CHARTERS TOWERS PRIME & STORE CATTLE SALE MARKET REPORT – WEDNESDAY 4TH NOVEMBER 2026
Charters Towers Combined Agents yarded a total of 2,250 prime cattle. The prime cattle consisted of 935 Bullocks, 349 Heifers, 676 Cows and 290 Bulls.
Cattle comprised of a very good quality run of heavy finished bullocks, prime heifers were in abundance, while the cow run was made up of isolated pens of heavy kill cows with the mid-range covered cows making up most of the yarding. The yarding was drawn from Mt Isa, Burketown, Normanton, Atherton Tablelands and the normal local draw area.
Prime Quotes:
Bullocks were quoted 15c dearer, Heifers were 10c dearer, Cows were 20c dearer, and Bulls were 15c 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 | 385 | 256.8 | 423.6 | 465.5 |
| Heavy | Over 500kg | 553 | 210.0 | 480.5 | 495.2 | |
| Heifers | Medium | Up to 400kg | 148 | 206.73 | 336.6 | 410.8 |
| Heavy | Over 400kg | 201 | 403.1 | 449.5 | 477.2 | |
| Cows | Medium | Up to 400kg | 239 | 246.8 | 317.5 | 341.4 |
| Heavy | Over 400kg | 436 | 386.7 | 420.8 | 435.5 | |
| Bulls | Medium | Up to 400kg | 125 | 306.0 | 413.3 | 436.1 |
| Heavy | Over 400kg | 166 | 282.1 | 412.0 | 435.8 | |
- Bullocks topped at 492c/kg for 18 Brahman Cross Bullocks sold on A/c Eden Cattle Co, “Eden Station” Cape Cleveland, that weighed 624kg to return $3,073 per head.
- Best priced Trade Heifers were presented on A/c P Maitland, Malanda that sold for 478c/kg and weighed 596kg to return $2,850 per head.
- The top pen of Cows were sold by A/c P Maitland, Malanda for 450c/kg weighing 646kg to return $2,911 per head.
- Bulls sold on A/c Hacon Pastoral Company topped at 438c/kg and weighed 531kg to return $2,328 per head.