CHARTERS TOWERS STORE & PRIME CATTLE SALE MARKET REPORT – WEDNESDAY 28TH AUGUST 2024

  • Yarding Numbers: 2,726
  • Location: Charters Towers
  • Date: August 28, 2024

Charters Towers Combined Agents yarded a total of 2,726 cattle, consisting of 939 prime cattle & 1,787 store cattle. The prime cattle consisted of 206 Bullocks, 99 Heifers, 544 Cows and 90 Bulls. The store cattle consisted of 737 Steers, 477 Mickeys, 571 Heifers and 2 Cows & Calves.

Cattle comprised of good Bullocks and Cows with competition strong across all the better types. Store condition Cows were in demand, however there was less competition on Bulls as Exporters were not operating. The yarding was drawn from Mt Isa, Julia Creek, Hughenden, Mt Garnet, Einasleigh, Tully, Ingham, Muttaburra, Camooweal, Croydon, McKinlay, Bowen as well as local and coastal areas.

Prime Quotes: Bullocks were quoted 20-40¢ dearer, Heifers were 20-30¢ dearer, Cows were 8-15¢ dearer, and Bulls were 10-20¢ 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 112 250 277 324
Heavy Over 500kg 94 268 312 338
Heifers Heavy Over 440kg 99 196 276 302
Cows Medium Up to 400kg 157 174 214 262
Heavy Over 400kg 387 166 254 286
Bulls Medium Up to 450kg 42 140 221 290
Heavy Over 450kg 48 149 234 272
  • Bullocks topped at 2¢/kg for 5 Ox sold on A/c Callan Farming & Grazing, Ingham that weighed 664kg to return $2,245 per head.
  • Best priced trade Heifers were presented on A/c JDC Cattle Co, “Culloden”, Muttaburra that sold for 302.2¢/kg and weighed 476kg to return $1,437 per head.
  • The top pen of Cows were sold by A/c NR & KM Delacour, Charters Towers for 2¢/kg, weighing 630kg to return $1,803 per head.
  • Bulls sold on A/c BN Young, Georgetown topped at 2¢/kg and weighed 720kg, to return $1,959 per head.

Store Quotes: Store cattle were made up of some very good lines of heavier trade Steers from the west along with younger types from the north and local areas. A stronger gallery of buyers, both locally and from the central and south saw increased competition across all lines of cattle.

Description Wt. Range kg Head Price in cents/kg
Lowest Average Highest
Steers Up to 200kg 165 156 263 290
200 – 320kg 266 140 254 300
320 – 400kg 229 170 284 320
Over 400kg 77 254 302 326
Mickeys Up to 400kg 477 – 224 290
Heifers Up to 200kg 222 62 208 240
200 – 320kg 324 120 235 264
320 – 370kg 25 256 264 267
  • Top pen of 24 Steers A/c Brown & Sons, “Beenfield”, McKinlay made 326.2¢/kg, weighed 8kg and returned $1,317 per head.
  • A run of 154 Steers A/c Brown & Sons, “Beenfield”, McKinlay made a top of 2¢/kg to average 303.2¢/kg and weighed an average of 354kg, returning an average of $1,074 per head.
  • A good pen of 15 Heifers on A/c Brown & Sons, “Mayfield”, Duchess via Mt Isa made 2¢/kg, weighed 353kg, returning an average of $942 per head.
  • Cows & Calves sold to $900 per unit.