WARWICK CATTLE SALE MARKET REPORT – TUESDAY 17TH FEBRUARY 2026
Total Yarding: 1,108 (-850)
Warwick agents penned 1,108 cattle, a reduction of 850 head. All the regular processors and feeder buyers attended along with local restockers. The yarding was dominated by heavy feeder and export lines, which sold to dearer trends with only a small offering of yearlings to suit the restocker.
Yearling steers in the 200-280kg range to restockers sold from 410c to 512c/kg. Yearling steers over 280kg to background sold from 420c to 502c/kg. Yearling steers to feed for the domestic market sold from 420c to 500c/kg. Heavy yearling steers to feed sold from 410c to 500c/kg, with those to the wholesale meat trade at 431c to 479c/kg. Light weight yearling heifers to background sold from 346c to 422c/kg. Yearling heifers to feed sold from 350c to 422c/kg. Heavy yearling heifers to feed sold from 400c to 452c/kg with those to the wholesale meat trade topping at 472c/kg.
Bullocks to processors sold from 442c to 472c/kg. Grown heifers to processors sold from 369c to 426c/kg. Medium weight score 2 cows to processors made 360c to average 322c/kg. Heavy score 3 cows to processors sold from 352c to 376c and averaged 364c/kg. Good heavy cows sold from 370c to 390c and averaged 377c/kg. Heavy bulls to processors averaged 382c and sold from 350c to 410c/kg.
| CATEGORY | HEAD | AVG. C/KG | TOP PRICE C/KG | TOP PRICE $ |
| VEALER STEERS | 50 | 445.6 | 500 | $1,345.14 |
| VEALER HEIFERS | 82 | 375.9 | 480 | $1,483.50 |
| YEARLING STEERS | 71 | 447.9 | 510.2 | $2,028.00 |
| YEARLING HEIFERS | 56 | 389.4 | 456.2 | $1,916.04 |
| FEEDER STEERS | 220 | 457 | 506.2 | $2,648.48 |
| FEEDER HEIFERS | 201 | 404.7 | 452.2 | $1,897.90 |
| HEIFERS | 81 | 388.7 | 472.2 | $2,727.68 |
| STEERS | 68 | 455.7 | 497.2 | $3,331.24 |
| MANUFACTURING STEERS | 10 | 364.4 | 378.2 | $2,978.32 |
| COWS | 226 | 348.4 | 390.2 | $2,764.81 |
| BULLS <600KG | 16 | 379.1 | 450 | $2,275.50 |
| BULLS >600KG | 18 | 368.8 | 410 | $3,997.50 |
| COWS & CALVES | – | – | – | – |
| CALVES | 8 | 337.7 | 402.2 | $477.84 |