CHARTERS TOWERS PRIME CATTLE SALE MARKET REPORT – WEDNESDAY 15TH APRIL 2026

  • Yarding Numbers: 2,049
  • Location: Charters Towers
  • Date: April 15, 2026

Charters Towers Combined Agents yarded a total of 2,049 cattle. Consisting of 1,167 Prime cattle & 822 Store cattle. Prime cattle consisted of 144 bullocks, 108 heifers, 875 cows & 40 bulls. The Store cattle consisted of 519 Steers, 346 Heifers & 17 X 17 Cows & Calves

Cattle comprised of only a few good quality pens of meatworks bullocks & prime heifers. The yarding was dominated by well-finished cows & only a small sample of bulls.
The yarding was drawn from Burketown, Torrens Creek, Pentland, Laura, Tully, Mt Garnet, Greenvale as well as local & coastal areas.

Prime Quotes
Bullocks were quoted 5c easier, Heifers were 15c easier, Cows were 5c easier & Bulls were 10c easier on the last sale rates.

Description Category Wt. Range kg Head Price in cents/kg
Lowest Average Highest
Steers & Bullocks Medium Up to 500kg 82 250 280 330
Heavy Over 500kg 62 250 325 350
Heifers Medium Up to 440kg 52 200 280 326
Heavy Over 400kg 56 260 300 338
Cows Medium Up to 400kg 125 100 237 290
Heavy Over 400kg 750 200 295 325
Bulls Medium Up to 450kg 17 220 270 300
Heavy Over 450kg 23 290 310 330
  • Bullocks topped at 350c/kg, sold on A/c Kevin Young ‘Dells Hole’ Forsayth that weighed 562kg, to return $1,967 per head.
  • Best priced trade heifers were presented on A/c DAFF ‘Spyglass’ Charters Towers that sold for 338c/kg, that weighed 460kg to return $1,554 per head.
  • The top pen of cows were sold by A/c BW & GJ Kirkwood ‘Somerview’ Charters Towers for 325c/kg, weighing 640kg to return $2,080 per head.
  • Bulls sold on A/c Lascelles Pastoral Co ‘Lascelles’ Charters Towers, topped at 330c/kg, & weighed 836kgto return $2,758 per head.

Store Quotes
Store cattle comprised of mostly small pens of local Brahman weaners as well as a large line of light weight northern weaners. Quality condition & weight was preferred & lighter weight rough offerings struggled

Description Wt. Range kg Head Price in cents/kg
Lowest Average Highest
 

Steers

 Up to 250kg 111 100 220 280
250 – 350kg 329 150 315 402
Over 350kg 79 150 312 352
Mickeys Up to 400kg 33 140 220 316
        Heifers Up to 250kg 26 120 230 270
250 – 350kg 270 80 265 332
Over 350kg 50 260 290 326
  • A pen of 10 good quality Steers A/c CM & D Tapiolas made 402c/kg, to weigh & average of 214kg & return & average of $860 per head.
  • A good pen of Heifers on A/c Heslin Cattle Co sold for 332c/kg, to weigh 316kg & return $1,049 per head.
  • 2 Cows & Calves sold on A/c Jake & Anna Bethel made $1,325 per unit.

NEXT PRIME & STORE SALE IS BOOKED FOR WEDNESDAY 22ND APRIL 2026