CHARTERS TOWERS PRIME CATTLE SALE MARKET REPORT – WEDNESDAY 2ND OCTOBER 2024
Charters Towers Combined Agents yarded a total of 2,741 Prime Cattle. The prime cattle consisted of 882 Bullocks, 173 Heifers, 1,197 Cows & 489 Bulls.
Cattle comprise of a large run of heavy fresh Ox, limited butcher heifers, large run of both fat and store cows with a large run of secondary bulls. The yarding was drawn from Mount Isa, Croydon, Prairie, Julia Creek, Hughenden, Cape York, as well as local and coastal areas.
Prime Quotes:
Bullocks were quoted 10c dearer, Heifers were 10-15c easier, Cows were 5c easier and Bulls were 20c dearer, on last week’s rates.
Description | Category | Wt. Range kg | Head | Price in cents/kg | ||
Lowest | Average | Highest | ||||
Steers & Bullocks | Medium | Up to 500kg | 422 | 168.2 | 267.5 | 308.2 |
Heavy | Over 500kg | 460 | 190.2 | 300.2 | 315.2 | |
Heifers | Medium | Up to 540kg | 173 | 50.0 | 236.7 | 270.2 |
Cows | Medium | Up to 400kg | 613 | 40.0 | 200.2 | 262.2 |
Heavy | Over 400kg | 584 | 190.0 | 260.5 | 285.2 | |
Bulls | Medium | Up to 450kg | 367 | 140.0 | 197.9 | 240.2 |
Heavy | Over 600kg | 122 | 150.0 | 237.2 | 278.2 |
- Bullocks topped at 315c/kg, sold on A/c GA & WL Collins, “Cotonvale Station”, Prairie that weighed 554kg to return $1,745 per head
- Best priced trade Heifers were presented on A/c Jaydin Brosnan, “Overflow Station”, Hughenden that sold for 270c/kg and weighed 453kg to return $1,223 per head
- The top pen of Cows was sold by A/c Laroona Pastoral Co, “Laroona Station”, Charters Towers for 285.2c/kg, weighing 550kg to return $1,568 per head
- Bulls sold on A/c Philipson Holdings, Charters Towers topped at 278.2c/kg and weighed 860kg, to return $2,392 per head