FORBES CATTLE SALE MARKET REPORT 06/01/2025

FORBES CATTLE SALE MARKET REPORT 06/01/2025

Total Yarding : 471

The first sale for 2025 saw agents yard 471 head. Quality was mixed but fair with some handy lines of finished cattle offered along with the plainer types. The usual buyers were present and competing in a market that opened strongly showing a 15 to 25c/kg increase from the previous sale.

Yearling steers to feed sold from 320c to 413c/kg. Heavyweight finished lines to processors received from 340 to 394c/kg. The heifer portion was also strong with feeders paying from 340 to 372c/kg. Those to processors received from 300c to 350c/kg.

Heavy steers and bullocks ranged in price from 338 to 367c/kg with grown heifers reaching 348c/kg. Some handy runs of heavy cows sold from 290c to 310c with plainer types receiving from 260c to 288c/kg.