350	350	-80	686	686	686	$1,348	$1,348	$1,348
				2	42	-80	350	432	405	-8	673	831	779	$1,295	$1,642	$1,461
		Processor	E	2	7	NQ	326	326	326	NQ	639	639	639	$1,157	$1,157	$1,157
		Restocker	C	2	5	NQ	434	434	434	NQ	804	804	804	$1,671	$1,671	$1,671
	400-500	Feeder	C	2	12	NQ	410	410	410	NQ	774	774	774	$1,866	$1,866	$1,866
			D	2	3	-74	392	400	395	-31	754	769	759	$1,660	$1,686	$1,677
				3	11	8	424	448	446	26	800	845	841	$1,866	$2,083	$2,063
		Live Export	C	2	2	NQ	424	424	424	NQ	800	800	800	$1,929	$1,929	$1,929
			D	2	21	NQ	410	418	417	NQ	789	804	802	$1,722	$2,048	$2,017
				3	23	NQ	406	424	407	NQ	766	800	768	$1,908	$1,950	$1,910
		Processor	D	2	1	NQ	406	406	406	NQ	781	781	781	$1,685	$1,685	$1,685
				3	27	20	380	426	410	18	731	804	775	$1,615	$2,024	$1,970
	500-600	Processor	D	3	16	2	404	404	404	-24	762	762	762	$2,262	$2,262	$2,262
Grown Heifer	0-540	Feeder	D	1	30	NQ	252	308	293	NQ	514	629	598	$769	$1,001	$939
				2	40	37	262	384	372	53	524	768	744	$878	$1,421	$1,366
		Processor	C	2	1	NQ	396	396	396	NQ	762	762	762	$1,643	$1,643	$1,643
				3	3	NQ	398	414	403	NQ	765	781	771	$1,612	$1,904	$1,709
			D	1	4	NQ	336	336	336	NQ	747	747	747	$1,159	$1,159	$1,159
				2	3	-4	380	398	386	54	760	796	772	$1,482	$1,532	$1,499
				3	37	15	366	408	378	5	732	796	750	$1,427	$1,693	$1,504
				4	7	NQ	426	426	426	NQ	804	804	804	$2,087	$2,087	$2,087
		Restocker	D	2	2	NQ	180	180	180	NQ	360	360	360	$594	$594	$594
Cows	0-400	Feeder	D	1	51	30	255	350	318	13	567	778	706	$778	$1,190	$1,010
			E	1	3	NC	148	148	148	-63	336	336	336	$392	$392	$392
		Processor	C	2	9	NQ	348	348	348	NQ	740	740	740	$1,322	$1,322	$1,322
			D	1	20	10	332	354	351	35	738	738	738	$1,013	$1,363	$1,310
				2	49	27	320	352	343	13	696	765	746	$1,179	$1,376	$1,219
				3	2	-31	330	330	330	-13	702	702	702	$1,205	$1,205	$1,205
	400-520	Processor	C	3	7	-29	406	406	406	35	796	796	796	$1,786	$1,786	$1,786
				4	3	NQ	398	398	398	NQ	765	765	765	$2,030	$2,030	$2,030
			D	2	58	43	350	372	357	13	753	775	760	$1,418	$1,655	$1,475
				3	169	-187	354	398	382	20	722	808	777	$1,505	$1,980	$1,698
				4	2	-6	380	380	380	24	745	745	745	$1,976	$1,976	$1,976
			E	3	2	NQ	386	386	386	NQ	804	804	804	$1,756	$1,756	$1,756
	520+	Processor	C	4	1	-3	400	400	400	8	769	769	769	$2,280	$2,280	$2,280
			D	3	61	22	392	406	397	17	762	800	776	$2,058	$2,460	$2,267
				4	8	-13	392	402	396	11	754	788	765	$2,171	$2,500	$2,277
Bulls	0-450	Feeder	C	2	18	-7	410	410	410	22	774	789	780	$1,599	$1,661	$1,633
			D	1	6	NQ	340	340	340	NQ	667	667	667	$1,496	$1,496	$1,496
				2	16	-270	330	368	350	-29	635	708	673	$1,058	$1,564	$1,325
			E	2	32	15	245	375	303	119	471	721	583	$343	$1,463	$762
		Live Export	D	2	46	NQ	350	410	382	NQ	673	789	735	$1,008	$1,568	$1,409
		Processor	C	2	29	NQ	446	480	454	NQ	858	923	874	$1,160	$1,320	$1,231
			D	2	35	21	358	454	450	62	689	873	865	$976	$1,199	$983
		Restocker	C	2	24	12	410	434	420	-30	789	835	808	$933	$1,554	$1,404
			D	2	25	-5	340	440	378	-20	654	846	728	$578	$1,470	$761
	450-600	Feeder	C	2	4	-3	400	400	400	24	755	755	755	$1,820	$1,820	$1,820
			D	1	26	24	360	378	368	58	706	741	722	$1,720	$1,782	$1,749
				2	10	-5	280	400	373	-6	549	769	718	$1,428	$1,920	$1,817
				3	6	NQ	376	376	376	NQ	709	709	709	$2,106	$2,106	$2,106
		Live Export	C	2	2	NQ	388	388	388	NQ	746	746	746	$1,979	$1,979	$1,979
				3	4	NQ	380	380	380	NQ	704	704	704	$2,242	$2,242	$2,242
				4	4	NQ	396	396	396	NQ	720	720	720	$2,257	$2,257	$2,257
			D	2	10	NQ	380	380	380	NQ	731	731	731	$2,014	$2,014	$2,014
				3	2	NQ	396	396	396	NQ	733	733	733	$2,099	$2,099	$2,099
		Processor	D	2	20	-39	368	372	369	-5	694	715	702	$1,858	$2,109	$1,905
				3	2	-20	372	372	372	-6	702	702	702	$2,065	$2,065	$2,065
	600+	Feeder	D	3	14	13	375	398	385	23	700	737	719	$2,363	$2,608	$2,417
		Live Export	C	3	11	NQ	400	410	401	NQ	741	759	742	$2,760	$2,788	$2,763
			D	3	2	NQ	388	388	388	NQ	719	719	719	$2,386	$2,386	$2,386
		Processor	C	3	19	NQ	380	412	394	NQ	691	749	717	$2,736	$3,255	$2,989
				4	14	7	390	400	392	15	696	727	703	$2,547	$3,218	$3,067
			D	3	11	-13	382	390	389	18	695	722	720	$2,496	$2,827	$2,526

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