FORBES CATTLE SALE MARKET REPORT 03/03/2025

FORBES CATTLE SALE MARKET REPORT 03/03/2025

Total Yarding : 1717

Numbers lifted this sale with agents yarding 1717 head. Quality was once again very mixed with both well bred and secondary cattle penned. The usual buyers were present and competing in a very variable market.

Middleweight yearling steers to feed were firm to a couple dearer to sell from 324c to 378c/kg. Heavyweights sold from 345 to 376c/kg. Finished types to processors received from 328 to 370c/kg. The heifer portion fluctuated with quality and types. Those to feed ranging from 290 to 325c with processors paying from 285 to 330c/kg.

Heavy steers and bullocks were limited and reached 337c/kg. Grown heifers sold from 310 to 328c/kg. A large penning of cows lost last weeks gains slipping 20c and more. Heavy 2 score sold from 255 to 300c and 3 score received 272 to 306c/kg. The best heavy bull reached 323c/kg.