WARWICK CATTLE SALE MARKET REPORT – TUESDAY 21ST APRIL 2026
Total Yarding: 2,457 (-202)
The supply of stock at Warwick remained close to last sale with 2,457 head penned. The yarding contained large numbers of cows and feeder cattle, and with vendors choosing to wean into the saleyards extra numbers of weaner yearlings were penned. All the usual buyers attended, with cows selling to easier trends, bullocks dearer and restocker yearling heifers selling to improved prices.
Light weight yearling steers to restockers sold from 300c to 450c/kg. Yearling steers over 280kg to background sold from 350c to 405c/kg. Yearling steers to feed for the domestic market sold to 430c/kg. Heavy yearling steers to feed sold to 443c, with those to processors at 378c to 439c/kg. Yearling heifers in the 200-280kg range to restockers sold from 270c to 350c/kg. Medium weight yearling heifers to feed sold from 320c to 388c, with those to the wholesale meat trade at 334c to 398c/kg. Heavy yearling heifers to processors sold from 368c to 414/kg.
Grown steers to processors sold from 390c to 420c/kg. Grown heifers to processors sold from 300c to 394c/kg. Medium weight plain conditioned cows to restockers sold from 172c to 306c, with those to processors at 210c to 296c/kg. Heavy score 2 cows to processors sold from 240c to 290c/kg. Good heavy cows to processors sold from 302c to 331c/kg. Light weight bulls to feed sold from 280c to 364c/kg. Heavy bulls to processors sold from 340c to 380c/kg.
| CATEGORY | HEAD | AVG. C/KG | TOP PRICE C/KG | TOP PRICE $ |
| VEALER STEERS | 168 | 367.50 | 450.20 | $1,069.22 |
| VEALER HEIFERS | 151 | 312.30 | 380.20 | $1,045.55 |
| YEARLING STEERS | 177 | 393.70 | 468.20 | $1,635.93 |
| YEARLING HEIFERS | 302 | 328.80 | 414.20 | $1,748.95 |
| FEEDER STEERS | 408 | 391.90 | 484.20 | $2,212.91 |
| FEEDER HEIFERS | 228 | 321.00 | 402.20 | $1,785.72 |
| HEIFERS | 154 | 332.70 | 394.20 | $2,643.75 |
| STEERS | 57 | 366.30 | 439.20 | $2,770.43 |
| MANUFACTURING STEERS | 2 | 250.20 | 270.20 | $1,242.92 |
| COWS | 759 | 267.70 | 356.20 | $2,722.50 |
| BULLS <600KG | 35 | 289.20 | 380.20 | $1,973.16 |
| BULLS >600KG | 11 | 349.80 | 380.20 | $3,744.97 |
| COWS & CALVES | 2 | 201.30 | 201.26 | $800.00 |
| CALVES | 5 | 165.20 | 165.2 | $93.61 |
| BOBBY CALVES | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |