Scone Cattle Report

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Report Date: 3rd November 2026

Total Yarding: 1285 (-295)

Spasmodic rainfall across the drawing area over the weekend coupled with increased buying strength set the scene for another buoyant market at Scone with the magical $7/kg barrier breached in the very first pen of steer weaner calves offered. Agents yarded 1285 good to very good quality cattle a reduction of approximately 300 head on the previous week.

Light steer weaner calves surged by 63c/kg and more in places selling from 510c to 725c/kg. Medium weights traded between 560c and 654c/kg averaging around 610c/kg. Light heifer weaner calves followed suit improving by 16c to 29c/kg and sold from 435c to 622c/kg.

Light yearling steers attracted spirited competition gaining 19c to 27c/kg to sell between 570c and 652c/kg. Medium weight yearling steers bucked the stronger trend recording cheaper rates and trading from 468c to 610c/kg.
Heavy yearling steers over 400kg destined for lot feeders improved by 7c/kg making between 470c and 564c/kg to average around 534c/kg. Yearling heifers were less prominent in the offering with prices fluctuating across categories and sales ranging from 468c to 554c/kg.

Grown steers and bullocks to processors sold between 430c and 472c/kg while grown heifers made from 428c to 438c/kg. Approximately 140 cows were offered predominately heavy weights. The limited selection of lighter cows traded between 296c and 388c/kg while heavy 3 and 4 score cows improved by 5c to 10c/kg selling from 400c to 422c/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	5	NQ	570	580	572	NQ	1,096	1,115	1,100	$1,590	$1,624	$1,597
	280-330	Restocker	C	2	5	-6	624	624	624	19	1,200	1,200	1,200	$1,991	$1,991	$1,991
				3	19	-5	630	652	637	27	1,189	1,230	1,202	$1,903	$1,950	$1,931
	330-400	Feeder	C	2	3	2	500	506	504	-62	943	973	963	$1,800	$1,872	$1,848
				3	19	-24	488	580	535	-59	921	1,094	1,006	$1,681	$2,222	$2,044
		Processor	B	4	1	NQ	520	520	520	NQ	929	929	929	$1,924	$1,924	$1,924
		Restocker	C	2	9	6	400	598	576	36	769	1,150	1,108	$1,360	$2,057	$1,980
				3	15	9	468	610	575	-23	883	1,151	1,084	$1,769	$2,074	$1,968
	400+	Feeder	C	2	7	5	488	516	504	34	939	974	959	$2,074	$2,193	$2,142
				3	83	28	450	564	527	23	849	1,064	992	$2,106	$2,597	$2,284
		Processor	C	4	7	-5	455	498	465	-39	827	906	852	$2,216	$2,519	$2,427
		Restocker	C	3	3	NQ	486	492	488	NQ	917	928	921	$2,239	$2,309	$2,285
Yearling Heifer	200-280	Restocker	C	3	1	NQ	480	480	480	NQ	906	906	906	$1,224	$1,224	$1,224
	280-330	Feeder	C	3	5	NC	546	546	546	46	1,030	1,030	1,030	$1,736	$1,736	$1,736
		Restocker	C	2	36	33	510	554	539	19	981	1,065	1,037	$1,554	$1,658	$1,595
				3	23	20	480	538	527	-7	906	1,015	995	$1,392	$1,742	$1,609
	330-400	Feeder	C	2	1	NQ	468	468	468	NQ	936	936	936	$1,732	$1,732	$1,732
				3	2	-64	514	514	514	2	970	970	970	$1,850	$1,850	$1,850
				4	1	NQ	490	490	490	NQ	907	907	907	$1,887	$1,887	$1,887
		Processor	B	3	1	NQ	526	526	526	NQ	974	974	974	$1,841	$1,841	$1,841
			C	3	4	NQ	500	514	507	NQ	926	952	939	$1,850	$1,876	$1,863
		Restocker	C	3	8	-60	520	520	520	0	963	963	963	$1,851	$1,851	$1,851
	400+	Feeder	C	3	21	-55	450	498	468	-22	833	922	874	$2,042	$2,281	$2,210
		Processor	C	3	7	3	438	444	441	-9	811	838	823	$2,242	$2,497	$2,388
				4	1	-16	452	452	452	-41	837	837	837	$2,170	$2,170	$2,170
Vealer Steer	0-200	Restocker	B	2	8	7	725	725	725	155	1,368	1,368	1,368	$1,269	$1,269	$1,269
			C	2	22	-20	510	720	632	-25	981	1,385	1,224	$819	$1,368	$1,020
	200-280	Restocker	B	2	26	NQ	618	698	673	NQ	1,144	1,317	1,264	$1,480	$1,700	$1,547
			C	2	74	30	548	712	658	63	1,054	1,369	1,266	$1,156	$1,619	$1,495
				3	29	19	570	694	677	6	1,076	1,309	1,277	$1,522	$1,763	$1,730
