CHARTERS TOWERS PRIME & STORE CATTLE SALE MARKET REPORT – WEDNESDAY 28TH OCTOBER 2026

  • Yarding Numbers: 2,691
  • Location: Charters Towers
  • Date: October 28, 2026

Charters Towers Combined Agents yarded a total of 2,691 cattle, consisting of 1,033 prime cattle & 1,658 store cattle.  The prime cattle consisted of 262 Bullocks, 380 Heifers, 216 Cows and 175 Bulls. The store cattle consisted of 797 Steers, 348 Mickey Bulls, 513 Heifers and 9 Cows & Calves.

Cattle comprised of only isolated pens of Prime cattle, most of which were trade weights off grain. The remainder were mixed pastoral types, all selling firm to dearer. The yarding was drawn from Mt Isa, Burketown, Georgetown, Ingham as well as local and coastal areas.

Prime Quotes:
Bullocks were quoted 5¢ dearer, Heifers were 20¢ dearer, Cows were 10¢ dearer, and Bulls were 5¢ 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 216 295 431 476
Heavy Over 500kg 46 390 416 478
Heifers Medium Up to 400kg 141 248 335 446
Heavy Over 400kg 239 376 426 456
Cows Medium Up to 400kg 81 204 232 392
Heavy Over 400kg 135 280 378 418
Bulls Medium Up to 400kg 72 225 336 410
Heavy Over 400kg 103 292 389 418
  • Bullocks topped at 476¢/kg for Ox sold on A/c Morganbury Pastoral Co that weighed 494kg to return $2,354 per head.
  • Best Priced Trade Heifers were presented on A/c MI McClymont that sold for 456¢/kg and weighed 468kg to return $2,135 per head.
  • The top pen of Cows were sold by A/c JW & CN Gilmore, Reid River for 418¢/kg, weighing 552kg to return $2,308 per head.
  • Bulls sold on A/c GW Rasmussen, “Euluma”, Julatten topped at 418¢/kg and weighed 670kg, to return $2,801 per head.

Store Quotes:
Store cattle were not the same quality as last week with a larger percentage of lightweight, plain conditioned Weaners offered. This resulted in a quality-related softening of prices.

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

Steers

 Up to 200kg 251 240 421 462
200 – 320kg 440 150 430 482
320 – 400kg 71 396 451 486
Over 400kg 35 350 450 480
Mickeys Up to 400kg 348 160 340 448
        Heifers Up to 200kg 177 100 280 406
200 – 320kg 303 180 380 450
320 – 370kg 33 320 427 450
  • A  pen of Steers on A/c Pak Ag Contracting, Mareeba made 478¢/kg and weighed 300kg, returning an average of $1,432 per head.
  • A good pen of Heifers on A/c Finlayson made 450¢/kg, weighed 321kg and returned an average of $1,447 per head.
  • Cows & Calves were insufficient to quote.