FORBES CATTLE SALE MARKET REPORT 01/06/2026

FORBES CATTLE SALE MARKET REPORT 01/06/2026

Total Yarding : 795

Numbers fell this sale with agents yarding 795 head. Quality was fair with a handy offering of well bred cattle suitable to feed and a limited selection of better types. The usual buyers were present and competing in a dearer market.

Young steers were 4 to 5c/kg better. Feeders paid from 478 to 550c/kg for middle and heavyweights. The better finished types to processors sold from 485c to 497c/kg. The heifer portion lifted 5 to 7c on a good offering. Feeder heifers received from 470c to 524c with the finished types to trade ranging from 480 to 497c/kg.

Heavy steers and bullocks sold from 471 to 497c/kg. Grown heifers received from 380 to 487c/kg.

Cows held steady with heavy finished cows from 376 to 414c and plainer types sold from 356 to 379c/kg. Preg tested cows to restockers reached 459c/kg.The best heavy bulls reached 426c/kg.