WARWICK CATTLE SALE MARKET REPORT – TUESDAY 27TH JANUARY 2026

  • Yarding Numbers: 1,651
  • Location: Warwick
  • Date: January 27, 2026

Total Yarding: 1,651

The supply of stock remained unchanged at Warwick with agents penning 1,651. All the regular processors and feeder buyers were present and active along with local restockers. Bullocks to processors eased by 9c/kg to 12c/kg with cows remaining firm on last week. Yearling steers and heifers to background sold to easier trends depending on type and quality with feeder lines firm.

Light weight yearling steers to background sold to 540c/kg. Yearling steers in the 280-330kg range to restockers sold to 550c/kg with those to feed at 536c/kg to average 487c/kg. Yearling steers to feed for the domestic market made 480c/kg to average 463c/kg. Heavy yearling steers to feed made 475c/kg to average 455c/kg with those to the wholesale meat trade at 483c/kg to average 458c/kg. Light weight yearling heifers to background made 436c/kg to average 394c/kg. Medium weight yearling heifers to feed made 430c/kg with those over 400kg at 450c/kg to average 415c/kg. Heavy yearling heifers to the wholesale meat trade sold to 472c/kg.

Bullocks to processors sold to 471c/kg and averaged from 447c/kg to 448c/kg. Grown heifers to processors sold to 440c/kg and averaged from 388c/kg to 408c/kg. Light weight plain conditioned cows to processors made 353c/kg to average 305c/kg. Heavy two score cows to processors made 366c/kg to average 351c/kg. Good heavy cows sold to 389c/kg and averaged from 371c/kg to 384c/kg. Light weight bulls to restockers sold to 440c/kg and averaged 429c/g. Heavy bulls to processors averaged 396c/kg and sold to 411c/kg.

Category Weight Range Head Cents per Kilogram Dollars per Head
Min Avg Max Min Avg Max
Bulls 0-600 76 248.20 426.4 466.20 136.51 1,036.00 2,101.00
600+ 21 340.00 388.8 432.20 2,377.20 3,108.75 4,134.33
Cows 200-280 2 165.20 165.2 165.20 458.43 458.43 458.43
280-330 5 240.00 240.0 240.20 756.00 760.93 780.65
330-400 17 150.00 271.0 359.20 540.00 1,023.26 1,418.84
400-500 96 170.00 330.7 388.20 692.75 1,507.66 1,902.18
500-600 145 206.20 359.4 412.20 1,072.24 1,966.64 2,328.93
600+ 78 240.20 372.8 433.20 1,525.27 2,469.43 3,081.14
Feeder Heifers 200-280 44 200.00 376.7 432.20 470.00 981.89 1,201.52
280-330 80 300.00 411.5 446.20 960.00 1,265.88 1,450.15
330-400 80 250.00 404.0 450.20 887.50 1,468.90 1,663.20
400-500 31 318.20 404.8 452.20 1,304.62 1,704.70 1,949.99
Feeder Steers 200-280 33 320.20 481.1 550.00 848.53 1,264.62 1,457.50
280-330 81 245.20 454.2 536.20 711.08 1,381.24 1,560.00
330-400 110 352.20 439.5 488.20 1,215.09 1,591.71 1,848.17
400-500 107 350.00 451.8 475.00 1,554.00 2,055.85 2,309.69
500-600 29 410.20 440.2 447.20 2,112.53 2,293.72 2,619.19
600+ 1 451.20 451.2 451.20 3,248.64 3,248.64 3,248.64
Heifers 200-280 2 262.20 262.2 262.20 576.84 576.84 576.84
330-400 4 270.20 329.8 412.20 797.09 1,014.12 1,195.38
400-500 34 307.20 389.4 412.20 1,105.92 1,464.34 1,614.66
500-600 37 306.20 382.8 432.20 1,240.11 1,685.75 2,139.39
Manufacturing Steer 400-500 6 329.20 329.2 329.20 1,097.33 1,097.33 1,097.33
Steers 330-400 3 370.20 370.2 370.20 1,338.89 1,338.89 1,338.89
400-500 7 300.00 378.5 472.20 1,403.35 1,778.89 2,242.95
500-600 18 403.20 440.5 457.20 2,036.16 2,361.47 2,575.17
600+ 49 427.20 451.6 471.20 2,624.40 2,868.39 3,194.96
Vealer Heifers 0-200 17 200.00 283.7 352.20 130.00 408.02 647.79
200-280 43 350.00 402.2 500.00 735.00 958.83 1,300.00
280-330 4 402.20 424.6 446.20 1,126.16 1,210.07 1,338.60
Vealer Steers 0-200 31 220.00 487.9 514.20 286.00 884.59 1,015.54
200-280 12 240.00 485.0 522.20 480.00 1,159.90 1,283.74
Yearling Heifer 0-200 13 200.00 319.4 354.20 370.00 590.82 701.32
200-280 70 250.00 396.8 438.20 687.50 958.19 1,224.77
280-330 16 394.20 406.2 420.00 1,134.87 1,224.92 1,278.00
330-400 22 400.00 444.0 498.20 1,360.00 1,670.98 1,778.57
400-500 3 420.00 455.3 472.20 1,848.00 2,064.08 2,172.12
Yearling Steers 0-200 15 370.00 460.9 498.20 376.38 788.22 972.23
200-280 68 200.00 489.8 540.20 500.00 1,168.73 1,308.06
280-330 29 410.00 473.8 498.20 1,175.33 1,392.06 1,501.21
330-400 23 420.00 454.2 472.20 1,470.00 1,634.19 1,726.79
400-500 3 430.20 436.0 450.00 1,800.00 1,976.64 2,064.96
500-600 7 430.20 464.1 483.20 2,344.59 2,489.56 2,660.84
600+ 8 445.00 445.5 447.20 2,973.88 3,049.13 3,074.21
Cow & Calf 400-500 1 224.72 224.7 224.72 1,000.00 1,000.00 1,000.00
500-600 2 196.43 196.4 196.43 1,100.00 1,100.00 1,100.00