FORBES CATTLE SALE MARKET REPORT 16/02/2026

FORBES CATTLE SALE MARKET REPORT 16/02/2026

Total Yarding : 2282

Numbers jumped this sale with agents yarding 2282head. Quality was mixed with some good lines of well bred cattle offered along with the secondary and plainer types. The usual buyers were present and competing in a market that got cheaper as the sale progressed.

Yearling steers slipped 5 to 7c with middle and heavyweights to feed selling from 429 to 526c/kg. Finished types to processors sold from 428 to 464c/kg. The heifer portion to feed received from 395 to 459c/kg. Those to processors sold from 370 to 440c/kg.

Heavy steers and bullocks ranged from 411 to 464c/kg heavy grown heifers sold from 378 to 423c/kg. Cows held fairly steady with better finished heavy cows selling from 375 to 388c and plainer types 338 to 377c/kg. The best heavy bull reached 398c/kg.