	280-330	Restocker	B	3	1	-14	550	550	550	-76	1,019	1,019	1,019	$1,815	$1,815	$1,815
			C	2	40	12	560	654	619	13	1,077	1,258	1,190	$1,624	$1,947	$1,855
				3	31	20	568	640	603	-57	1,072	1,208	1,134	$1,659	$2,008	$1,846
	330+	Feeder	B	3	2	NQ	518	518	518	NQ	959	959	959	$1,891	$1,891	$1,891
			C	3	11	-4	530	536	534	-41	982	993	989	$2,003	$2,380	$2,243
		Restocker	B	3	6	-19	588	588	588	14	1,069	1,069	1,069	$1,970	$1,970	$1,970
			C	2	1	-10	530	530	530	-51	1,019	1,019	1,019	$1,776	$1,776	$1,776
Vealer Heifer	0-200	Dairy	D	2	2	NQ	300	300	300	NQ	600	600	600	$540	$540	$540
		Restocker	B	2	8	7	610	610	610	60	1,173	1,173	1,173	$1,122	$1,122	$1,122
			C	2	52	13	435	606	529	17	837	1,165	1,019	$495	$1,151	$888
	200-280	Restocker	B	2	28	NQ	585	585	585	NQ	1,104	1,104	1,104	$1,328	$1,328	$1,328
				3	4	-45	535	554	545	-69	973	1,007	990	$1,445	$1,512	$1,478
			C	2	93	43	484	622	563	29	931	1,196	1,083	$1,012	$1,584	$1,297
				3	32	27	480	609	580	18	906	1,149	1,092	$1,104	$1,474	$1,408
	280-330	Feeder	B	3	1	-21	520	520	520	NC	946	946	946	$1,716	$1,716	$1,716
			C	3	10	6	532	532	532	16	1,004	1,004	1,004	$1,612	$1,612	$1,612
		Restocker	B	3	18	-3	538	542	541	-7	978	986	983	$1,571	$1,599	$1,590
			C	2	7	-2	504	538	514	-5	969	1,015	982	$1,482	$1,722	$1,550
				3	33	20	520	546	531	-10	981	1,011	997	$1,482	$1,649	$1,596
	330+	Feeder	C	3	9	NQ	520	520	520	NQ	963	963	963	$2,007	$2,007	$2,007
		Processor	C	3	8	NQ	510	510	510	NQ	927	927	927	$1,785	$1,958	$1,915
		Restocker	C	2	10	NQ	520	520	520	NQ	1,000	1,000	1,000	$1,789	$1,789	$1,789
				3	13	6	518	536	522	14	959	1,011	971	$1,785	$1,803	$1,799
Manufacturing Steer	0-540	Processor	D	3	4	NQ	400	440	430	NQ	769	846	827	$2,160	$2,266	$2,240
	540+	Processor	D	3	1	NQ	386	386	386	NQ	804	804	804	$2,258	$2,258	$2,258
Grown Steer	400-500	Processor	C	3	2	NQ	420	420	420	NQ	793	793	793	$1,995	$1,995	$1,995
	500-600	Processor	C	3	3	NQ	430	430	430	NQ	811	811	811	$2,236	$2,387	$2,329
				4	1	-5	445	445	445	-19	824	824	824	$2,514	$2,514	$2,514
	600-750	Processor	C	3	1	NQ	450	450	450	NQ	833	833	833	$2,925	$2,925	$2,925
				4	9	NQ	472	472	472	NQ	874	874	874	$3,342	$3,342	$3,342
	750+	Processor	C	4	3	NQ	448	450	449	NQ	818	830	822	$3,420	$3,786	$3,542
Grown Heifer	0-540	Feeder	C	3	4	NQ	446	446	446	NQ	842	842	842	$2,007	$2,007	$2,007
			D	2	2	NQ	398	398	398	NQ	796	796	796	$1,632	$1,632	$1,632
	540+	Processor	C	4	28	25	428	438	432	-16	793	819	808	$2,556	$3,088	$2,692
Cows	0-400	Processor	D	3	3	NQ	370	380	373	NQ	771	792	778	$1,436	$1,463	$1,445
	400-520	Processor	D	2	13	12	300	388	362	-14	638	826	772	$1,312	$1,856	$1,745
				3	10	-23	388	398	397	-4	826	829	829	$1,901	$2,054	$2,038
		Restocker	D	2	5	-2	296	296	296	-96	630	630	630	$1,424	$1,424	$1,424
	520+	Processor	C	4	16	7	414	422	420	10	793	812	798	$2,227	$3,570	$3,042
			D	3	65	-79	370	406	397	-7	770	861	805	$1,954	$2,741	$2,311
				4	30	16	400	420	414	5	769	820	803	$2,639	$3,700	$2,878
Calves	0-80	Restocker	C	2	1	-4	260	260	260	-260	520	520	520	$182	$182	$182
	80+	Restocker	C	2	8	NC	510	620	574	-31	1,020	1,192	1,113	$536	$797	$729
Bulls	0-450	Restocker	B	2	22	NQ	460	530	498	NQ	852	1,000	936	$1,127	$1,530	$1,361
				3	2	NQ	550	635	593	NQ	1,000	1,176	1,088	$1,238	$1,348	$1,293
			C	2	4	-5	350	580	465	35	660	1,094	877	$1,236	$1,247	$1,241
	450-600	Processor	C	3	10	NQ	418	418	418	NQ	760	760	760	$2,278	$2,278	$2,278
		Restocker	C	3	1	NQ	380	380	380	NQ	704	704	704	$1,862	$1,862	$1,862
	600+	Processor	B	3	4	-3	390	414	401	-10	696	739	716	$2,640	$3,120	$2,799
				4	4	2	396	402	400	-26	695	714	704	$3,558	$4,200	$3,834
			C	2	1	NQ	380	380	380	NQ	717	717	717	$2,926	$2,926	$2,926
				3	1	NC	376	376	376	-4	671	671	671	$2,275	$2,275	$2,275
				4	2	NQ	394	396	395	NQ	707	730	718	$3,408	$3,485	$3,446

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