CHARTERS TOWERS PRIME & STORE CATTLE SALE MARKET REPORT – WEDNESDAY 17TH APRIL 2024

  • Yarding Numbers: 3,728
  • Location: Charters Towers
  • Date: April 17, 2024

Charters Towers Combined Agents yarded a total of 3,728 Cattle, consisting of 945 Prime Cattle and 2,783 Store Cattle. The Prime Cattle consisted of 212 Bullocks, 129 Heifers, 524 Cows and 80 Bulls.

The Store section consisted of 1,401 Steers, 388 Mickeys, 922 Heifers, 17 PTIC Heifers and 55 Cows & Calves.

Cattle comprised of larger lines of Ox and well-covered conditioned Cows. With large lines of quality store Steers and Heifers that sold to a competitive market. The yarding was drawn from Hughenden, Croydon, Greenvale, Mt Garnet as well as local and coastal areas.

Prime Quotes: Bullocks were quoted 10¢ easier, Heifers were 10-15¢ easier, Cows were 20¢ easier and Bulls were 20¢ easier on last week’s rates.

Description Category Wt. Range kg Head Price in cents/kg
Lowest Average Highest
Steers & Bullocks Medium Up to 500kg 72 156.2 186.5 250.2
Heavy Over 500kg 120 206.2 238.5 260.2
Heifers Medium Up to 540kg 125 140.0 213.6 242.2
Heavy Over 540kg 4 175.2 186.0 218.2
Cows Medium Up to 400kg 80 50.0 157.0 191.2
Heavy Over 400kg 444 100.0 185.2 197.2
Bulls Medium Up to 450kg – – – –
Heavy Over 6000kg 38 160.0 218.0 268.2
  • Bullocks topped at 2¢/kg sold on a/c AS & JL Pemble, Southernview, Charters Towers that weighed 513kg to return a $1,333 per head.
  • Best priced trade Heifers were presented on a/c Cliff Mosch, Shrimp Creek, Einasleigh that sold for 2¢/kg and weighed 363kg to return $878 per head.
  • The top pen of Cows was sold by a/c TG & BJ Mitchell, “The Junction”, Hughenden for 2¢/kg, weighing 526kg to return $1,036 per head.
  • Bulls sold on a/c Barragunda Pastoral Pty Ltd, “Barragunda”, Hughenden topped at 2¢/kg and weighed 790kg, to return $1,944 per head.

Store Quotes: A larger number of quality store Cattle were presented at this week’s sale, with increased competition for better quality lines for both Steers and Heifers. Mickeys stayed at a similar rate throughout the sale, which was stronger than last week’s sale.

Description Wt. Range kg Head Price in cents/kg
Lowest Average Highest
Steers Up to 200kg 412 150.0 288.4 326.2
200 – 320kg 762 164.2 289.0 334.2
320 – 400kg 179 154.2 244.3 280.0
Over 400kg 43 208.2 243.5 270.2
Mickeys Up to 400kg 430 100.0 232.9 290.0
Heifers Up to 200kg 129 160.0 251.2 270.0
200 – 320kg 336 150.0 254.7 290.2
320 – 370kg 9 150.0 197.6 206.2
  • A pen of 11 Steers a/c Robert Dahl, “Mungurin Station”, Giru made 334.2¢/kg and weighed 248kg, returning an average of $828 per head.
  • A good pen of 36 Heifers on a/c Valpre Grazing, Charters Towers made 2¢/kg, weighed 242kg returning $701 per head.
  • 24 Cows & Calves sold on a/c MGS Pastoral, Junction Creek, Charters Towers and returned $1,200 per unit.