INVERELL CATTLE MARKET REPORT – TUESDAY 29TH APRIL 2025

There were 1,262 head yarded, consisting of a good supply of yearlings and a fair penning of cows. The yarding of young cattle consisted of several runs of well-bred yearling steers and heifers, suitable for restockers and feeder buyers.

The market continued to be strong throughout the sale, however, was difficult to compare to last week’s small numbers, but was favourable to other sales this week in the North. Restocker weaner steers sold to a top of 448c, while light restocker and background yearling steers ranged from 408c to 440c/kg. Feeder steers met keen demand ranging from 385c to 386c/kg. Feeder heifers made similar gains ranging from 320c to 386c/kg.

There was a limited supply of grown steers, with steers to process selling to 350c and feeders sold to 378c/kg. There were several pens of grown heifers, the heifers to process topped at 340c and feeders sold to 364c/kg. The cow market remained firm with 3 scores averaging 266c and 4 score cows sold to 298c/kg. There as several heavy weight bulls offered reaching a top price of 320c/kg.