FORBES CATTLE SALE MARKET REPORT 17/02/2025

FORBES CATTLE SALE MARKET REPORT 17/02/2025

Total Yarding : 1145

Number eased this sale with agents yarding 1145 head. Quality was very mixed with both well bred and secondary cattle penned. The usual buyers were present and competing in a better market.

Yearling steers lifted 10 to 15c with those to feed selling from 338 to 387c/kg. Finished lines to processors sold from 330 to 360c/kg. An improved offering of heifers saw prices lift 8 to 10c/kg for the better types. Processors paid from 280 to 340c with those to feed receiving 255 to 320c/kg.

Heavy steers and bullocks were limited but reached 360c/ kg. Grown heifers sold from 275 to 315c/kg. Cows were 15c better with heavy 2 score from 255 to 281c and 3 score from 278c to 302c/kg. The best heavy bull reached 293c/kg.