Scone Cattle Report

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Report Date: 6th October 2026

Total Yarding: 697 (+82)

Despite disappointing rainfall totals over the weekend Scone agents penned 697 good-quality cattle, up marginally on the previous week. The market followed a similar trend to last week across most grades with buyers keen to secure numbers of well-bred and conditioned stock.

Weaner steer calves an admired commodity to be 22c/kg dearer selling from 345c to 632c/kg. A good selection of over 330kg steer calves to suit the lot feeders making between 474c and 588c/kg to be 33c/kg dearer. Weaner heifer calves marginally dearer making from 355c to 488c/kg, prime B muscle types over 330kg to the local butcher trade 23c/kg dearer and sold from 472c to 506c/kg.

Medium weight yearling steers sold at cheaper rates to the lot feeders 426c to 506c/kg. The heavy weight yearling steers to the lot feeders were generally high quality and sold accordingly to be 25c/kg dearer making from 450c to 536c/kg. Over 400kg yearling heifers destined the same way made from 430c to 476c/kg.

Grown heifers to the processors were presented in tip top buckle to be 2c/kg dearer trading between 370c and 408c/kg. Around 130 cows offered lighter 2 scores 27c/kg dearer to the re-stockers 270c to 378c/kg, heavy 3 and 4 scores slightly cheaper 364c to 395c/kg. Best heavy Bull made 410c/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	200-280	Restocker	C	2	1	NQ	406	406	406	NQ	781	781	781	$1,096	$1,096	$1,096
	280-330	Feeder	B	2	2	NQ	500	500	500	NQ	943	943	943	$1,625	$1,625	$1,625
		Restocker	C	2	4	-10	492	500	497	-40	946	962	955	$1,402	$1,556	$1,452
				3	3	NQ	560	594	583	NQ	1,057	1,121	1,099	$1,764	$1,782	$1,776
	330-400	Feeder	B	3	11	NQ	504	506	505	NQ	937	951	947	$1,835	$1,857	$1,841
			C	2	1	NQ	420	420	420	NQ	808	808	808	$1,596	$1,596	$1,596
				3	13	-1	426	494	483	-17	804	915	896	$1,598	$1,966	$1,844
	400+	Feeder	C	3	19	-19	450	536	516	41	833	993	962	$2,094	$2,754	$2,447
Yearling Heifer	200-280	Processor	C	2	1	NQ	380	380	380	NQ	717	717	717	$969	$969	$969
	280-330	Feeder	C	3	1	NQ	420	420	420	NQ	793	793	793	$1,344	$1,344	$1,344
		Restocker	C	2	1	NQ	440	440	440	NQ	830	830	830	$1,276	$1,276	$1,276
				3	2	NQ	420	420	420	NQ	793	793	793	$1,281	$1,281	$1,281
	330-400	Feeder	B	3	11	NQ	480	480	480	NQ	889	889	889	$1,762	$1,762	$1,762
			C	3	8	5	448	470	462	6	845	887	867	$1,608	$1,880	$1,695
				4	3	NQ	480	480	480	NQ	873	873	873	$1,690	$1,690	$1,690
		Processor	C	4	15	14	436	490	463	-25	793	891	842	$1,469	$1,936	$1,721
		Restocker	C	3	1	NQ	462	462	462	NQ	872	872	872	$1,571	$1,571	$1,571
	400+	Feeder	B	3	2	NQ	472	472	472	NQ	874	874	874	$2,044	$2,044	$2,044
			C	2	2	NQ	426	426	426	NQ	819	819	819	$1,874	$1,874	$1,874
				3	46	34	430	476	446	4	796	898	835	$1,922	$2,270	$2,094
				4	5	NQ	438	448	444	NQ	811	830	822	$2,083	$2,137	$2,105
		Processor	C	4	14	NQ	400	510	437	NQ	741	927	807	$1,955	$2,572	$2,286
Vealer Steer	0-200	Restocker	C	2	6	-2	345	628	504	16	664	1,208	970	$587	$1,225	$920
	200-280	Restocker	B	2	4	NQ	560	560	560	NQ	1,077	1,077	1,077	$1,288	$1,288	$1,288
