WARWICK CATTLE SALE MARKET REPORT – TUESDAY 20TH JANUARY 2026
Total Yarding: 1,659 (+457)
Warwick agents penned 1,659 head. The regular processors and feeder buyers attended along with local restockers. The major portion of the yarding contained quality bred cattle and well finished lines, with plainer types making up the balance of the penning. All processor and feeder cattle sold to strong competition from the buying panel.
Light weight yearling steers to restockers sold to 570c and averaged 513c/kg. Yearling steers over 280kg to background sold to 530c/kg. Yearling steers to feed for the domestic market made 525c to average 483c/kg. Heavy yearling steers to feed sold to 483c and averaged from 465c to 470c/kg. Light weight yearling heifers to background sold to 470c/kg. Yearling heifers over 280kg to feed made 468c to average 438c/kg. Medium weight yearling heifers to feed made 460c to average 420c/kg. Heavy yearling heifers to the wholesale meat trade made 485c to average 455c/kg.
Bullocks to processors sold to 471c and averaged from 456c to 461c/kg. Grown heifers to processors made 454c to average 428c/kg. Light weight cows to processors made 361c to average 330c/kg. Heavy score 3 cows to processors made 379c, with the best heavy cows at 392c to average 386c/kg. Heavy bulls to processors averaged 408c and sold to 426c/kg.
| CATEGORY | HEAD | AVG. C/KG | TOP PRICE C/KG | TOP PRICE $ |
| VEALER STEERS | 17 | 501.4 | 570.2 | $1,149.90 |
| VEALER HEIFERS | 68 | 409.9 | 470.2 | $1,036.42 |
| YEARLING STEERS | 176 | 473.8 | 558.2 | $1,645.00 |
| YEARLING HEIFERS | 227 | 424.5 | 485.2 | $2,279.14 |
| FEEDER STEERS | 298 | 459.6 | 530.0 | $2,235.60 |
| FEEDER HEIFERS | 185 | 410.1 | 444.2 | $2,026.68 |
| HEIFERS | 86 | 410.7 | 469.2 | $2,850.56 |
| STEERS | 136 | 459.1 | 483.2 | $3,882.56 |
| MANUFACTURING STEERS | 3 | 381.2 | 381.2 | $2,433.33 |
| COWS | 343 | 354.4 | 392.0 | $3,334.50 |
| BULLS <600KG | 34 | 400.0 | 448.20 | $2,254.98 |
| BULLS >600KG | 22 | 397.9 | 426.2 | $4,222.00 |
| CALVES | 2 | 169.7 | 176.47 | $150.00 |
| COWS & CALVES | 28 | 360.7 | 467.53 | $2,850.00 |