FORBES CATTLE SALE MARKET REPORT 07/04/2025

FORBES CATTLE SALE MARKET REPORT 07/04/2025

Total Yarding : 2121

Numbers lifted this sale with agents yarding 2121 head. Quality was mixed with a good offering of well bred cattle along with a large percentage of secondary types. The usual buyers were present and competing in a mostly dearer market.

Yearling steers were 10 to 15c/kg better with feeders paying from 340 to 457c/kg for middle and heavyweights. Those to processors ranged in price from 300 to 396c/kg. The heifer portion was also dearer on an improved offering. Feeders paid from 334 to 370c with those to processors receiving from 290 to 374c/kg.

Heavy steers and bullocks reached 386c/kg. Grown heifers sold from 305 to 368c/kg. An increased yarding of cows saw prices slip 15 to 20c/kg. Heavy 2 score sold from 276 to 320c with 3 score ranging from 290 to 336c/kg. The best heavy bull reached 330c/kg.