			C	2	51	-1	452	632	559	22	869	1,215	1,074	$1,115	$1,393	$1,267
	280-330	Feeder	B	3	5	-3	496	496	496	2	919	919	919	$1,637	$1,637	$1,637
		Restocker	C	2	10	-24	548	548	548	-14	1,054	1,054	1,054	$1,578	$1,578	$1,578
				3	24	2	604	606	605	12	1,140	1,143	1,141	$1,812	$1,872	$1,857
	330+	Feeder	B	3	1	NQ	498	498	498	NQ	906	906	906	$1,768	$1,768	$1,768
			C	2	3	NQ	488	500	492	NQ	939	962	946	$1,732	$1,800	$1,755
				3	34	8	474	588	541	33	894	1,109	1,016	$1,635	$2,041	$1,928
		Restocker	C	2	4	NC	518	518	518	56	996	996	996	$1,803	$1,803	$1,803
				3	5	-2	568	568	568	42	1,072	1,072	1,072	$1,931	$1,931	$1,931
Vealer Heifer	0-200	Restocker	C	2	10	-20	350	494	458	34	673	950	882	$596	$983	$845
	200-280	Processor	C	2	4	NQ	370	390	375	NQ	712	736	718	$759	$975	$813
		Restocker	B	2	1	NQ	448	448	448	NQ	862	862	862	$1,142	$1,142	$1,142
				3	5	2	466	470	468	30	863	870	866	$1,011	$1,226	$1,140
			C	2	45	9	355	484	446	3	683	931	857	$792	$1,267	$1,030
				3	16	3	446	480	470	16	842	906	887	$1,138	$1,191	$1,160
	280-330	Feeder	B	3	5	1	440	440	440	-14	830	830	830	$1,302	$1,302	$1,302
			C	3	8	NQ	460	480	473	NQ	868	906	892	$1,486	$1,555	$1,529
		Processor	B	3	1	NQ	460	460	460	NQ	852	852	852	$1,472	$1,472	$1,472
		Restocker	C	2	6	1	450	488	469	49	865	939	902	$1,296	$1,430	$1,363
	330+	Feeder	B	3	1	NQ	470	470	470	NQ	839	839	839	$1,763	$1,763	$1,763
			C	3	10	-5	468	474	473	42	867	894	883	$1,615	$1,735	$1,711
		Processor	B	3	4	-2	472	506	498	24	858	904	892	$1,581	$1,872	$1,799
			C	3	1	-7	468	468	468	NC	851	851	851	$1,615	$1,615	$1,615
		Restocker	C	3	2	NQ	456	456	456	NQ	860	860	860	$1,573	$1,573	$1,573
Grown Heifer	0-540	Processor	C	3	3	NQ	400	404	401	NQ	762	769	767	$2,020	$2,060	$2,047
	540+	Processor	C	3	1	NQ	388	388	388	NQ	732	732	732	$2,134	$2,134	$2,134
				4	20	18	370	408	398	2	698	770	751	$2,201	$2,691	$2,374
			D	3	3	NQ	396	396	396	NQ	762	762	762	$2,178	$2,178	$2,178
				4	1	NQ	370	370	370	NQ	712	712	712	$2,239	$2,239	$2,239
Cows	0-400	Processor	D	2	3	NQ	282	282	282	NQ	600	600	600	$1,086	$1,086	$1,086
		Restocker	D	2	2	1	220	328	274	-40	478	683	581	$792	$1,312	$1,052
	400-520	Processor	D	2	3	2	298	298	298	NC	634	634	634	$1,550	$1,550	$1,550
				3	9	-4	320	370	354	-3	667	740	719	$1,616	$1,826	$1,752
		Restocker	D	2	54	48	270	378	353	27	575	804	752	$1,158	$1,765	$1,582
				3	3	NQ	344	344	344	NQ	717	717	717	$1,624	$1,624	$1,624
	520+	Processor	C	4	8	NQ	365	394	378	NQ	689	758	723	$2,287	$2,837	$2,423
			D	3	23	12	330	388	357	-12	674	751	715	$1,782	$2,495	$2,087
				4	27	-14	364	395	386	-1	704	765	745	$2,002	$2,914	$2,536
Calves	80+	Restocker	C	2	7	6	340	370	353	29	654	712	679	$306	$307	$306
Bulls	0-450	Processor	C	2	1	NQ	250	250	250	NQ	481	481	481	$688	$688	$688
		Restocker	B	2	2	NQ	340	340	340	NQ	630	630	630	$1,122	$1,122	$1,122
			C	2	4	-13	320	430	371	-53	640	827	725	$680	$1,168	$1,012
				3	4	NC	445	445	445	NC	840	840	840	$1,037	$1,037	$1,037
	600+	Processor	B	2	1	NQ	344	344	344	NQ	662	662	662	$2,374	$2,374	$2,374
				4	4	3	380	410	388	-31	667	707	683	$3,040	$4,264	$3,588
			C	4	2	1	370	370	370	-46	661	661	661	$3,053	$3,293	$3,173

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